10/24/2025
Partnership is about promises made and promises kept.
For more than 25 years, Jenks Public Schools and Grace Skilled Nursing & Therapy - Jenks have shared a remarkable collaboration—one that unites generations through learning, connection, and purpose. Together, we’ve built a pioneering intergenerational environment that has benefited students, residents, families, and the entire community.
This initiative began with a simple, visionary act: a leader looking across the street from a long-term care center, watching children play, and realizing that a shared space could bring joy to both generations. That spark led to classrooms within Grace itself, creating daily opportunities for residents and young learners to grow and engage side by side.
Programs like this endure because of shared vision, commitment, and leadership—and they inspire us to expand similar opportunities across Oklahoma.
Thank you, Jenks Public Schools, for being a steadfast partner in building a dynamic, award-winning, and time-tested model that shows what’s possible when communities come together.
Promise kept.
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Since 1999, pre-K and kindergarten students at Jenks Public Schools’ West Elementary have learned alongside senior residents at Grace Skilled Nursing and Therapy, 711 N. Fifth St. in Jenks, in
