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UFT’s Queens office has moved

The UFT’s Queens borough office has moved to a new location, 1.5 miles from the previous site. The Queens borough office is now at 118-35 Queens Blvd., 7th floor, in Forest Hills. See information about your Queens borough office representatives and...

Learning in style

Students at PS 811, a District 75 high school for special needs students in Bellerose, Queens, wowed classmates, teachers and families on June 12 at their Fashion Avengers Fashion Show, where many of the outfits they created were made from recyclable...

First Book giveaway

The line stretched around PS 160 in Jamaica, Queens, and down the block at the UFT’s First Book giveaway on June 1. The incentive: 40,000 free books.

Noteworthy Graduate: Jeff Waxman, movie producer

Hollywood movie producer Jeff Waxman credits a well-rounded education in Queens public schools and "the size of the schools" with preparing him to be a filmmaking jack-of-all-trades.

Building bridges

When Aaron Eng-Achson, an English as a New Language teacher at PS 84 in Astoria, Queens, decided to launch an intensive study of bridges with his 3rd- and 5th-grade students, he knew exactly who to turn to in his school for expertise: custodial...

Starting young

For Jo Ann Westhall, an elementary school education includes reading, writing, arithmetic — and computer science. Westhall, a computer science teacher and the chapter leader at PS 31 in Bayside, Queens, brought a subject reserved for middle and high...

Judith Rosenberg

Judith Rosenberg was a 1st-grade teacher at PS 207 in Howard Beach, Queens, for 22 years.

Suzanne Rettig

Suzanne Rettig was a UFT member for 10 years, most recently as a paraprofessional working in special education.

Katz endorsed in primary on June 25

The UFT Delegate Assembly on May 22 overwhelmingly voted to endorse Queens Borough President Melinda Katz in the special Democratic primary for Queens district attorney scheduled for June 25.

Hydroponic harvest in Queens

What started in October with one tray of basil at PS 349 in Jamaica, Queens, has grown into a hydroponics greenhouse, now ripe with fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, basil and parsley.