Better Speech and Hearing Month Celebration 2023
Speech teachers and their students were honored for innovative projects at the 17th annual Better Speech and Hearing Month Celebration at UFT headquarters. Their projects were displayed throughout Shanker Hall and presented via video.
Margaryta Kuzmin of 771K@Brooklyn Studio and 771K@329 accepts her award for her project "Gabriella the Great: Eating, Reading and Speaking!" and for her reading-buddy program, which paired District 75 high school students with elementary school students.
Speech teachers Heather Park (left) of PS 98 in Queens and Perri Wallowitz of PS 133 in Queens display their students' projects.
Speech teachers, their students and students’ family members gather in Shanker Hall to celebrate.
Speech Improvement Chapter Leader Caroline Murphy congratulates the speech teachers and students for their hard work.
Serving on the Better Speech and Hearing Month Committee (from left to right) are Ladesha Outing, Ana Machuca, Caroline Murphy, George Pagano, Susannah Blum, Brenda Caquias, Lorina Allert, Deborah Alexander and Katherine Lewis.
UFT Vice President Anne Goldman, who was honored with the Friend of the Chapter award, salutes the speech teachers and students. "This is the culmination of the incredible partnership between our children and our educators," she said.
Speech teacher Nadia Garris of PS 160 in the Bronx hands the mic to her students to describe their game "On the Path to Speech Success."
Speech teachers (from left to right) Natalie Diaz, Desmond Rivera and Lisa Falcon of PS 103 in the Bronx accept their award for their project "Speech Learning Zone" from Speech Improvement Chapter Leader Caroline Murphy, at the podium.
Karla Dillard-Skinner from PS 236 in the Bronx presents her "Hugs Project," developed to help children learn how to appropriately ask for, give and receive hugs.
Speech teacher Jillian Fischer of PS 138@30 in Manhattan describes her project "Gaining Gourmet Goals," developed to help one of her students expand his "food repertoire" by trying new flavors and textures.
Speech teachers (from left) Magy Aziz of IS 363 of Brooklyn and Krystal Toles and Michael Pappas of IS/HS 644 of Brooklyn (at right) accept their awards with speech supervisor Stacy Bastien-Renelique (second from right).
Margaryta Kuzmin of 771K@Brooklyn Studio and 771K@329 accepts her award for her project "Gabriella the Great: Eating, Reading and Speaking!" and for her reading-buddy program, which paired District 75 high school students with elementary school students.
Speech teachers Heather Park (left) of PS 98 in Queens and Perri Wallowitz of PS 133 in Queens display their students' projects.
Speech teachers, their students and students’ family members gather in Shanker Hall to celebrate.
Speech Improvement Chapter Leader Caroline Murphy congratulates the speech teachers and students for their hard work.
Serving on the Better Speech and Hearing Month Committee (from left to right) are Ladesha Outing, Ana Machuca, Caroline Murphy, George Pagano, Susannah Blum, Brenda Caquias, Lorina Allert, Deborah Alexander and Katherine Lewis.
UFT Vice President Anne Goldman, who was honored with the Friend of the Chapter award, salutes the speech teachers and students. "This is the culmination of the incredible partnership between our children and our educators," she said.
Speech teacher Nadia Garris of PS 160 in the Bronx hands the mic to her students to describe their game "On the Path to Speech Success."
Speech teachers (from left to right) Natalie Diaz, Desmond Rivera and Lisa Falcon of PS 103 in the Bronx accept their award for their project "Speech Learning Zone" from Speech Improvement Chapter Leader Caroline Murphy, at the podium.
Karla Dillard-Skinner from PS 236 in the Bronx presents her "Hugs Project," developed to help children learn how to appropriately ask for, give and receive hugs.
Speech teacher Jillian Fischer of PS 138@30 in Manhattan describes her project "Gaining Gourmet Goals," developed to help one of her students expand his "food repertoire" by trying new flavors and textures.
Speech teachers (from left) Magy Aziz of IS 363 of Brooklyn and Krystal Toles and Michael Pappas of IS/HS 644 of Brooklyn (at right) accept their awards with speech supervisor Stacy Bastien-Renelique (second from right).
Margaryta Kuzmin of 771K@Brooklyn Studio and 771K@329 accepts her award for her project "Gabriella the Great: Eating, Reading and Speaking!" and for her reading-buddy program, which paired District 75 high school students with elementary school students.
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Speech teachers (from left to right) Natalie Diaz, Desmond Rivera and Lisa Falcon of PS 103 in the Bronx accept their award for their project "Speech Learning Zone" from Speech Improvement Chapter Leader Caroline Murphy, at the podium.
