A Walk Down Memory Lane
Students have the opportunity to share the Monarch experience with their grandparents
October 27, 2016
Mater Dei’s annual Grandparent’s day is an opportunity for students for share their school experience with their family.
The first Grandparents’ Day was held on October 12 in the Library from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The February 9 Grandparents’ day will also be held in the Library from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
Grandparent guests will enjoy a special meal with their grandchild, a visit to one class, and a special Mass for grandparents and grandchildren hosted in the Chapel. They will be also sent home with the famous Mater Dei High School cookies.
“I was really close with my grandmother, and I wish that I had had the opportunity to show her Mater Dei,” said Allison Bergeron, Director of Planned Giving and Major Gifts Office.
This is a special opportunity for students and their grandparents to spend time with each other and create memories together. Typically 75 to 100 grandparents attend the event and a few happen to be Mater Dei alumni.
“I always tell grandparents on Grandparents’ Day, they have the opportunity to be a grandparent to a lot of students that don’t have grandparents,” said Erica Adams, Vice President of Advancement.
The Grandparents’ Day tradition was started in 2010 by Bergeron, and has continued ever since. Some of our competing schools have also started to involve grandparents into some of their events as well.
“There is really a lot of magic that happens on campus during the day for them to be able to experience with you guys,” Bergeron said, “…it’s just a totally different perspective.”
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Please direct any questions regarding these events to Mrs. Allison Bergeron ’96, Director of Planned Giving & Major Gifts Officer at [email protected] or call (714) 850-9532.
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