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Andreski Wins Optimist Friend of Youth Award
By Westfield Public Schools
7/8/2010


Claudia Andreski, who retired in June as Principal of McKinley School following 24 years in the Westfield Public Schools, received this year’s Optimist Club Friend of Youth Award at a recent ceremony held at Echo Lake Country Club. She received a plaque and a $250 award to the McKinley School Fund. According to the Optimist Club of Westfield, The Friend of Youth Award is given each year to someone who has performed exemplary service for the youth of Westfield. From the nominations made on her behalf, Mrs. Andreski has been called a remarkable role model who has gone to great lengths to instill a lifelong love of learning and the importance of compassion and kindness to thousands of Westfield children.




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