Seymour names library, playground after veteran educators

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent

SEYMOUR >> Two former veteran educators who dedicated their lives to helping Seymour students excel both in and out of the classroom will be honored Tuesday by the Board of Education.
The board will hold a special dedication ceremony at 6:30 p.m. at Chatfield-LoPresti School, 51 Skokorat St., to commemorate the naming of the Vincentina Kobasa Playground and the Kenneth Ewaskie Library Media Center.

School officials encouraged the public to attend the dedication, which will be followed by a reception.
The late Kobasa spent nearly 30 years teaching in Seymour, and was a longtime member of the school board. In 1996, the playground at the former LoPresti School, which was built thanks to a grant Kobasa worked hard to secure, was named in her honor.

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Seymour BOE names media center at Chatfield-LoPresti School after educator

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
SEYMOUR >> Veteran educator turned church deacon Kenneth Ewaskie has dedicated his life to teaching, and the Board of Education recently came up with a fitting way to thank him for his years of service to Seymour children.
The board, at its meeting last month, voted to name the media center at Chatfield-LoPresti School after Ewaskie, who unlike many others who receive such an honor posthumously, is alive and well.
“I was overwhelmed when I received the news from the Office of the Superintendent,” Ewaskie said. “At first, I thought they were asking me to come back to work. This brings back so many great memories.”

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