Meet Sheila Von Zumbusch, an educator with decades of experience teaching preschool and kindergarten at an independent school. Now retired, Sheila has spent the last fifteen years as a devoted GrandPal, bringing joy and wisdom to elementary school students throughout Princeton.

“I started being a GrandPal fifteen years ago. I am delighted to be back after a three-year absence due to concern about COVID. The program is so much fun, sharing books and tales with so many wonderful, diverse, interesting children. It brightens my life to be with the young children, after retiring from teaching for twenty years.

I love to see the children grow through the year, some becoming readers themselves, yet still enjoying being read to. The program enriches both the children and the GrandPals.”