Teacher Feature

Photographed here is Teacher of the year Ms. Cristina Marie Senosa with AFT President Ms. Randi Weingarten.

Read any good books lately?

Well, Anne Stapleton has the book for you - and your child. She's the author of "My ABC Coloring Book," an entertaining coloring book for children ages Pre-K and up. Aisha Gohar does a great job on the illustrations, too. Stapleton's book gives children the opportunity to work on their creative talents. It exposes them to words and the letters of the alphabet and provides early emergent readers with the basic skills needed to begin reading and writing.

Anne really knows how to make learning fun. You can find her coloring book on Amazon for $9.99.

Read any good books lately?

Well, Anne Stapleton has the book for you - and your child. She's the author of "My ABC Coloring Book," an entertaining coloring book for children ages Pre-K and up. Aisha Gohar does a great job on the illustrations, too. Stapleton's book gives children the opportunity to work on their creative talents. It exposes them to words and the letters of the alphabet and provides early emergent readers with the basic skills needed to begin reading and writing.

Anne really knows how to make learning fun. You can find her coloring book on Amazon for $9.99.

Librarian Evelyn Bernier isn’t your typical keeper of books. After Hurricanes Irma and Maria destroyed all of the books in her library at Bowsky Elementary School, she wasted no time (or words) lamenting over the loss. She secured a $60,000 grant from the Laura Bush Foundation for American Libraries to restock the entire library with hardcover books purchased from early childhood book publishers and distributors including Scholastic, Follet and Mackin. She also received a $5,000 grant from the American Library Association to purchase three desktop computers for the library. Mrs. Bernier has