NAME:
Mrs. James and Mrs. Seyfert
SCHOOL:
Dennett Elementary School
CLASS:
Grade 3
SCHOOL PHONE:
(781) 585-3659
Mrs. Seyfert has been in education for 31 years. She is still only 39 years
old. She has taught in grades 3-6 in several towns. This is her twelfth year
at
the Dennett. She earned her Bachelor and Master's Degrees in Elementary
Education from Boston State College. She worked for the North River
Collaborative for eight years with visually impaired and developmentally
delayed students. She has a working knowledge of braille and during National
Braille Month she coordinates a disability workshop for all third graders.
I dreamed I stood in a studio
And watched two sculptors there,
The clay they used was a young child's mind,
And they fashioned it with care.
One was a teacher; the tools he used
Were books and music and art.
One was a parent with a guiding hand,
And a gentle, loving heart.
Day after day the teacher toiled
With touch that was deft and sure.
While the parent labored by his side.
And polished and smoothed it o'er.
And when at last their task was done,
They were proud of what they wrought.
For the things they had molded into the child,
Could neither be sold nor bought.
And each agreed he would have failed
If he had done it alone.
For behind the parents stood the school,
And behind the teacher, the home.
