Ms. Podjasek - Best Buddies Supervisor:
Ms. Podjasek is the most important part of the Best Buddies Leadership Team. She runs the whole program and helps with ideas for socials. She dedicates lots of her personal time and energy to this program. Ms. Podjasek is a hard worker and wants everyone to be included as well as have fun! She is so supportive of all our buddies and is an amazing teacher at Coonley. All of the people in the Leadership Team will miss Ms. Podjasek very much when we graduate this year!
Addi Hurley - Best Buddies President:
Addi has been in the Best Buddies program since her 5th grade year at Coonley. Her job is to coordinate, organize and oversee the designs for Best Buddies. She helps plan meetings and activities that all buddies can be a part of. She can't wait to get to know everyone. Addi is very excited to spend her last year at Coonley being the president for the Best Buddies program!
Avra Raman - Vice President:
Avra has been in the Best Buddies program for the past 3 years. She helps the program run smoothly and she thinks of great ideas and activities for our socials. She helps the president with many tasks when there are lots of things to do. She helps coordinate plans with other teachers and leaders. Avra is overjoyed to be given the role of Vice President of the Best Buddies program for her final year at Coonley. She strives to make it the best year yet!
Sara Nardini - Best Buddy Coordinator & Social Media Executive:
Sara has been in the Best Buddies program since her 6th grade year at Coonley. Her job is to make sure all the buddies are connected and have fun together. Along with checking in with buddy groups, she goes around taking photos as well as keeping everyone updated on what is going on during our socials.
Emma Garlati - Best Buddy Coordinator & Social Media Executive:
Emma joined Best Buddies in her 5th grade year at Coonley. Her job is to work with Sara by taking pictures and writing up blurbs about what we do at meetings. She created the Best Buddies website and is so excited to be on the Leadership Team for her last year at Coonley!
Zaara Yousuf - Artistic Coordinator:
Zaara's job is to make all kinds of things for Best Buddies. Not only did she design our Best Buddies t-shirts but she has created posters and activities for us to use at our socials. Zaara is very artistic and has a great imagination. She has been a great edition to the Best Buddies program this year and is so excited she gets to be a part of this experience before she leaves Coonley.
Ms. Podjasek is the most important part of the Best Buddies Leadership Team. She runs the whole program and helps with ideas for socials. She dedicates lots of her personal time and energy to this program. Ms. Podjasek is a hard worker and wants everyone to be included as well as have fun! She is so supportive of all our buddies and is an amazing teacher at Coonley. All of the people in the Leadership Team will miss Ms. Podjasek very much when we graduate this year!
Addi Hurley - Best Buddies President:
Addi has been in the Best Buddies program since her 5th grade year at Coonley. Her job is to coordinate, organize and oversee the designs for Best Buddies. She helps plan meetings and activities that all buddies can be a part of. She can't wait to get to know everyone. Addi is very excited to spend her last year at Coonley being the president for the Best Buddies program!
Avra Raman - Vice President:
Avra has been in the Best Buddies program for the past 3 years. She helps the program run smoothly and she thinks of great ideas and activities for our socials. She helps the president with many tasks when there are lots of things to do. She helps coordinate plans with other teachers and leaders. Avra is overjoyed to be given the role of Vice President of the Best Buddies program for her final year at Coonley. She strives to make it the best year yet!
Sara Nardini - Best Buddy Coordinator & Social Media Executive:
Sara has been in the Best Buddies program since her 6th grade year at Coonley. Her job is to make sure all the buddies are connected and have fun together. Along with checking in with buddy groups, she goes around taking photos as well as keeping everyone updated on what is going on during our socials.
Emma Garlati - Best Buddy Coordinator & Social Media Executive:
Emma joined Best Buddies in her 5th grade year at Coonley. Her job is to work with Sara by taking pictures and writing up blurbs about what we do at meetings. She created the Best Buddies website and is so excited to be on the Leadership Team for her last year at Coonley!
Zaara Yousuf - Artistic Coordinator:
Zaara's job is to make all kinds of things for Best Buddies. Not only did she design our Best Buddies t-shirts but she has created posters and activities for us to use at our socials. Zaara is very artistic and has a great imagination. She has been a great edition to the Best Buddies program this year and is so excited she gets to be a part of this experience before she leaves Coonley.