I am an AACPS:<\/strong> Parent, Benfield Elementary School\u00a0<\/em>| Volunteer<\/p>\n As a mother who had children later in life, I have looked for every possible opportunity to interact with my children in elementary school. I have been a room mom, served on the board of the PTA, assisted with everything from copying to committees, been on field trips, and everything in between.<\/p>\n But my most rewarding experience comes once a year on Grandparent’s\/Senior Friends Day at Benfield Elementary School. I have served as the refreshment coordinator, which encompasses providing breakfast snacks, coffee, water, fruit, etc.\u00a0 But what makes it so rewarding is the pure joy of the grandparent’s\/senior friends to be able to interact with their grandchildren.\u00a0 Each and every grandparent shared happiness at being included in class projects, whether in Art, PE, music or a core subject.\u00a0 The grandparents\/seniors were truly just happy to be there and the kids were so excited to show off for them. While it is always nice when the parents come, it is a completely different feel for the grandparents.\u00a0 The children were much more patient to their grandparents and the grandparents really were thrilled with every single aspect of the day.\u00a0 Truly a wonderful experience for all and I am grateful that for the past 4 years, I have been able to share it with them all.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “My most rewarding experience comes once a year on Grandparent’s\/Senior Friends Day. What makes this event so rewarding is the pure joy of the grandparent’s\/senior friends to be able to interact with their grandchildren.”\u2014Delilah Schroeder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001013,"featured_media":8157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[314,130,133,146],"tags":[157],"class_list":["post-8148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-benfieldes","category-aacps_story","category-community_stories","category-severna_park_stories","tag-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8160,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8148\/revisions\/8160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}