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Meet Main Line Art Teacher Patty Papatheodore

Meet this non-traditional teacher from the Main Line Art Center Patty Papatheodore.

Haverford-Havertown Patch is featuring great area teachers who deserve some spotlight. Teachers give a lot to their students, schools and studies and we'd like to recognize them and say a simple, thank you, for all that they do. This art teacher has been in the industry for 12 years and shares her passion for teaching art with children who have developmental and cognitive disability. Name: Patty Papatheodore School: Main Line Art Center  Grade/Subject: K-12 Children's Classes/Mixed Media Art Years in the Industry:  12 Teaching Background: As a visual artist, I have been teaching children's classes in mixed media, ceramics, printmaking, painting & drawing and fiber arts  at Main Line Art Center for the past 12 years. I work with children …

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Meet Haverford Middle School Teacher Angela Lord

This Haverford Middle School teacher has been in the industry for 26 years and still shares her passion for teaching middle school students.

Haverford-Havertown Patch is featuring great area teachers who deserve some spotlight. Teachers give a lot to their students, schools and studies and we'd like to recognize them and say a simple, thank you, for all that they do. This educator has been in the industry for 26 years, spreading her passion for middle school math and reading. Name: Angela Lord School: Haverford Middle School Grade/Subject: 6th Grade/Math and Language Arts Years in the Industry: 26 (been with SDHT since 1985) Teaching Background: Bachelor's degree in Secondary Math (West Chester University) and master's in Elementary Education (St. Joseph's University). Additional Math and Technology coursework at Cabrini College. What do you like most about your job?  Working …

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Meet Manoa Teacher Kathleen Hale

Meet this Manoa Elementary School teacher who has a passion for elementary school students.

Haverford-Havertown Patch is featuring great teachers in the Haverford-Havertown area who deserve some spotlight. Teachers give a lot to their students, schools and studies and we'd like to recognize them and say a simple, thank you, for all that they do. This teacher has been in the industry for 12 years, hoping to make a difference in the young minds of children. Name: Kathleen Hale School: Manoa Elementary School Grade/Subject: Second Grade Years in the Industry: 12 What do you like most about your job?  The children are my favorite part of this job. It is a great feeling to come to work each day and try to put a smile on a child's face or help them learn something new.   Why did you become a teacher?  I have always wanted to be a …

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This Haverford High Grad Has a Special Commitment to Special Ed.

Haverford Patch recognizes an outstanding area teacher.

Genna Reiter is a second and third grade Special Education teacher at Sabold Elementary. Commitment to Education  Reiter grew up in Bryn Mawr and graduated from Haverford High School. She received her undergraduate degree in Elementary and Special Education from Towson University and went on to receive a Master's Degree in school counseling from Fordham University.  Committed to providing the best education possible to the students at Sabold Elementary, this Haverford alum is currently pursuing a certificate in Autism Studies from St. Joseph's University.  Patch asked this Haverford alum a few questions about teaching and living in Springfield. What is the best thing about being a teacher? "I love the sense of fulfillment I feel when my …

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Project Scleroderma Founder Recalls Fundraising Record Being Broken

Project Scleroderma needed $30,000, but instead it received $32,320.

The person who helped Havertown’s Christy McCaffrey reach her goal of getting $30,000, and breaking it, for her Project Scleroderma was certainly not a local person. Or even from America. McCaffrey was in a race against time to raise $30,000 by 11:59 p.m., Monday May 28, so she can continue Project Scleroderma, a video documentary to help people become aware of scleroderma, an autoimmune disorder that took her mother’s life in 2009. (Editor's note: Some of the images in the video can be considered graphic.) And with a little help from a scleroderma patient in Spain, at 9 p.m. this past Saturday the fundraising goal was met. “The donation that put us over our goal was from a Scleroderma patient in Madrid, Spain who raised funds among her …

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Daughter On Deadline To Raise Money For Cure of Autoimmune Disorder

Project Scleroderma is to help people better understand the autoimmune disorder.

Christy McCaffrey not only lost her mother to an autoimmune disorder, but a cherished friend with whom she was very close to. But since Sandy Selfridge's death at age 58 her daughter founded Project Scleroderma, an organization to "bring awareness to this urgent need for a cure." Now the 27-year-old Havertown woman is racing against time to raise $30,000 by Monday, May 28, at 11:59 p.m. to ensure that Project Scleroderma continues to run. If the goal is not reached, McCaffrey, who works as a hair stylist at Nicholas Sebastian Hair Salon in Newtown Square, said, "If we do not reach this amount by the 28th all of our funders will get their money back." McCaffrey took the time to discuss with Patch about her mother, Project Scleroderma and …

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