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Page 3-THE NEWS March, 1985 Thoughts From Adrienne By Adrienne Rosenberg Jewish Social Services Drtr. As of late February, Jewish Social Services has offered two Jewish Family Life Education programs cosponsored by the Jewish Community Center. Jewish Family Life Education (JFLE) is a service in which a skilled leader applies group learning to improve the quali ty of individusd and family liv ing. It applies a specific pro blem area to help group mem bers understand and explore normal patterns and stresses of life to prevent crisis and im prove the ability to cope. It gives information, support and the joy of shared ex periences to its participants. JFLE recognizes that the family is a vulnerable institu tion which needs constant strengthening to deal with the ever-changing influences upon it. The programs focus on prevention £ind growth; they forestall the development of problems, eind promote the development of more satisfy ing and constructive living. JFLE teaches individuals and families how to cope with a crisis before it occurs and provides support to them dur ing time of crisis. It also pro vides education to keep new problems from developing, or old ones from getting worse in the future. Community re source professionals are utiliz ed to help provide information and backup. JFLE groups are support but not therapy groups. They are opportunities to meet others who share similar con cerns about normal life stresses and to find new ways of looking at and coping with existing problems. • The first of our Jewish Family Life Education groups, “Coping With Aging,” geared for grown children of aging parents began February 26. It will meet again on March 5 and 12, 8 p.m. at the Arm strong House. The course in cludes community profes sionals who address the physiological aspects of aging, a schematic approach; the emotional issues of aging and the effect it has on families; and community resources available for seniors both in Charlotte and at the Blumen- OAHAtO Tonight . . . Dine Half a World Away. Nakato Japao€s« Hous« 2!j01 E Indep^fndtfnc** Blvd (704) 372 1000 for Rcservalioni thal Jewish Home. The second group is a six- week support group for inter faith couples and begins on March 19 at the Armstrong trailer. This support group will be limited to six couples, with other groups being offered if the demand warrants it. Among topics covered will be holiday celebrations, religious education and orientation for children, and such issues as tensions within the extended family. The group is designed to provide a supportive at mosphere in which par ticipants can share past ex periences and feelings in an at tempt to clarify the issues in volved in being an interfaith couple. There is a mandatory telephone screening for this group, which can be done by calling me at 364-6594 or Mar ty Schneer, JCC Director, at 366-0357, prior to March 19. Facilitators for this group will be myself and Pam Crown, M. Ed. in Guidance and Counsel ing, a partner in an interfaith marriage. The cost is $15 per couple. In the future, topics will be presented covering differing dilemmas of family life. Some areas being considered are parent-child issues, being single and Jewish in Charlotte, support for persons in retire ment, and couple communica tion and negotiation skills. There will be notices about such groups as they occur. • Beginning this month, Jewish Social Services will screen college students for interest-free educational loans provided through the Jewish Children’s Service of Atlanta. This is for college or special post-secondary school train ing. Loans are granted on an annual basis with progress reports due on an annual basis. Pay-back for these in terest-free loans is five years after graduation. In no way can Jewish Children’s Service provide the full cost for any applicant; other resources of funds must be explored. The Jewish Children’s Service loan is to be used for the extra dollars needed for the appli cant to attend school. ' To secure information about Family Life Education groups or student loan applications, call Jewish Social Services at 366-6594 or 366-5007. Jewish Social Services, a nonprofit department of the Charlotte Jewish Federation, provides a full range of profes sional social work services in the areas of geriatric, voca tional and counseling needs. We are here to help you when you are in need. Winter Days Are Lively At The Hebrew Academy Needed The Jewish Social Services office is in need of a telephone answering machine. This would help those who want to con tact us when we’re closed. If you can help us out, please call Adrienne Rosenberg, JSS Director, at 3^>6594 or 366-5007. By Rose Massachi During January and Feb ruary, everything from soup to nuts, was used as teaching tools at the Hebrew Academy. The 3rd and 4th graders did a science unit on food groups which culminated in a lovely luncheon presented by them to their parents on January 23. This was supervised by their teacher, Gail Burke. It proved to be as delicious as any lun cheon served in any well- known restaurant in town, and the service was excellent as well! The students escorted their parents to a beautifully-set table, gave them h£uid-made menus, and served them pro mptly. The menu consisted of homemade vegetable soup, cheese puffs, tossed salad, fresh fruit sections, cupcakes, lemonade and tea. A program of poems about food, written and read by the students, was presented. On February 7, Lynne Tarle- ton’s kindergarten — 2nd grade math students presented the Hebrew Acade my’s first lOOth-Day Celebra tion. This was done as part of the “Math Their Way” pro gram which was created by the pioneering teacher, Mary Boretta Lorton, and based on the Piagetian concept of cognitive development. This celebration was designed to teach the concept of 100, so basic to our mathematical structure. On the first day of school last fall, the children began planning for this event by keeping a calendar of the school year, counting each school day and placing its number on a strip of paper which hung around the classroom. The students planned a lun cheon of several kinds of finger foods, arranged with 100 items on each tray. Parents, siblings, and the 3rd and 4th graders were invited. The menu included pizza muf fins, finger sandwiches, mini bagels, vegetables and dip, fruit sections, cookies, brownies and drinks. The school, bustling with ex citement the entire day, was decorated with collages, con taining 100 items, made by the students. Balloons were every where — 100 in total. 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