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 WHILE STAYING HOME |
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Staying in Touch Hello, JCA Interages Volunteers, As the sun sets earlier and earlier during this
winter month, we love the lights. Their glow provides a good
environment in which to contemplate New Year's resolutions. We
hope you will consider volunteering in 2021 through our virtual
opportunities. Happy Holidays! |
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WE WANT
TO HEAR FROM YOU The next Coffee Club (held once a month) is Tuesday, January 19, 2020 @ 2:00 pm. Register here. Meet with Interages staff members via Zoom. We would
love to talk with you and learn about your volunteer experience,
as well as your ideas for programming and partnering with other
organizations. |
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MONTGOMERY
COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BADGE Dear Volunteers, If you have gone through the MCPS Fingerprinting
and Badging process, please provide a photo of your MCPS badge to
Indira Dingledine, Volunteer Manager at idingledine@accessjca.org
or by text to (202) 441-0357. The badge is required for
volunteering with MCPS students virtually, as well as in-person.
Many of our partnering organizations also require that volunteers
go through the MCPS fingerprinting and badging. |
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JCA Heyman Interages is offering in-depth tutor
training based on the Orton-Gillingham (OG) method. The
Orton-Gillingham approach is for students who are struggling to sound out and
spell words. One-on-one
tutoring in sequential phonics is the intervention that science
has shown to be most effective. Orton-Gillingham: What You Need to Know This training in OG style tutoring is designed for
volunteers who will work with students twice a week on a
structured reading and writing intervention. Tutors will
learn what they need to know about the structure of language and
multi-sensory learning techniques. Tutors will also have the
skills they need to meet students where they are: learning
letters, hearing and counting syllables, learning syllable types
and common spellings, and reading and writing words and
sentences. Children in grades PreK to 3rd grade benefit from
this method but it is valuable for older children. The training is taking place on January,
4,6,8,11, and 13. Training is from 1:00 pm -3:00 pm on each
training day. This is a 10-hour training that will be done in 5
two-hour Zoom sessions. 15 people can participate. The
deadline for signing up is December 28, 2020. Those who take
the training commit to be at all the sessions and agree to make
use of putting the training to use as soon as a student or family
is found. If you are interested, please REGISTER HERE. For more
information contact Indira Dingledine, Volunteer Manager, at idingledine@accessjca.org or (202)
441 -0357. |
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INTERAGES VOLUNTEERS PUBLISH A BOOK Two Interages volunteers, Terrie Manchester and Ann Jackman, have written a book about Grandreaders. “As Best Friends Do: Will and Rosa Meet the Grandreaders” is based on their experiences as Grandreaders volunteers.Grandreaders is an Interages literacy program for
children in second grade. The program is designed to increase a
child's ability to read, enhance reading skills, and encourage a
love of reading, all facilitated by caring and nurturing older
adult volunteers. Terri and Ann have
been Grandreaders volunteers for five
years. Terrie and Ann say they loved the Grandreaders so
much they thought there was a need for a book to explain the
program from the perspectives of both the children and the teachers. The
book introduces two darling children and two teachers. Five
chapters follow the program as it progresses to the end of the
school year. For some children, Grandreaders volunteers are the
oldest people they know, often older than their grandparents. Ann
and Terrie say they appreciate the Interages mission to bring
older adults together with young people to value each
other. Terrie and Ann also found meaningful friendships
through the program. Terrie and Ann took trips to the library to
research the variety of questions posed by publishing a
children’s book. They had to figure out how to write, edit,
illustrate, publish, and market a book. The two held
meetings at Panera for lunch, using a pencil and journal instead
of a laptop to write. The lovely illustrations were done by
Ann’s daughter-in-law, Amy Jackman, who has a graphic arts
background. At the end of the book, Terrie and Ann summarize
what they hope the book brings to the reader. The final page
provides information about JCA Interages. Terrie and Ann are delighted that when in-person
classes resume, each student in Grandreaders will get their book
to use. “As Best Friends Do: Will and Rosa Meet the
Grandreaders” is available on Amazon in the US and UK. |
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Wednesday, December 30, 2:00 LIVE MUSIC FROM MADRID...New Year’s Eve Eve Intergenerational Celebration of Klezmer Music with musician, Nathalie Braux. 
REGISTER HERE. We will send you the Zoom link. |
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“Latin Swing meets Jazz meets Klezmer” “Nathalie Braux is the REAL DEAL!” “You’ll be on your feet dancing!” Nathalie weaves elements of jazz in all her
compositions, producing pieces primarily for live performances,
as well as for theater and film. Braux’s hit single, “Polka Dot
Blues,” is recognized worldwide and was included in Putumayo’s
Jazz Around the World (2009)
and Cappuccino
Café (2017). Not content with one project, Nathalie invented
her own unique genre when creating the band, Sherele, which
for the past decade has captivated Mexican audiences, young and
old alike. Combining influences from klezmer, modern jazz, and Latin
American rhythms, Sherele compels concert-goers out of
their seats in joyous solidarity with their smooth and playful
sounds. Her website is https://nathaliebraux.com/. |
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SNOWMAN BREAKFAST Q: What's A Snowman's Favorite Breakfast? A:
Frosted Flakes! |
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ENJOY THE MUSIC Here’s a talented group of guys playing Michael
Jackson’s “Billie Jean” on beer bottles: The Bottle Boys |
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“You
can’t have everything. Where would you put it?”– Steven
Wright |
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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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