Memorable Moments in Education

 


PHUN IN THE SUN -- Bell Gardens Elementary students each receive their very own copy of The Jester Has Lost His Jingle at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA. At right, the Jester's Mom Barbara Saltzman with teacher Araceli Caldera.

 

PHARLEY PHANS — Parents and students gather round to meet The Jester & Pharley and The Jester's Mom at LAUSD's Literacy Faire.

JESTER DRAWINGS — For the L.A. Unified School District's Literacy Faire at Reseda High School, third-grade students at Nestle School contributed their favorite scenes from The Jester Has Lost His Jingle, proudly displayed here by, from left, Jester & Pharley Phund Advisory Board member Scott Semel of New York Life Insurance; Barbara Saltzman, The Jester's Mom; and LAUSD volunteers Linda and Michael Lesser of Re/Max on the Boulevard.

 

RETURN ENGAGEMENT — The Jester's Mom reads The Jester Has Lost His Jingle at East Rock School in New Haven, CT, where The Jester first made its debut in 1995.

 

SAN DIEGO SUMMIT — The Jester & Pharley meet and greet Principals at the National Association of Elementary School Principals in San Diego, CA.

 

SUNNY CELEBRATION — The students of Cornerstone Elementary in Palos Verdes,CA, welcomed spring with an outdoor celebration of literacy with The Jester's Mom.

 



BOSTON BUDDY — The Jester's Mom visits with Sam, a student at Derby Elementary, during a recent East Coast trip.

 

JESTER JUBILEE — Harbor View Elementary students ask The Jester's Mom questions about The Jester Has Los His Jingle during the 2001 Newport-Mesa Author's Festival.

 


PHLORAL PHARLEYS — The Jester's Mom was pleasantly greeted with these Pharley floral arrangements upon her visit to Bixby Elementary School in Long Beach, CA, during her participation in the Long Beach Author's Festival.

 



BEANTOWN BUSINESS — Barbara Saltzman and The Jester & Pharley Phund staff spread the message of The Jester to the attendees of the 2001 National Association of Independent Schools Conference in Boston, MA.

 


JESTER ART — The Jester's Mom shares The Jester Has Lost His Jingle with a room full of artists from Helen Estocke Elementary in Tustin, CA. Student drawings decorate the classroom walls in an affectionate tribute to The Jester.



A WINNING PARTNERSHIP — The children of Fresno, CA. were recent beneficiaries of the partnership between Verizon Wireless of Northern California and The Jester & Pharley Phund. Smiles were the order of the day when Verizon Wireless, under its literacy program donated copies of The Jester Has Lost His Jingle and its accompanying curriculum supplement to every elementary school in the Fresno Unified School District.

 


READ THEY SAID — Barbara meets educators from the Fresno Unified School District at the 2000 California Reading Association Conference in San Jose, CA.

 


FRESNO READS — Barbara Saltzman readsThe Jester at Fashion Fair Mall in Fresno, CA, under the sponsorship of Verizon Wireless of Northern California and its literacy program.

 


SUCH PHINE PHARLEYS — Students from Rock Creek Elementary School in Portland, OR, proudly display their Pharley crafts projects.

 

 

PARLEZ-VOUS — The Jester's Mom meets students at the East Bay French-American School in Berkeley, CA.

 

JESTER LAUREATES — Barbara Saltzman poses with Jester poets from Newport Heights Elementary School in Newport Beach, CA, who joyfully recited poems of happiness and laughter as a special surprise for The Jester's Mom.

LOUD AND CLEAR — Verizon Wireless brings the Jester's Mom to the
Ontiveros School in Santa Maria, CA.



HOLIDAY JINGLES — The Jester's Mom meets students at Whittier Elementary School in Royal Oak, MI, whose "Jingles for the Jester" fund-raising campaign resulted in 200 Jester & Pharley Gift Sets being given to children in Detroit area hospitals during the holidays.




EVERYBODY WINS! — The Jester's Mom brings David's story to Brent Elementary School in Washington, D.C., in cooperation with the Everybody Wins! program.




BIG SMILES — Laughter leaped right out the window at Newport Heights Elementary School in Orange County, CA.



FULL-COURT PRESS — The Jester's Mom greets a basketball court filled with kids from Milani Elementary School in Newark, CA.
READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY — The Jester's Mom visits Emerson Parkside Academy
in Long Beach, CA, where students greeted her with a Jester & Pharley banner
complete with castle, stories and pictures.
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