Kathy Duncan, director of Amazing Scholar Academy Preschool, hands off a spring gift bag to Resident Mary Ann Tomasic.

An older woman with short white hair sitting in a green armchair, smiling, wearing a pink sweatshirt and glasses hanging around her neck. She's holding a pink shopping basket filled with various packaged snacks and sitting next to another person covered with a blue blanket. There is a side table with tools and a small orange on it.

Dana Funk is delighted with her spring gift bag filled with items selected just for her by a special preschooler.

An elderly man with yellow teeth and a young woman with glasses smiling for a selfie indoors. The man is sitting in a chair, and the woman is leaning over him, both smiling happily.

Sister Virginia Rose Carroll gets a special delivery and a hug from Laurie Merwin, teacher at Amazing Scholar Academy Preschool.

Preschool Program Spreads Springtime Joy

April 13, 2025

As they do each spring, our friends at Amazing Scholar Academy Preschool dropped by recently to deliver special spring gift bags to our Residents. Each preschooler and their family “adopted” one of our Residents, selecting special items to bring them a dash of spring joy. The bags were filled with everything from throw blankets and snacks to puzzle books and hand lotion.

The “Bubby Bags” spring service project is done in memory of Ross resident Cheryl Buchlmayer, whose grandchildren attended the preschool and to whom our hilltop was beloved. Formerly known as Mount Assisi Academy Preschool, the program was located here from 1980 to 2018, before moving to McKnight United Methodist Church in Ross. The grandchildren of some of our current Residents also attended the preschool.