Rainbows

Lakeview Elementary School is pleased to announce that we are now offering the Rainbows program.  We will provide weekly support groups for 14 weeks (usually during their lunch period once a week) for our students that are going through painful transitions, due to a death or divorce.

When something significant happens in a family, the entire family is affected.  Even though death, divorce or other losses appear to be only grown up problems:  they do have a profound effect on the children that are touched by these experiences.  If a parents dies or a divorce happens or a painful loss occurs, not only do the parents grieve, the children do also.  Because of their age and short life experience, children may find it extremely difficult to verbalize their feelings of grief.

We have a group of caring, trained adults who have said “yes” to helping these children put their feelings into words, work through their grief, build stronger sense of self esteem, and begin to accept what has taken place in the family.

If your child is part of a single parent family, a stepfamily, has experienced the death of a loved family member, friend, or is struggling through a painful loss experience including the separation or divorce of their parents; this will be an opportunity for him/her to share with a special someone on the outside what is happening on the inside.

If you need additional information or want to find out more about the Rainbows program please contact Mrs. Weisler at 847-357-2022.

Please click here for a copy of the Rainbows Registration Parent Letter.