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Retired educator after 51 years of dedicated service to the children of Bethpage. 1949 Miss Quinn was hired by School Superintendent Dr. Victor Miller to teach 3rd grade in Powell Ave. School. She also taught 5th grade in Pine Ave. School. Miss Quinn was appointed to serve as the school's assistant principal, recommended by Pine Ave. elementry school principal Dr. Ann Rockhill. She later served as principal of the Powell Ave. School, then the Broadway Elementary School (in 2001 known as the J.F.K. Middle School). When Charles Campaign Elementary School opened its doors in 1959, Miss Quinn was the choice to head the school. She was the only principal the school has known till the new school year in the fall of 2001.
Miss Quinn retired knowing the impact she had on the children she guided over the years, the encouragement she gave to the parents and her support to the PTA.
Source: The Bethpage Tribune August 31 - September 6, 2001
