May 23, 2003

MGH Reading Disabilities Unit celebrates

Alumni from the MGH Reading Disabilities Unit gathered May 1 at in the Wellman Conference Room for the unit's annual alumni dinner. Special guests from the Massachusetts Department of Education made a presentation about the Reading First Program, which is a part of President George W. Bush's "No Child Left Behind" Act.

From left, Joan Quinlan, director of MGH Community Benefits; Phyllis Meisel, director of the MGH Reading Disabilities Unit; Barbara Gardner, former House Majority Whip and current associate commissioner of School Readiness for the Department of Education; Dot Earle and Cheryl Liebling, PhD, also from the Department of Education; and Eileen Faggiano, MEd, of the MGH Reading Disabilities Unit.