The Broadway Flushing Homeowners’ Association honored Mrs. Susan Kennedy’s retirement as a second grade teacher at St. Andrew Avellino School at the October 27 General Membership Meeting at Church-on-the-Hill. Mrs. Kennedy was presented with a National and New York State Register bronze plaque by the members of BFHA, and a Community Citation presented by Lionel Morales on behalf of Councilmember Paul Vallone.
The audience listened intently about Mrs. Kennedy’s involvement in the Broadway-Flushing community and her career at the school. They marveled about her teaching second grade at St. Andrew’s since 1970, and has prepared hundreds of children to receive First Holy Communion. She has watched former students become parents and send their own children back to her class. Mrs. Kennedy was awarded the 2015 Hometown Heroes in Education in New York by the New York Daily News. Her advice to teachers about how to have a successful career is simple. “You have to love children,” she said.
Presenting the plaque to Mrs. Kennedy is BFHA President Janet McCreesh and Maria Becce. Presenting the Community Citation from Councilmember Vallone is Lionel Morales, a former student of Mrs. Kennedy. He is joined by other former students Michael Pompasello and Matthew Becce.
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