Nancy Savarese

 My husband and I have lived in Syosset for 41 years. We have raised our four children in our Parish. I have been involved in early childhood education since 1998. I received my B.A. from SUNY at Stony Brook and my Master's in Early Childhood and Childhood Education from Molloy College. I have been teaching at St. Edward Confessor School since 2006. I feel blessed to work with such a wonderful group of educators and families! I love my job and look forward to another great year with your spirited 4 year olds!                      

 

The Star Polisher

by Leah Becks

I have a great job in the universe of occupations. What do I do? I'm a "star polisher."

  It's a very important job. If you want to know how important, 
just go out at night and look at the stars twinkling and sparkling.

You see, I'm a teacher. 
The stars are the children in my class. 
My job is to take them in - in whatever shape they come - 
and shine and buff them and then send them out to take their places 
as bright little twinkling beacons in the sky.

They come into my room in all shapes and sizes. 
Sometimes they're bent, tarnished, dirty, crinkly and broken. 
Some stars are cuddly, soft and sweet. 
Some stars are prickly and thorny.

As I buff, polish, train and teach my little stars, 
I tell them that the world cannot do without them. 
I tell them they can do anything they set their minds to do. 
I tell them they can be the brightest, shiniest stars in the sky 
and the world will be a better place because of them.

Each night as I look at the sky, I'm reminded of   my  
 very  important job and   awesome  responsibility. 
I go and get my soft buffing cloth 
and my bottle of polish in preparation for tomorrow 
and for my class of little stars.