Kindergartners enjoy lunch with their grandparents

 By Stuart Hedstrom
Staff Writer

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For the second year in a row the SeDoMoCha Elementary School opened its doors to the extended families of students in the four kindergarten classes for a grandparents luncheon on Sept. 11. The meal was served shortly before National Grandparent’s Day on Sunday, Sept. 13, the first Sunday after Labor Day.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom

GRANDPARENTS LUNCHEON — The SeDoMoCha Elementary School kindergarten hosted the second annual grandparents luncheon on Sept. 11 in the cafeteria at the Dover-Foxcroft campus. The second annual luncheon was held shortly before National Grandparent’s Day on Sept. 13, the Sunday after Labor Day.

“It’s our second year, it’s even better than last year,” teacher Erica Tapley said in-between visiting the 16 tables set up in the cafeteria which she said were filled with more than the advance estimate of 65 luncheon visitors. “The kids are super excited, we know this is very special for the kids and grandparents.”

Tapley said many of the students’ grandparents, or others who the youngsters have similar types of relationships with, play big roles in their lives, and she and the other teachers were looking forward to meeting these relatives their kindergarteners talk about.

With the visitors seated in the cafeteria, the four classes walked in one by one with the teachers helping direct the students to their tables. The kindergarteners made art projects consisting of a vase on colored paper with tissue paper flowers to give to their grandparents.

On the menu was spaghetti and meatballs with a roll and watermelon. “A big thanks to the kitchen staff for making extra lunches for the grandparents,” Tapley said. She also thanked the students at the middle school for the adjustment in their meal schedules to allow for more time for the grandparents luncheon.

Near the end of the lunch, Tapley said she learned that some great-grandparents were in attendance and, via microphone, she asked that these relatives please stand and be recognized. She also wanted to see which grandparent traveled the greatest distance to be at the luncheon and at first a relative from Massachusetts was the leader, but then those present learned one student’s grandmother was visiting from England.