A Closer Look, Part 4: A Homeschooler Goes to School

GBJCL trains volunteers of all ages. Most young volunteers serve through GBJCL’s partnership with the TELEM service learning program which engages teen and tweens in service through a religious school or day school setting, but 13 year old GBJCL volunteer Dina Cohn is a unique exception. We at GBJCL are proud to include Dina, a homeschooler, who along with her mother Orna Teitelbaum volunteers at the Jackson-Mann school. Orna and Dina each have developed a relationship with a kindergarten student to whom they read aloud. (For more information about the educational importance of reading aloud, see our March 19 blog post.) I recently asked Dina to share some reflections on her experience.

To read an excerpt from her essay, visit http://www.jcrcboston.org/focus/justice/gbjcl/blog/gbjcl-blog-posts-2011-2012/a-closer-look-part-4-a.html.

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