By Andrea Holata

BRIGHTON — Students grinned from ear to ear when they found their grandparents in the Pemayetv Emahakv lunchroom on Sept. 7 for Grandparents Day.

“We like to recognize and honor the grandparents by inviting them to have lunch,” PECS guidance counselor Jeanine Gran said.

It’s a day many looked forward to.

“It’s great. We like it, and they make sure we don’t forget about it,” said Maria Santiago, who came to PECS with her husband, Pedro Santiago, to visit their grandchildren Billie Santiago and Aubee Billie. “We really enjoy coming to lunch because these are our closest living grandchildren, so we come every year.”