Mrs. Christi Abbate

Getting to Know Me . . .

Favorite Prayer:

I Said a Prayer for You Today-
I said a prayer for you today, and know God must have heard. I felt the answer in my heart although He spoke no word! I didn’t ask for wealth or fame, (I knew you wouldn’t mind). I asked Him to send treasures of a far more lasting kind! I asked that He’d be near to you at the start of each new day: to grant you health and blessings and friends to share your way! I asked for happiness for you in all things great and small. But it was for His loving care I prayed most of all!

Favorite Saint:
       Saint John Paul II

Favorite Educational Quote:
      “What a teacher is, is more important than what she teaches.”

Favorite Activities:
       Spending time with family and friends, celebrating holidays, waterskiing, and basketball.
 

Welcome, Families!

I am honored to be teaching third grade at St. William the Abbot Roman Catholic School for the 2021-22 school year. I come with an enthusiastic, positive energy that will be found in room 14 each day throughout the school year. Through my professional placements in a second-grade, fourth-grade, and high school life skills class, I gained valuable knowledge and experience in meeting the needs of individual learners. I was able to further develop my teaching philosophies at Touro College where I recently completed my Master of Science in Childhood Education and Special Education for Grades 1-6. As an undergraduate, I attended Binghamton University where I was captain of the Women’s Basketball Team. Upon graduation, I coached Division I Women’s College Basketball for several years. I am still very active with basketball as a Co-Director of the CYO Travel Basketball Program at my parish, Our Lady of Lourdes in West Islip which is where I reside with my husband, our two daughters (ages 16 &11), and our dog.

Though I have vast past experiences, this is my first teaching position and I am thrilled for the opportunity to bring my knowledge, talents, and abilities to St. William’s. Over the past several weeks, I have been so graciously welcomed by the SWS community. I have found this community to be so caring, supportive, thoughtful, and generous. I wish to thank my parents and students for all that you bring to SWS, for choosing SWS, and for all that you do to make SWS the wonderful school that it is.

As an educator, my beliefs include a student-centered classroom; teaching the whole-child, especially social-emotional learning and character trait development; a positive classroom environment that promotes student engagement and learning; and incorporating opportunities to apply knowledge to ensure success beyond the classroom. These core beliefs align with the mission of St. William’s as the St. William’s community and I are dedicated to academic excellence, spiritual development, the traditions of the Catholic Church, as well as the development of students as critical thinkers and lifelong learners. In accordance with St. William’s values, we will work hard learning and growing as individuals who are responsible, appreciative of diversity, accountable, collaborative, confident, respectful, polite, and well-rounded. Our two main classroom rules are to always do your best and to be respectful. Our theme, Rediscover the Sacred, will guide us throughout the school year as we explore all that we find sacred and focus on the seven sacraments.

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