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Staten Island Parent Conference 2019

More than 100 Staten Island parents, grandparents, guardians and education activists came to IS 2 in Midland Beach for the 10th annual UFT Staten Island Parent Conference to learn about college, bullying, special education and other topics of interest to public school parents.

Two women working with kids on project

Carolina Mendez (seated, center) and her children work on an art project with the help of instructor Melanie Sepulveda, a teacher at IS 27.

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Mother holding child in her arms

Listening to a presentation titled Steering Your Students Toward Success is Fidelfa Zosasas and her daughter.

Erica Berger
Three women and one man in school hallway talking
Chatting between workshops are (from left) Analia Gerard, the UFT Staten Island borough representative; Marie Rodriguez, the UFT parent and community liaison for Staten Island, who spearheaded the conference planning; Toni Bennett, the parent coordinator at IS 2; and Nicholas Cruz, the UFT director of community and parent engagement.
Erica Berger
People seated in a classroom with teacher standing
Steering Your Students Toward Success workshop facilitator Patrice Buffalo (standing, left) listens to a parent’s question.
Erica Berger
Two women talk to each other from across a table

Julia Luppino (left), who presented on behalf of Parent to Parent of New York State about state resources for people with developmental disabilities, speaks with Lucia Curatolo-Boylan, a PS 9 parent.

Erica Berger
Woman speaks in front of crowd of people seated
Vincenza Gallissio, the District 31 superintendent, introduces a panel in the auditorium.
Erica Berger
Woman sits in auditorium with sleep child in stroller
Claudia Galindo, a PS 20 parent, listens to a panel while her child naps.
Erica Berger
Three women on stage, one speaking into microphone
Speakers from My Sister’s Keeper, an organization dedicated to closing opportunity gaps for students, address the group.
Erica Berger
Man receiving a shot by nurse
Nicholas Cruz, the UFT director of community and parent engagement, was among the many conference attendees who got a flu shot on site.
Erica Berger
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Two women working with kids on project

Carolina Mendez (seated, center) and her children work on an art project with the help of instructor Melanie Sepulveda, a teacher at IS 27.

Erica Berger
Mother holding child in her arms

Listening to a presentation titled Steering Your Students Toward Success is Fidelfa Zosasas and her daughter.

Erica Berger
Three women and one man in school hallway talking
Chatting between workshops are (from left) Analia Gerard, the UFT Staten Island borough representative; Marie Rodriguez, the UFT parent and community liaison for Staten Island, who spearheaded the conference planning; Toni Bennett, the parent coordinator at IS 2; and Nicholas Cruz, the UFT director of community and parent engagement.
Erica Berger
People seated in a classroom with teacher standing
Steering Your Students Toward Success workshop facilitator Patrice Buffalo (standing, left) listens to a parent’s question.
Erica Berger
Two women talk to each other from across a table

Julia Luppino (left), who presented on behalf of Parent to Parent of New York State about state resources for people with developmental disabilities, speaks with Lucia Curatolo-Boylan, a PS 9 parent.

Erica Berger
Woman speaks in front of crowd of people seated
Vincenza Gallissio, the District 31 superintendent, introduces a panel in the auditorium.
Erica Berger
Woman sits in auditorium with sleep child in stroller
Claudia Galindo, a PS 20 parent, listens to a panel while her child naps.
Erica Berger
Three women on stage, one speaking into microphone
Speakers from My Sister’s Keeper, an organization dedicated to closing opportunity gaps for students, address the group.
Erica Berger
Man receiving a shot by nurse
Nicholas Cruz, the UFT director of community and parent engagement, was among the many conference attendees who got a flu shot on site.
Erica Berger