Helene Guarnaccia was a Spanish teacher at Andrew Warde High School for over 20 years. She was a fixture in Barlow House before retiring in 1985.What is Helene Guarnaccia's fondest memory during her teaching career at Andrew Warde High School? "The kids," she told me by telephone from her Fairfield home this morning. "I really loved teaching, and I loved my co-workers." She still stays in touch with "a couple" of her former co-workers at the Melville Avenue school.
Even though she's been retired for 22 years, Mrs. Guarnaccia has been involved in antique shows since her teaching days. "My house is full of antiques," said the grandmother of three who has lived in the same home for over 50 years. "My house is furnished with antiques."
Prior to coming to Andrew Warde High School, Mr. Guarnaccia taught Spanish at Tomlinson Middle School "for a few years." She came to Warde "because they had an opening in the Spanish department," and she became a fixture in Barlow House for several decades.
Mrs. Guarnaccia, a Connecticut College alumnus and product of Woodmere, Long Island, is proud of her two sons who both live in New Jersey. One is a professor at Rutgers University and the other is a free-lance illustrator in Montclair.
She told me that she's "winding down" her antique shows, and she has no plans to move from her home. In fact, this typist has seen Mrs. Guarnaccia a number of times at Shaw's Supermarket on Black Rock Turnpike.
Mrs. Guarnaccia always seemed to have a smile while doing what she loved in the classroom. Even on the telephone, she still sounded like she was smiling.
Paul
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