Book donation at PS 39, Staten Island
Students and staff from an elementary school in Mahopac in Putnam County arrived at PS 39 on Staten Island on Jan. 31 to donate 4,000 books to students from that school and nearby PS 38 and PS 41, whose neighborhoods bore the brunt of the flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy.
Vanessa Stavinski, a teacher at Fulmar Road Elementary School in Mahopac, discusses the books as she passes them out to students.
PS 41 students read their new books.
One of the students from Fulmar Road Elementary School, with teacher Allyson Fallman, tells the Staten Island students about participating in the book drive.
UFT President Micahel Mulgrew (left), PS 39 Chapter Leader Florence Kane and UFT District 31 Representative Sean Rotkowitz take part in the distribution.
PS 41 students check out their new books.
Aaron Cowan, a fourth grader at PS 39, helps distribute books.
Gary Chadwick, principal of Fulmar Road Elementary School in Mahopac, sits with donated books.
Fourth grader Michelle Flynn, at left, speaks onstage with principal Tracey Wright as books are delivered from Mahopac by Fulmar Road Elementary School to Principal Gary Chadwick during an assembly at PS 39.
Vanessa Stavinski, a teacher at Fulmar Road Elementary School in Mahopac, discusses the books as she passes them out to students.
PS 41 students read their new books.
One of the students from Fulmar Road Elementary School, with teacher Allyson Fallman, tells the Staten Island students about participating in the book drive.
UFT President Micahel Mulgrew (left), PS 39 Chapter Leader Florence Kane and UFT District 31 Representative Sean Rotkowitz take part in the distribution.
PS 41 students check out their new books.
Aaron Cowan, a fourth grader at PS 39, helps distribute books.
Gary Chadwick, principal of Fulmar Road Elementary School in Mahopac, sits with donated books.
Fourth grader Michelle Flynn, at left, speaks onstage with principal Tracey Wright as books are delivered from Mahopac by Fulmar Road Elementary School to Principal Gary Chadwick during an assembly at PS 39.