Retirees from District 75 get ready to enjoy the celebration.

Brooklyn members Brenda Hutto of Acorn Community HS (left), and Sandra Heaney (second from left) and Fern Carriero (right), both of PS 207, are joined by Carriero’s daughter Lindsay.

Teachers from PS 94 in Brooklyn show off the cards they’ll be feeding to the dragon and lion dancers.

Students don lion masks to join the dragon dancers and entertain members.

Richard Vasquez, a school counselor at PS 34 in Brooklyn, “feeds” an envelope to a “lion” — a tradition in Chinese New Year celebrations. The lion dance is meant to chase away evil spirits and to shower people with prosperity, and feeding the lion is believed to bring good luck for the year.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew (kneeling) and Vice President for Middle Schools Richard Mantell join a pair of dancers and Marian Thom, the committee co-chair who planned and organized the event, onstage at Joy Luck Palace.

The Dial-a-Teacher team celebrating the Year of the Dog 2018.