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Pre-K - 1st Grade Teacher & Staff of the Year!

Posted Date: 5/06/25 (7:16 PM)

Photo of teacher and staff of the yearCongratulations to our Pre-K - 1st Grade Elementary Staff of the Year: Lorraine Allen
Mrs. Allen is a Teaching Assistant at our Pre-K-1st Grade Elementary. This is her 24th year at Rapoport Academy. 

What others say about Mrs. Allen:
💚 Mrs. Allen is a rockstar and has been a model of hard work for the past 20+ years. She is incredibly dedicated to the students, staff, and Rapoport Academy. She is on campus early every morning and late every night. She is absolutely incredible and deserves to be celebrated!

🖤 Mrs. Allen works hard every day. She is always willing to lend a helping hand wherever she is needed and she never complains. She is always positive and such a joy to work with. She is very dependable. Both our staff and students are lucky to get to work with Mrs. Allen! She has truly been a blessing to me and I am thankful I get to work with her!

💚 Mrs. Allen has consistently demonstrated all of Rapoport's core values, and along the way, she has instilled them in all students at the Flewellen Campus, especially in Pre-K as a Teaching Assistant and as part of the After School program. She is a tireless worker, offering to help in any way, any time, to everyone - teacher, staff member, student, or family. She embodies Every Raven, Every Day, every single day! Thank you, Mrs. Allen, for your years of service to the Rapoport community! We love you, we appreciate you, and we will miss you when you retire!

 

Congratulations to our Pre-K - 1st Grade Elementary Teacher of the Year: Diana Silva
Mrs. Silva is a Pre-K Teacher at our Pre-K-1st Grade Elementary. This is her 6th year at Rapoport Academy. 

What others say about Mrs. Silva:
💚 Mrs Silva is a remarkable teacher. She gives love, care, and dedication to her students and families, and always has a smile and kind word to say. 

🖤 Mrs. Silva is ALWAYS so positive and offers ways my kindergarten students could come mentor/ work with her students!

💚 Mrs. Silva is an amazing teacher. She stays late nearly every day to ensure she has all her materials prepared and ready for her students each day. She keeps learning fun for her students and has such a calm disposition no matter what the students throw her way. She is a steady, reliable source of safety for her students and deserves to be celebrated!

🖤 Mrs. Silva is a superstar! Since she joined Rapoport years ago, she has established a family connection in her classroom, with the families of her students - current and past - and helps in anyway she can on campus by translating for families and students, contributing to students, families, and colleagues' needs, and being a cheerleader for everyone in Rapoport's community. 







Way to go!