Grandparents Day celebrated at local elementary school

Grandparents and their grandchildren recently gathered for the annual “Grandparents Day” event at École St.-Jean Baptiste in Amherstburg. Students and their grandparents did a craft together and then had lunch with each other.

Valentine’s Day was celebrated over the weekend, but just before that, a local school celebrated the love between grandparents and grandchildren.

École St.-Jean Baptiste presented “Grandparents Day” again this year, and once again it was held near Valentine’s Day. Grandparents and grandchildren got together to make a craft and enjoy lunch together over a one-hour time period.

Principal Diana Bala explained that they tried to ensure all children had an adult to partner with. She said it’s the fourth year École St.-Jean Baptiste has presented “Grandparents Day.”

The school’s parent advisory council also assisted with the presentation of the event.

“It is our tradition now,” said Bala. “For us, grandparents are very important. They are the base of the family.”

Bala added traditional family values often start through the grandparents and that is one of the reasons the French Catholic elementary school started the event.

“Each class has a craft to enjoy,” she said.

The “Grandparents Day” event also helps bolster diversity and Francophone culture, Bala added. She pointed out Idrine Matenda, the director of inclusion and diversity with the Conseil Scolaire Catholique Providence school board was in attendance at the Feb. 13 event.

École St.-Jean Baptiste is located at 365 Fryer St. in Amherstburg.

Grandparents Day celebrated at local elementary school

By Ron Giofu