Boca Junior League Honors Teachers

Teachers honored

(Press Release) BOCA RATON, FL, May 27, 2025– The Junior League of Boca Raton (JLBR) Raising Readers committee honored 26 teachers who were nominated from Palm Beach County Title 1 schools for their work in fostering a culture of reading in their classrooms. Each teacher received a refreshed classroom library with approximately 100 new books and was recognized on April 29 at Kendra Scott in Boca Raton. Over eighty people attended the event.

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Teachers from Citrus Cove Elementary, Orchard View Elementary, J.C. Mitchell Elementary, Banyan Creek Elementary, Hagen Road Elementary, Hammock Pointe Elementary and Starlight Cove Elementary were recognized.
 
Speakers included Junior League of Boca Raton President Nikki Stelzer, Boca Raton Deputy Mayor Fran Nachlas and Literacy Coalition CEO Kristin Calder. The Raising Readers committee donated more than 2,600 books to the teachers selected for the Classroom Library Refresh.
 
The event was hosted by the Junior League’s Raising Readers Committee, chaired by Christina Seamster and Christa Siciliano. Twenty percent of all jewelry purchases during the event at Kendra Scott was donated to the Junior League.
 
“We are delighted to recognize the important work that teachers do in our Title 1 schools,” said Nikki Stelzer, President of the Junior League of Boca Raton. “And we were thrilled to be able to provide additional books as a resource for each teacher’s classroom!”
 
Raising Readers Committee members include Nicole Arbucci, Lulis Camarena, Kristin Cardoso, Kimberly Chapman, Shayna Franco, Linda Golian-Lui, Debra Haym, Amy Phillips, and Bing Hwa Tai.
 
The Raising Readers Committee aims to create a culture of reading that helps improve children’s literacy development. The com