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Stamford Mom, Teacher Team Up on Children's Book

By Anthony Buzzeo  12/31/69

Stamford’s Karen Piersa needed to find an illustrator when her book, “The Wishing Shell,” got the go ahead to be published. Not knowing anyone suitable, she asked her sons’ art teacher Susan Ramsey at Springdale Elementary School, whether she knew anyone.

“What about me?” Ramsey said. That's how their partnership started. The art teacher was in unchartered territory — "The Wishing Shell" was her first book. Ramsey had to learn how to make her drawings go with the words on the page, instead of having her art go with her feelings. It took her about six weeks to finish all the beach ...

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7th Grade Teacher Named Best in Stamford

By Anthony Buzzeo  05/03/11

Charles Langworth became a teacher when he realized the business world was not for him. Monday night, the seventh-grade math teacher at Rippowam Middle School was named the Stamford Public Schools Teacher of the Year.

“I tried to do the next best thing to make myself rich and famous and became a teacher,” Langworth said with a laught during his acceptance speech. He said his sense of humor has helped him reach students.

Never a top student, he uses that experience to encourage students to work hard and not give up. Langworth said he’s described himself ...

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