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Peer reviewedAdams, Linda B. – Middle School Journal, 1993
Involvement in community service can benefit middle-school students by helping them feel valued, teaching responsibility, and improving teacher-student relations. A rural Pennsylvania middle school evaluated community-service opportunities and then employed StarServe, a resource kit encouraging students to develop their own service projects.…
Descriptors: Community Services, Helping Relationship, Intergenerational Programs, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedFand, Farrell – Middle School Journal, 1996
Describes an Adopt-a-Grandparent program involving seventh-grade students and area senior citizens. Describes aspects of program implementation and organization, including advance preparation, contacting and meeting grandparents, funding, and visits. Discusses program outcomes, including behavioral observations, studies related to…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grandparents, Intergenerational Programs, Mentors
