Leaders in Education Honored
November 13, 2007
A group of prominent educators were recently feted at an
event sponsored by St. John’s University The School of Education
and the Office of Alumni Relations. The Third Annual Leaders in
Education Awards Dinner (L.E.A.D) was held November 8 in Marillac
Terrace on the Queens campus. The 2007 L.E.A.D. Honorees were
Joseph Sciame ’71Ed, Vice President for Community Relations at St.
John’s; Diane B. Scricca ’73Ed, ’77GEd, ’80PD, Superintendent of
Schools Riverhead Central School District; Charisse E. Willis
’89SVC, ’91GEd, ’95PD, Assistant Dean, The School of Education;
Edward J. Zero, District Superintendent/Executive Office, Eastern
Suffolk BOCES; and Middle School 216 in Flushing, NY.
The event served as an announcement of The School of Education’s
100th anniversary which will be celebrated in the academic year
2008-09. An array of activities is planned for this centennial
celebration beginning with a gala opening dinner to be held in
September in Manhattan.