The Heyman Interages®Center is a program
of JCA® - Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington.
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THE INTERAGES CONNECTOR
STAYING CONNECTED
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Staying in Touch
Hello, JCA Interages Volunteers,
Hoping this Thanksgiving is full of peace, joy, and lots of mashed potatoes. We are thankful for all our volunteers and community members who help make meaningful intergenerational opportunities possible.
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THE NEW VOLUNTEER PORTAL OFFERS ANOTHER WAY TO VIEW INTERAGES VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES! |
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Interages now has volunteer portal. Through this link, volunteers can view available Interages opportunities anytime.
Please note, all opportunities require
preregistration and a background check.
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Pre-K Students and Kensington Club Members Enjoy a Special Gathering in the JCA Sukkah
A fun time was shared by all in the JCA's first Sukkah. JCA Kensington Club Members and 17 pre-k students from the Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School gathered in the Sukkah for conversation, book reading of Benji's Blanket from the PJ library, pizza eating, Sukkot Bingo playing, laughter, and singing. Participants of all backgrounds and religions enjoyed the special day. PJ Library sends free, award-winning books that celebrate Jewish values and culture to families with children from birth through 12 years old. The Kensington Club offers day programming for adults with early-stage memory loss. A sukkah is a temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot. It is topped with branches and natural items.
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SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR
IN-CLASSROOM OPPORTUNITES WITH GAITHERSBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL
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We seek more volunteers for Gaithersburg Middle School. Teachers with Emerging Multilingual Learner (EML) students are requesting assistance in English, social studies, and math classes. Note: ESOL(English as a Second Language) has rebranded to EML.
Please click here for additional details, such as the schedule, course information, and the students you'd be assisting. Preregistration and background check are required. Please contact idingledine@accessjca.org if you are interested.
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SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR A NEW IN-PERSON GRANDREADER PROGRAM WITH WHEATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Grandreaders will meet in-person at Wheaton Woods Elementary School from 3:00 to 3:45pm on Tuesdays to read books to 2nd graders. This program will run from November 29th, 2022, until May 9th, 2023. Each volunteer will be paired to read to one Wheaton Woods ES 2nd grade student. A volunteer orientation will be held on Tuesday, November 29th at 2:15pm in the school right before the start of the program. Thank you for considering this opportunity!
The first book that will be read is "As Best Friends Do" by Ann Jackman & Terrie Manchester.
Wheaton Woods Elementary School
4510 Faroe Pl, Rockville, MD 20853
Preregistration and background checks are required. For more information, please contact Indira Dingledine at idingledine@accessjca.org.
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MONTHLY READING TUTOR TRAINING SERIES
We hope you will join us on Zoom for our new monthly Reading Tutor Training series. We are so grateful to presenter Megan Bainbridge, Reading Specialist of the Captain James E. Daly Elementary School, who is providing the sessions. Each session focuses on a different Reading Tutor Training topic, and lasts about an hour. Prereregistration online is required.
Please note, these sessions are providing broad tips and are not intended to be certification level training.
RECORDED SESSIONS
September 2022 [Already recorded] TOPIC Science of Reading (Shift to Structured Literacy from Balanced Literacy).
October 2022 [Already recorded] TOPIC Decoding.
November 2022 [Already recorded] TOPIC 3rd- 5th grade Intermediate Reading Skills
UPCOMING SESSIONS
Thursday, Dec 15, 2022 01:00 PM
TOPIC Collecting data to help with focusing instruction
Register in advance for this meeting:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Resources
Starfall has some free games and interactive decodable books that focus on phonics.
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IN-CLASSROOM SUPPORT: VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED AT CLOPPER MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Clopper Mill Elementary School
18501 Cinnamon Drive
Germantown, MD 20874
In-person volunteers assist during students' intervention or enrichment periods, which are:
- Kindergarten 2:20-3:00pm
- 1st grade 3:20-3:45pm
- 2nd grade 1:10-1:30pm
Each day of the week, volunteers are needed daily during these time slots.
Also, pre-K in-class support is needed Monday to Friday - that is all day. Volunteers choose a day of the week and time. For more information, please contact Indira Dingledine at idingledine@AccessJCA.org. Preregistration and background check are required.
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Seeking Volunteers for In-Classroom Support at Redland Middle School
Redland Middle School
6505 Muncaster Mill Road
Rockville, MD 20855
is seeking in-person class support for English, science, theater, and chorus classes. Please see the following for details:
8:00 am to 10:00 am 7th grade Science
12:30 pm - 1:30pm 7th grade English
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm 7th grade Theater
2:00 pm - 3:00pm 8th grade Science with EML students
2:00 pm - 3:00pm 7th & 8th grade Chorus helping students with IEPS
1:30 pm - 3:00pm 7th grade Science with EML students
**These times are rough estimates because there's a different bell schedule on Monday and Friday versus Tuesday through Thursday. For reference, here is the bell schedule and school year calendar. For more information, please contact Indira Dingledine at idingledine@AccessJCA.org. Preregistration and background check are required.
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Volunteer Highlight
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Karen Goldberg came to the DC Metropolitan area in 1978 to continue pursuing her career as a clinical social worker. She earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work in 1976 from the University of Michigan. After marrying and working for two years in Pittsburgh, she and her husband decided to explore broader opportunities by moving to Alexandria, VA, followed later by relocating to DC, and finally coming to MD in 1986. Karen worked in a variety of settings, including an alternative school program, Child Protective Services, Children’s Hospital, and the Jewish Social Service Agency. In 1986, she began establishing a private practice of clinical social work. In 1991, she also helped found and then become the clinical director of a non-profit organization providing mental health services to students in the Metropolitan public and private school systems.
Since retiring from direct clinical practice at the end of 2018, Karen has focused on providing clinical supervision and mentoring to newer social workers, providing consultation for two mental health-related projects, and on a life-long interest in helping children find joy in reading and language arts. Having volunteered in Montgomery County schools while raising her two now adult daughters, she returned to the MCPS elementary school classroom as a volunteer for second-grade students. The start of the pandemic led her to discover JCA’s Interages Program. Since then, she has tutored individual students, including a 12-year-old Afghan refugee living in Greece, as well as participated in the Highland Virtual Readers’ Theater program, the Grandreaders’ program, and the book clubs affiliated with MCPS and the Montgomery County Libraries. When not volunteering, Karen can be found spending time with her husband, two daughters, and a newly born granddaughter or pursuing her own reading, further learning opportunities, taking long walks, knitting, and practicing yoga or piano. She is grateful for the rich experiences she has had during her lifetime, and is looking forward to what lies ahead in the future.
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Art learning opportunities are available from the comfort of your home.
My Modern Met offers online art classes.
When you have completed your art projects you can join these online markets in which you can sell your art.
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Make a gift to support the good work that we do.
You can designate your gift to intergenerational programs on the donation form.
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“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
Vincent Van Gogh
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For your convenience, past issues of the JCA Interages Connector are available on the JCA Interages website.
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