Hey Guys!
Guess what?
Our very own Chito Atienza has won the " ESOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR " award sponsored by the prestigious NEW YORK TIMES.
Please share this news with other friends and colleagues in the ESL / CO community. Specially those who were with Chito at the PRPC in Bataan.
If any of you have contacts in the Phil-Am communities in New York and DC - am sure this award is worth their coverage. Pls. forward to them.

Congrats Chitsky! After all these years of dedicated instruction - you certainly deserve the award. We're all very proud of you and your achievements.
It's a great way to celebrate the Easter holidays!

Keep it up.
your former colleagues in ESL/CO instruction in Morong.


p.s.
Copy Sammy, Gil, there are othes in this email that are trying to contact you through my old PRPC photo blog [ My old, hardly updated link re: 25th reunion at PRPC in Morong. ] ( sina Romy, Jesse etc)


----- FORWARDED MESSAGE ----
Hi Jaime,

Again, congratulations on being chosen as the 2008 New York Times ESOL
Teacher of the Year Award winner. As I mentioned over the phone, you were
nominated by Lorna Blancaflor, Jovito de la Paz, Helen Jarandillo,
Christopher Y. Jornales and Liliya Serebrinksaya and the entire selection
committee felt strongly that you deserved this honor.

Thank you for all the important work you're doing in our community.

I wanted to give you details about the awards reception on March 31 and
also ask you a few questions. Again, we would like to invite you and two
guests to the event held on Monday, March 31 from 6 - 8 p.m. here at The
Times. The Times is located at 620 Eighth Avenue, between 40th and 41st
Streets. We'll have someone in our lobby checking people in and directing
everyone to our 15th Floor Conference Center, where the ceremony and
cocktail reception will take place. Business attire is fine for this event.

In addition to your two guests, I'd love to know if you have professional
colleagues from the YMCA or elsewhere that you think we should invite. If
so, please send me a list of their names and email addresses. We will also
notify your nominators that you've been selected and invite them to bring a
guest as well.

We will create an ad that will run in The Times in addition to a printed
program for distribution at the event and would like to include the photos
and bios of the winner and four nominees. Additionally, we would like to
post these profiles and photos on the ESOL Web site. Please send me the
photo you would like to use and a short bio (approx. 125 words or less) by
early next week.

Best wishes,

Uchenna Hicks
Community Affairs/Media Relations
The New York Times
212.556.1757
Fax: 646.428.2197

**Please note our new address**
The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018