McKinley students teach peers about history of 9/11
BAY RIDGE – Students teach students about Sept. 11 at McKinley Intermediate School under a unique peer-to-peer program inspired by a teacher eager to have her youngsters understand the momentous events that took place long before they were born.
Teacher Jessica Amato asked eighth graders Farwa Tashin and Arpita Sushil to talk to her seventh grade class about the importance of Sept. 11 in U.S. history and to lead a tour of the school’s third floor, where a touching mural painted by students in 2010 adorns the walls.
“Sept. 11 was a very important event in our history and there is a lot to know about it,” Arpita told the Home Reporter before she and Farwa led Amato, her students and Bay Ridge civic leaders like Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann and board member Judith Collins on the tour to view the mural.