Joyce Abbott 'showed up, she demanded excellence, she didn’t let you down. She was there for you, because she understood that in some cases, for some children, she was all they had,' an official said.
The longtime Philadelphia School District teacher and namesake of the wildly popular ABC sitcomwas feted in grand style Tuesday, with public officials singing her praises and a city streetAbbott, who spent 27 years as a teacher
The splashy Tuesday celebration, held at Abbott’s alma mater, Overbrook High, was engineered by the school district, and featured cheerleaders, a band, myriad public officials who all wanted a selfie with Abbott, and a gym full of supporters shouting their love and praise for her. Robin Cooper, president of the Commonwealth Association of School Administrators, the union that represents principals and climate managers, noted that Philadelphia’s educators do much more than instruct their students in academic subjects. They often feed children, provide them with haircuts and clean clothes and love.
Briyana Freeman hadn’t seen her sixth-grade teacher since 2008, but she came to the Overbrook gym Tuesday to honor her. And when Abbott caught sight of her former student in the crowd, she threw her arms around her.
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