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New Rochelle Schools Superintendent Brings Back Former Teacher To Speak

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – The new New Rochelle superintendent of schools is bringing a blast from his past to local elementary school students, with a series of speaking engagements with his former teacher.

Renowned author and former teacher Jim Aylesworth has scheduled a weeklong speaking engagement in New Rochelle.

Renowned author and former teacher Jim Aylesworth has scheduled a weeklong speaking engagement in New Rochelle.

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New Rochelle Superintendent Brian Osborne, now, and when he had Jim Aylesworth as a teacher.

New Rochelle Superintendent Brian Osborne, now, and when he had Jim Aylesworth as a teacher.

Jim Aylesworth, a highly renowned children’s author who spent 25 years in the classroom, has accepted an invitation from his former first grade student, new Schools Superintendent Brian Osborne, to bring his “distinctive mix of sound, rhythm and rhyme” to the district.

Beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 1, the former teacher will visit each of the district’s seven elementary schools, beginning at Jefferson Elementary. Osborne said that Aylesworth was a huge influence on him as a youth.

“Mr. Aylesworth is the best teacher I ever had,” he said. “He taught me how to read; but more importantly, he taught me, and the whole class, to love reading. I’m overjoyed to share my favorite teacher with our district’s more than 5,000 elementary students.”

Here’s when your child can expect an appearance from Aylesworth:

  • Oct. 1: Jefferson Elementary School – 9 to 11:15 a.m. and 1:45 to 2:45 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: Trinity Elementary School – 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 3: Daniel Webster Elementary Magnet School – 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 6: Henry Barnard Early Childhood Center – 9:30 a.m. to noon.
  • Oct. 7: William B. Ward Elementary School – 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
  • Oct. 8: Columbus Elementary School – 8:50 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: George M. Davis Elementary School – 9 to 11:40 a.m.

 

 

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