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A Whole Lot of Summer Reading: Retired Teachers Deliver 300 Books to JFK Students
Led by a retired Port Chester teacher, a group of former educators hope JFK Magnet students spend part of their summer behind a good book.
A group of retired teachers have become familiar faces to the second-graders of John F. Kennedy Magnet School in Port Chester.
The seven teachers are members of the Westchester-Putnam chapter of NYSUT, or New York State United Teachers. They've "adopted" the young Port Chester students through a program designed to raise literacy and make sure the kids have everything they need for successful studies.
As the school year comes to a close, the group stopped by JFK Magnet School on Monday to deliver more than 300 soft-cover books. Some will be used in the classroom, while each child received two books each for their summer reading programs.
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It was the latest stop at JFK for the retired teachers, who in September delivered 150 shoeboxes filled with school supplies and in December read poetry to the students while donating a poetry anthology for each child.
Doris Blank, a retired Port Chester teacher, leads the committee, which also includes retired teacher Rhoda Stephens of Hendrick Hudson; Suzanne Carlock of Southern Westchester BOCES; Roni O’Connor of Pelham; Mary Curtis of Irvington; Dolores Thompson of Mamaroneck; and Joan Traber of White Plains.
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