A Spectacular Fall Day for Visiting Grandparents

More than 250 grandparents visited Westminster Sept. 在一个壮观的秋日. 他们旁听课堂, 参加教堂讲座, 在阿姆斯特朗餐厅用餐, toured the campus and lingered through the afternoon to watch athletic contests.

 

和rew and Diane Plauché traveled from New Orleans to visit their grandson Lane Gallagher ’25. They also got a chance to catch up on high school chemistry – or at least tried.

 

化学课? I did terribly, and I didn’t even know they were speaking in English. His wife, Diane, chimed in that on the contrary it all came back to her.

 

Joking aside, like most grandparents they were thrilled to be with their grandchild. Whether they sat with them in the classroom trying to learn chemistry, French or biology or simply strolled the pathways with them, grandparents gained insight into everyday life at Westminster.

 

For some, the visit gave them the chance to see the campus for the first time. “这超出了我的预期. 太美了, 大楼里光线很充足,来自布法罗的卡伦·艾伦说, 纽约, who was visiting her grandson Caden Powers ’26.

 

汉娜·科卡罗26岁的祖父母, 霍华德和安妮·伯吉斯81届毕业生, ’87, traveled from southern New Hampshire to visit her. After attending classes and sharing lunch with her, they were excited to stay through the afternoon so they could watch her play soccer and cheer on the Black and Gold.

 

欢迎祖父母, 校长伊莱恩·怀特提醒他们, “今天是一个圆满的日子. Your grandchildren will feel your love and bask in your love, but they will also benefit from the time that you get to spend with them, and they will benefit from your wisdom and experience. You will give them the strength to so that they keep working hard and so that they will take advantage of all the opportunities 在这里 at Westminster. 和, 最后, you will be the one who continues to tell them that they can achieve anything they want as long they put their mind to it.”

 

“We are thrilled to have you 在这里,” she added. “We feel your love, and we send it right back to you.”

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