Support Our Youth and Families February 2020 | Page 2

ARLINGTON PARKS AND RECREATION
MY LITTLE GENTLEMAN
ETIQUETTE CLASS
TEACHES ARLINGTON
BOYS THE IMPORTANCE
OF GOOD MANNERS
Being able to provide,
learn, and grow
together is extremely
beautiful. Our
community needs more
leaders who aren’t
afraid to take on the
challenge. With this
class, I have genuinely
accepted that role.
Throughout 2019, the Arlington Parks and Recreation
Department has been hosting My Little Gentleman Etiquette
Class, a fun and interactive event where boys ages 5-12
come to learn good manners, grooming, and other etiquette
JHERON THOMPSON
Recreation Program Coordinator
skills that help them grow into polite young men.
My Little Gentleman participants learn etiquette like proper tie. After all the boys rotate through each lesson,
handshakes, eye contact, and respectful behavior for they take place in a graduation-style ceremony with
formal occasions. The class covers various grooming items parents in attendance.
and techniques such as using soap, deodorant, mouthwash,
toothpaste, and combing hair, as well as why each of One highlight of the November event was a special
these is important for growing boys. For the first time in visit from Arlington Parks and Recreation Director
November, the class featured a session on how to tie a Lemuel Randolph, who helped the boys learn how to