Xavier Honors Ignatian Educators 

By Justin Pastilha '16 

The eighth annual Ignatian Educator Awards, held on April 26, celebrated the amazing work and dedication of the New York area's finest elementary and middle school teachers.

Each year, Xavier freshmen write essays describing their favorite teacher from a previous school and the qualities that made that teacher a great educator. The winners of the Ignatian Educator Award are then selected by the Admissions Office to represent teachers who best embody the Ignatian values of cura personalis, magis, and being a man or woman for and with others. Ignatian Educators change the lives of their students in individual, academic, and personal ways by going above and beyond their classroom responsibilities.

The winners and the Xavier freshmen who nominated them are as follows:

Joanne Spadafora, St. Agnes Cathedral School (Nominated by Chris Cagliuso '20)
Rebecca Reisman, Immaculate Conception School (Nominated by Gabriel Ryan '20)
Dana Farmer, St. Aloysius School (Nominated by Emeryc Sogbossi '20)
Christie Reed, St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy (Nominated by Isaac Daudelin '20)
Kristin Smith, The Geneva School of Manhattan (Nominated by Timothee Kambouris '20)
Salvatore Gerardi (Posthumous), St. Joseph Hill Academy (Nominated by Aristotle Mirones '20)
Salvatore Gerardi (Posthumous), St. Joseph Hill Academy (Nominated by Daniel Chapman '20)
Manuela Adsuar-Pizzi, Saint Savior Catholic Academy (Nominated by Aiden O'Brien '20)
Annette Frohlich, Cliffside Park Middle School (Nominated by Christopher Lema '20)
Dr. Barbara Tischler, The Speyer Legacy School (Nominated by Michael Manta '20)
Phyllis Vreeland, St. Patrick's School (Nominated by Blaze Bono '20)
Joanne Basile, Immaculate Conception School (Nominated by Gerard Ryan '20)
Barbara Barbarite, St. Raymond Elementary School (Nominated by Jared Vazquez '20)
Sarah Farrell, St. Clare's School (Nominated by Nicholas Rohrbacher '20)

To see all photos from the Ignatian Educator Awards, click here.