School Secretaries Awards Luncheon 2014

May 31, 2014

School Secretaries Awards Luncheon 2014

More than 200 school secretaries and their families and friends attended the 28th Annual School Secretaries of the Year Awards Luncheon on May 31 at UFT headquarters in Manhattan. Secretaries were honored for the multiple roles they play, from office manager to crisis counselor.

UFT School Secretaries Chapter Leader Mona Gonzalez (center) with the 2014 honorees.

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Nickie Zambardino, the winner of the Goldie Colodny Award, with her son, Gary Zambardino, who is a paraprofessional, and retired secretaries Faye Huegel (left) and Connie Donohue.

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Music teacher Steven Oquendo directs the Columbus Campus Jazz Band during the cocktail hour.

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Doreen Berrios-Castillo, the winner of the Annette Carlucci Celebration of Life Award, is flanked by UFT Director of School Safety David Kazansky and Mona Gonzalez.

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Guest speaker George Anthony, the executive director of Peace Dynamics, a conflict resolution organization, praised secretaries for filling a multitude of roles, from office manager to crisis counselor.

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Secretary Irene Garcia (left) is joined by her PS 102, Manhattan colleagues, teachers Paula Allison (center) and Adela Brudasca.

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Mona Gonzalez, the UFT school secretaries chapter leader, praised the honorees for their commitment to their schools and their union.

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Secretaries (from left) Wanda Guddemi, from a District 75 site in Brooklyn, Mary Scafidi, from PS 97 in Queens, and Angela Benincasa, from PS 207 in Queens.

UFT School Secretaries Chapter Leader Mona Gonzalez (center) with the 2014 honorees.

Jonathan Fickies

Nickie Zambardino, the winner of the Goldie Colodny Award, with her son, Gary Zambardino, who is a paraprofessional, and retired secretaries Faye Huegel (left) and Connie Donohue.

Jonathan Fickies

Music teacher Steven Oquendo directs the Columbus Campus Jazz Band during the cocktail hour.

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Doreen Berrios-Castillo, the winner of the Annette Carlucci Celebration of Life Award, is flanked by UFT Director of School Safety David Kazansky and Mona Gonzalez.

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Secretary Irene Garcia (left) is joined by her PS 102, Manhattan colleagues, teachers Paula Allison (center) and Adela Brudasca.

Jonathan Fickies

Mona Gonzalez, the UFT school secretaries chapter leader, praised the honorees for their commitment to their schools and their union.

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Secretaries (from left) Wanda Guddemi, from a District 75 site in Brooklyn, Mary Scafidi, from PS 97 in Queens, and Angela Benincasa, from PS 207 in Queens.