The Youth With A Purpose Relationship Mentoring Program is thriving in Buffalo School #6. We meet in the Library on the 2nd Floor in a school with a 95% poverty rate. There is no poverty of love in the Library. The room is beautifully maintained which is a tribute to both the Custodial Staff and the Librarian - Miss Andrzejewski. She is affectionately referred to as "Miss A" by students and staff. The YWAP Program is a better program because of Miss A.
Every time I have walked into the Library, Miss A has never failed to ask me if I need anything. She will stop what she is doing and set up her own computer for me to use during our Mentoring Session. She patiently waits for me to give her my class materials so she can get them ready for use through the computer system. When she is done, she never fails to ask if I need anything else and then she goes back to all of her other duties.
I have watched her sit on the floor with younger children and bring books alive through reading to them. I have watched her patience as she helps children find books. The Library can be a busy place but a patient Librarian can make it a place of love. She shows respect to everyone and that is a hallmark of somebody you can trust. Her commitment to excellence is contagious. The children and staff can feel her love. But that is just the small picture.
She also visits another school and spreads seeds of love with the children and staff in that building. That's another part of the small picture. Here is the big picture: Miss Andrzejewski is changing the world through one act of love at a time. YWAP carries her acts of love to other schools throughout the City of Buffalo and into our Youth Center. The students carry her acts of love back into their neighborhoods. The staff carry her acts of love into their homes. The world is a more loving place because Miss A has walked through our lives. Thank you Miss Andrzejewski for creating a Bright Spot for children and their families.
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| If there were a Librarian Hall of Fame, Miss A should be the first inductee |
Every time I have walked into the Library, Miss A has never failed to ask me if I need anything. She will stop what she is doing and set up her own computer for me to use during our Mentoring Session. She patiently waits for me to give her my class materials so she can get them ready for use through the computer system. When she is done, she never fails to ask if I need anything else and then she goes back to all of her other duties.
I have watched her sit on the floor with younger children and bring books alive through reading to them. I have watched her patience as she helps children find books. The Library can be a busy place but a patient Librarian can make it a place of love. She shows respect to everyone and that is a hallmark of somebody you can trust. Her commitment to excellence is contagious. The children and staff can feel her love. But that is just the small picture.
She also visits another school and spreads seeds of love with the children and staff in that building. That's another part of the small picture. Here is the big picture: Miss Andrzejewski is changing the world through one act of love at a time. YWAP carries her acts of love to other schools throughout the City of Buffalo and into our Youth Center. The students carry her acts of love back into their neighborhoods. The staff carry her acts of love into their homes. The world is a more loving place because Miss A has walked through our lives. Thank you Miss Andrzejewski for creating a Bright Spot for children and their families.
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| Buffalo School 6 is school of excellence with a Librarian who shows love in a more excellent way. |
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