Scene: Alex Gyunn, Zoe Shewer, Jared Jacobs, and Alyssa Puccinelli at Zoe’s going away party hosted by her parents. Family, friends, and colleagues gathered at The Leadbelly to say adieu to Zoe before she headed off to Denver to be a special education teacher with Teach for America. This organization’s mission is to ensure that kids growing up in poverty get an excellent education.

Teach for America looks for individuals who show leadership potential and have other traits that are found in their most successful teachers.
Succeeding as a new teacher in any context is extraordinarily challenging. All corps members attend a rigorous pre-corps training institute for two years. Zoe has been involved with teaching underprivileged children since high school. She attended Vanderbilt and New York University. And, Zoe recently finished an internship with the Clinton Global Initiative.

Scene: Zoe Shewer, Ken and Susan her parents, and her brother.

Scene: Scott Band and Alexis Krugman.

Scene: Isabelle Feldhaus and Michael Dean.

Scene: Olivia Berry, Susanna Moller, Justina Ray, and Isabelle Letaconnoux.

Scene: Marilyn Moller and Melissa Cohn.

Scene: Alyssa Puccinelli, Karin Shewer Krugman, and Sabrina Puccinelli.

Scene: Steve Puccinelli, Phyllis Weaver, Gary Gerstein, and Ken Shewer.

Scene: Alyssa Puccinelli, Zoe Shewer, Rebbeca Balsam, and Doug Blacker.

Scene: Michael Dean, Libby McCarthy, and Magnus Lorentzen.

Scene: Javi Guzman and Susanna Moller.

Scene: Jared Blake and Zoe’s brother.

Scene: Beth King DeVito, Susan Winberg, and Kenrick Block.

Scene: Guests.

Scene: Kelsey Block, Laureen Block, and Sophia Altholz.

Scene: Kyle Garson, Michelle Watanabe, and Chuck George.

Scene: Dylan Meek who played piano during the evening.

Scene: Susan and Mickey Winberg.

Scene: Danielle and Michael Krugman, Scott Band, and Alexis Krugman.

Scene: Susan Winberg, Marilyn Moller, Dick Berry, Lucy Commoner, Gina Roose, and John Moller.

Scene: James Henman, Brianna Welsh, George Oz, Jack Dadswell, Magnus Lorentzen, and Michael Dean.

Scene: Jennifer Sanduski, Brianna Welsh, Kristen Miller, Alaa Itani, Carolina Medina, and Zoe Shewer.

Scene: Gabe Smith who was one of the bartenders that night.

Scene: Guests.

Scene: Sabrina and Steve Puccinelli, and Karin Shewer Krugman.

Scene:  Rebecca, Jeff and Lauren Altholz, Susan Winberg, Ken Shewer, and Mickey Winberg.

Scene: Rob Scher and Joan Kagan. Have fun and good luck, Zoe!