WHBI teacher Cassie Burrell and WHBI librarian Alicia Fazio are on the Honor Roll for WMHT Teacher Appreciation Week. WHBI Principal Gwynne Cosh nominated Burrell and Fazio for the honor.
Cosh said this about Burrell: Mrs. Burrell goes above and beyond for her students. She is encouraging, compassionate, and truly is a champion for her students. She often times dresses up like silly characters like a “Testing Fairy,” and provides a safe place for her students. She has been an integral member of our Character Education Committee. She helps lead our “Spartatude Club” after school and facilitates assemblies around our Spartatude values. Mrs. Burrell displays such a positive attitude with any challenge she is faced with and cares about all of her students as if they were her own child.
Cosh said this about Fazio: Alicia Fazio is the librarian at the William H. Barton Intermediate School in the Queensbury Union Free School District, however her role and involvement in our school and community goes beyond the media center. When there is a Queensbury event, committee or student incentive, Miss Fazio will be there. Miss Fazio is the face of many WHBI activities and programs. The staff jokes about how Miss Fazio lives here at the WHBI. She often is found in her room organizing, planning, preparing, and having several visitors stop by daily to converse and say “hello” well beyond our school hours. Students from the middle school and high school often pop in and visit with Miss Fazio. Before the day even begins every year, there is a group of students that find themselves in the library before the announcement signal comes on for students to get to homeroom. This group of students changes each year, and it has become a safe space for students to begin their day with the friendly, open-minded and truly student-centered teacher in Mis
For more information about WMHT Teacher Appreciation Week, go to https://www.wmht.org/education/teacher-appreciation-week.