ALLENTOWN — Before moving on to the next grade level last week, some middle school students learned about student life in the mid-20th century from local citizens who lived it.

Upper Freehold Regional Middle School students, their parents, administrators, and a group of senior citizens came together on June 17 to culminate “When I Was Your Age …” and to celebrate learning across the generations.

A group of six students from sixth, seventh and eighth grades — Jay Kloskowski, Anthony Foti, Mary Primich, Molly Smith, Regan Ennis, and Sarah Rhoad — worked after school with computer teacher Mimi Rowland on the project. The students created a list of questions to ask seniors in the Four Seasons development to learn about life as a middle-school-age student in the mid-20th century.

The students asked the seniors to visit the middle school computer lab, where they videotaped and interviewed them. The students later edited the videos and burned them onto DVDs.

The seniors were invited to the culminating celebration to watch the videos. Four were able to attend — Bill and Rosemary Albach, Bill Banghart, and Gene Beckman. The students, their parents and administrators Mark Guterl, Jill Dobrowansky and Steve Cochrane also attended the evening of learning and laughter. All in attendance had a good time sharing stories of rotary dial telephones with party lines, “American Bandstand,” and playing outside without a care.

Through this project, the students learned about multimedia technology, history, and life. They came away with the knowledge that even though many things have changed, some things, like family and friendship, were as important years ago as they are today.