Local math teacher, Madeline Scotto celebrates 100th birthday
She’s only getting better with age.
On Thursday, October 16, lifelong Dyker Heights resident and beloved St. Ephrem Elementary School teacher Madeline Scotto celebrated her 100th birthday. Scotto, who still teaches mathematics at the school she has lived across the street from for the past 97 years, is thrilled still to mold young minds, though she remains modest about her recent celebration.
“To be very honest, I never concentrated on age. It was only a year ago when everyone was saying I was close to 100 years old,” Scotto told this paper. “But I must say it wasn’t something I was aiming for. It just happened.”