Karla Dillard-Skinner from PS 236 in the Bronx presents her "Hugs Project," developed to help children learn how to appropriately ask for, give and receive hugs.
Speech teacher Jillian Fischer of PS 138@30 in Manhattan describes her project "Gaining Gourmet Goals," developed to help one of her students expand his "food repertoire" by trying new flavors and textures.
Speech teachers (from left) Magy Aziz of IS 363 of Brooklyn and Krystal Toles and Michael Pappas of IS/HS 644 of Brooklyn (at right) accept their awards with speech supervisor Stacy Bastien-Renelique (second from right).
Margaryta Kuzmin of 771K@Brooklyn Studio and 771K@329 accepts her award for her project "Gabriella the Great: Eating, Reading and Speaking!" and for her reading-buddy program, which paired District 75 high school students with elementary school students.
Speech teachers Heather Park (left) of PS 98 in Queens and Perri Wallowitz of PS 133 in Queens display their students' projects.
Speech teachers, their students and students’ family members gather in Shanker Hall to celebrate.
Speech Improvement Chapter Leader Caroline Murphy congratulates the speech teachers and students for their hard work.
Serving on the Better Speech and Hearing Month Committee (from left to right) are Ladesha Outing, Ana Machuca, Caroline Murphy, George Pagano, Susannah Blum, Brenda Caquias, Lorina Allert, Deborah Alexander and Katherine Lewis.
UFT Vice President Anne Goldman, who was honored with the Friend of the Chapter award, salutes the speech teachers and students. "This is the culmination of the incredible partnership between our children and our educators," she said.
Speech teacher Nadia Garris of PS 160 in the Bronx hands the mic to her students to describe their game "On the Path to Speech Success."
Speech teachers (from left to right) Natalie Diaz, Desmond Rivera and Lisa Falcon of PS 103 in the Bronx accept their award for their project "Speech Learning Zone" from Speech Improvement Chapter Leader Caroline Murphy, at the podium.
Karla Dillard-Skinner from PS 236 in the Bronx presents her "Hugs Project," developed to help children learn how to appropriately ask for, give and receive hugs.
Speech teacher Jillian Fischer of PS 138@30 in Manhattan describes her project "Gaining Gourmet Goals," developed to help one of her students expand his "food repertoire" by trying new flavors and textures.
Speech teachers (from left) Magy Aziz of IS 363 of Brooklyn and Krystal Toles and Michael Pappas of IS/HS 644 of Brooklyn (at right) accept their awards with speech supervisor Stacy Bastien-Renelique (second from right).
Margaryta Kuzmin of 771K@Brooklyn Studio and 771K@329 accepts her award for her project "Gabriella the Great: Eating, Reading and Speaking!" and for her reading-buddy program, which paired District 75 high school students with elementary school students.
Speech teachers Heather Park (left) of PS 98 in Queens and Perri Wallowitz of PS 133 in Queens display their students' projects.
Speech teachers, their students and students’ family members gather in Shanker Hall to celebrate.
Speech Improvement Chapter Leader Caroline Murphy congratulates the speech teachers and students for their hard work.
Serving on the Better Speech and Hearing Month Committee (from left to right) are Ladesha Outing, Ana Machuca, Caroline Murphy, George Pagano, Susannah Blum, Brenda Caquias, Lorina Allert, Deborah Alexander and Katherine Lewis.
UFT Vice President Anne Goldman, who was honored with the Friend of the Chapter award, salutes the speech teachers and students. "This is the culmination of the incredible partnership between our children and our educators," she said.
Speech teacher Nadia Garris of PS 160 in the Bronx hands the mic to her students to describe their game "On the Path to Speech Success."
Speech teachers (from left to right) Natalie Diaz, Desmond Rivera and Lisa Falcon of PS 103 in the Bronx accept their award for their project "Speech Learning Zone" from Speech Improvement Chapter Leader Caroline Murphy, at the podium.
Karla Dillard-Skinner from PS 236 in the Bronx presents her "Hugs Project," developed to help children learn how to appropriately ask for, give and receive hugs.
Speech teacher Jillian Fischer of PS 138@30 in Manhattan describes her project "Gaining Gourmet Goals," developed to help one of her students expand his "food repertoire" by trying new flavors and textures.
Speech teachers (from left) Magy Aziz of IS 363 of Brooklyn and Krystal Toles and Michael Pappas of IS/HS 644 of Brooklyn (at right) accept their awards with speech supervisor Stacy Bastien-Renelique (second from right).
Margaryta Kuzmin of 771K@Brooklyn Studio and 771K@329 accepts her award for her project "Gabriella the Great: Eating, Reading and Speaking!" and for her reading-buddy program, which paired District 75 high school students with elementary school students.
