SHARE

Bronxville Preschool Teacher Wins 'Community Champion' Award

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- - Michelle Tween, the director of The Chapel School in Bronxville, was chosen as the inaugural receiver of the Gathering of Friends “Community Champion” Award.

Michelle Tween, the director of The Chapel School, will receive the "Community Champion" Award.

Michelle Tween, the director of The Chapel School, will receive the "Community Champion" Award.

Photo Credit: Contributed

Tween is also a teacher at the preschool. She will be honored on Friday, March 21, 2014 at Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle

The event, Gathering of Friends, is hosted by the Village Lutheran Church and The Chapel School. The evening will include an auction, dinner and dancing .

The event will honor The Chapel School and Village Lutheran Church and its vital role in the life of the community. The academic excellence and spiritual education offered to the children, and the ministry’s commitment to fellowship, stewardship and community service, combine make a positive impact on all ages in the community.

Rev. Dr. Robert Hartwell, Senior Pastor of the Village Lutheran Church, described a Community Champion as “someone in Village Lutheran Church, The Chapel School or Concordia Community that we look up to, has made great strides for our mission and who inspires us to our highest ideals.”

Tween is a graduate of Fordham University and has a Master of Science in Early Childhood Education as well as an Advanced Diploma in School Building Leadership from The College of New Rochelle. During her tenure at The Chapel School, Mrs. Tween has taught Preschool 3's and 4's, Kindergarten, 1st Grade and was the Reading Coordinator for Grades 2-4.

She has coached cheerleading and softball for The Chapel School, and has been on several committees, including Lutheran Schools Week, the Faculty and Staff Social Committee, The Chapel School Advisory Committee, and The Associate Pastor Call Committee.

Tween said she “truly loves The Chapel School and Village Lutheran Church. The community here is incredible. You feel it as you walk through the doors. It is an inexplicable gift to love coming to work each day, We laugh together, we support each other, we listen to each other, we do our best, and at the end of the day, we are family.” 

For more information or to purchase tickets visit http://www.gathering-of-friends.org

to follow Daily Voice Eastchester and receive free news updates.

SCROLL TO NEXT ARTICLE