The Lantern Revere High School Richfield, OH
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A new program held at Revere High School allows senior citizens to interact and become more a part of and familiar with the district.

Cathy Harbinak, communications specialist, organizes "R" Senior Scene. Harbinak feels that the senior citizens who are residents in the Revere community that pay taxes to support Revere should have the opportunity to be involved with the school. Harbinak explained the purpose behind it.

"The program is an opportunity for the school district to invite senior citizens, who may not have family members attending our schools, into one of our buildings for a free entertaining program," Harbinak said.

Superintendent Randy Boroff assisted Harbinak and helped welcome the group to Revere. He explained the purpose of the program.

"We started the program this year as a result of feedback we received from the levy campaign. We felt it was important to bring senior citizens to the schools so they could see what a great district we have," Boroff said.

Any senior citizen is invited, and Harbinak encourages all to be involved.

"I visited a few senior groups to personally invite them. We put notices in the local papers and on our website. I distributed flyers to churches, libraries, post offices, etc." Harbinak said.

The first event took place on October 19

 

th with 32 senior citizens in attendance. Dan McLaughlin from the Western Reserve Historical Society displayed a presentation about the Fabulous Fifties.

 

"[His] presentation about the Fabulous Fifties was well received. He brought in such items as a lunch box, gum wrappers, magazines, photos, ashtrays, etc. from the 50s. His presentation covered pop culture, sports, news stories and famous events from that decade," Harbinak said.

To make it a more comfortable experience for the senior citizens, Principal and Vice-Principal Phil King and John Evans reserved parking spots in the junior lot so the senior citizens would not have to walk far to the auditorium. King enjoys the program and is meeting with the class of 1966 to show them the school. He hopes to see more involvement in this program, though.

"I’d like to see more student involvement and for the students to be a part of this program," King said.

When the presentation was over, the audience of senior citizens was given clickers to evaluate the program. Many want the district to sponsor periodic similar programs.

"We got feedback from the group [and we] will use their input to plan our next programs," Harbinak said.

The program overall received positive reviews and the hope for more events to come.

Though there will be no events in November, the program hopes to expand more and have more events in January.

"We hope to have students perform for the group and move the meetings to the different schools so the senior citizens get a chance to experience all the grade levels," Boroff said.

The program encourages all senior citizens to be involved in future events.


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