{"id":2970,"date":"2018-12-07T13:08:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/?p=2970"},"modified":"2018-12-07T13:28:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:28:08","slug":"mrs-disarcina-the-eliot-schools-resident-playful-professional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/2018\/12\/07\/mrs-disarcina-the-eliot-schools-resident-playful-professional\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. DiSarcina: The Eliot School\u2019s Resident Playful Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2972\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/12\/Ms.-D-878x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs. DiSarcina with Junior Coaches\" width=\"411\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/12\/Ms.-D-878x1024.jpg 878w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/12\/Ms.-D-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/12\/Ms.-D-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/12\/Ms.-D-514x600.jpg 514w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/12\/Ms.-D-285x333.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/12\/Ms.-D.jpg 941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ms. D with a few of her 5th grade Junior Coaches at Eliot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mrs. DiSarcina\u2014AKA Ms. D\u2014is a 5th grade math teacher at the Eliot K-8 School in the North End of Boston. \u201c<strong>Ms. D is the definition of a team player<\/strong>,\u201d says Morgan Atkins, Coordinator of Culture and Climate at the Eliot. \u201cShe models the Playworks mission and vision of celebrating students through leadership, self-expression, and teamwork.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms.D is the Playworks MVP of the Month because of her commitment to transforming her students\u2019 learning environment through play, teamwork, and laughter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a fellow 5th grade teacher at the Eliot, \u201c<strong>If you ask any student, they will say they love learning math from Ms. D<\/strong> because she makes it relevant and fun. She incorporates review games into her classes for students to practice their skills in an engaging way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of Ms. D\u2019s students, Rahul, appreciates Ms. D for always treating him with respect. \u201cShe laughs with us when we do fun math games in class,\u201d he says, \u201cso <strong>I know that she really cares about us<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only does Ms. D support a playful environment during math class, you\u2019ll often find her playing alongside Coach Jaime, the Playworks Coach at the Eliot. Coach Jaime tells us that Ms. D \u201cloves Playworks Class Game Time and always jumps into games, even ones she\u2019s never played before.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playworks cannot truly leverage the power of play without teachers like Ms. D who know that play doesn\u2019t only belong on the playground. 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We know she will continue to support her students and the school community to grow, learn, and laugh for the rest of the school year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep up the great work, Ms. D!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs. DiSarcina\u2014AKA Ms. D\u2014is a 5th grade math teacher at the Eliot K-8 School in the North End of Boston. \u201cMs. D is the definition of a team player,\u201d says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":2976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"region":[],"class_list":["post-2970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mrs. DiSarcina: The Eliot School\u2019s Resident Playful Professional - 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