New
Hunter College President Visits Former School
Jennifer
Raab, the newly installed president of Hunter College, made a
nostalgic visit to P.S. 173, her former elementary school in Washington
Heights. Raab addressed about 180 graduating fifth-graders who
are getting ready to attend neighborhood intermediate schools
next fall. About half a dozen students have been accepted at Mott
Hall, a public school for the gifted on the campus of City College
in Manhattan.
Raab grew up in Washington Heights, next door to P.S. 173, and
graduated from the school as Valedictorian in 1968. (At that time,
the school extended through 6th grade.) Her sister and brother
also attended the school, and her mother served for 18 years as
a paraprofessional in the reading program there. Three other professionals
from Raab’s years there still work at the school: teacher Jeanette
Chiappe and early-childhood teaching assistants Sally Williams
and Doris Silverstein. #
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