aka Lana Janit
Copyright 2009
Living in South Africa
Occupation
remedial teacher/therapist
motivational speaker
3 daughters
Kim (35) married to Craig Munitz. ? two sons, Joshua 7 Daniel 4
Ricci
Joanne
elanajanit@yahoo.com
It?s quite ok for you to call me Elana as you know me.
So wonderful to have this connection with you after all these years. It is with such a sense of feeling that I am expressing myself. So many memories and experiences that have evoked emotions so deeply imbedded in my heart, mind and soul!
Please feel free to post my email on my sense of the reunion and what is meant to me!
I too now realise that there was a little something missing.
I am probably more fortunate (in one way) than you are, in the sense that you left SA and your roots behind. I on the other hand am still in SA. where I haven?t wanted to be since 1975. But due to unforeseen circumstances with my ex-husband then, and over the years, I have been forced to remain here. As a result my three daughters Kim, Ricci and Joanne were afforded the opportunity of attending King David Linksfield nursery, primary and high schools. They too thrived, grew, developed, and forged the most unbelievable friendships/relationships, and have the most intense love for the school. So much so, that Joanne organised her year?s 10 year reunion on the 12th of September this year.
Ricci my second daughter, is busy organising a 15 year school reunion for next year. So as you can hear Kind David impacted greatly on my children?s lives.
After school I studied teaching. I taught and then worked at Glenoaks remedial school where I went onto study for my remedial teaching degree. I have specialised in working with minimally brain dysfuntional/ damaged children. Spastic, retarded and autistic children. I also work a lot with black children in assisting them with language enrichment. I also specialise in study skills and did a lot of motivational talks at one stage.
As a qualified remedial therapist I had the good fortune of teaching at King David junior school in the 1980?s.
I married Mervyn Janit in 1972. Unfortunately our marriage ended in 1990 due to a number of problems.
Kim my eldest daughter is married to Craig Munitz. She is 35, has been married for nearly 12 years. She and Craig have two sons, Joshua 7 and half yrs old (in grade 1 at King David Linksfield), and Daniel 4 yrs old(at the nursery school). Kim is a Montesorri pre-primary teacher, bakes amazing cakes for the school to raise funds and does a lot of charity work. Craig, has been extremely successful in the IT industry. He attended King David Victory park. He was nominated as one of the top 4, for the young Jewish entrepreneurs of the year two years ago. They live in Linksfield. They have clocked into Aussi, but Kim isn?t that happy to leave her family.
I have to attend a bris shortly so I?ll have to end off for now.
I am working on my biography, but is going to take longer than I thought!
I have given you some info on my eldest daughter kim, her fam and myself for now.
Looking so forward to hearing from you soon again!