Veterans of Foreign Wars N.J. District 5 (Union County) selected Andrea Masri as their Grammar School Teacher of the Year. She was unanimously nominated by VFW Post 6259, Berkeley Heights, for her program “Operation, We Remember”, an interactive exchange between veterans and her Gifted and Talented students. Mrs. Masri will now vie with other candidates from all districts in New Jersey for the state title.
Mrs. Masri had her students interviewed veterans from World War II through the current battles in the Middle East. The students’ work culminated with both an assembly of students and faculty along with Berkeley Heights township officials and the Veterans Memorial Park Renewal Committee; and the publication of a hard bound book “Operation, We Remember”. A copy of the book was presented to each participating veteran.
Berkeley Heights Gifted and Talented teacher Mrs. Andrea Masri was presented with the “Grammar School Teacher of the Year” award on March 15, 2017 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars N.J. District 5 (above) Frank Perlzak, Past Commander; Jerry Barter, Post Quartermaster; Ed Mueller, participating Veteran; Mrs. Andrea Masri; Tom Lombardi, Post Commander; Patricia Gasparini, Woodruff School Principal; and Steve4 Falk, Past Commander
