Erica Stewart-Young accepts the Annette Carlucci Celebration of Life Award at the School Secretaries of the Year Awards Luncheon on May 16 at UFT headquarters.

Surrounded by her colleagues from PS/IS 76 in Manhattan, school secretary Adina Delgado (center, with plaque) basks in the recognition and support for being the borough honoree.

Patricia O’Reilly (center) from William E. Grady Career and Technical Education HS receives the Goldie Colodny Award from her former chapter leader, UFT President Michael Mulgrew, and School Secretaries Chapter Leader Mona Gonzalez.

District 75 Secretary of the Year Miguel Negron chats with (from left), Wanda Guddemi of PS 811 in Brooklyn, School Secretaries Chapter Leader Mona Gonzalez and Judith Rodriguez of PS 35 in Manhattan.

Secretaries (from left) Stacy Ulahel from PS 26 in Staten Island, Laverne Fox from PS 123 in Manhattan, Jeanne Chin from the HS of Fashion Industries in Manhattan and Tamara Bryant from PS 169 in the Bronx take a group shot.

Anne O'Connor (right), a school secretary at PS 26 in Queens, attended with her daughter Kerri Evangelista, an occupational therapist at P 4 in Queens.

Music teacher Steven Oquendo directs the Columbus Campus Jazz Band during the cocktail hour and the opening of the program.

Brooklyn Secretary of the Year Leslie Harris (left), who has worked in the city school system for 30 years and currently works at PS 35, tells the audience, “Today is a special day. I feel like I’m in a room without a roof!”

Queens Secretary of the Year Dianne Archibald of PS 36 likens her office to the hub of the school, and thanks the union for backing secretaries and for the appreciation shown by holding the day’s event.

Michelle Schiefer (holding plaque) of PS 55 is presented with her Staten Island School Secretary of the Year Award by (from left) Mulgrew, Staten Island Borough Representative Debra Penny and School Secretaries Chapter Leader Mona Gonzalez.