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Local Dentist and Â鶹 Free Academy Alumni Presents Dental Hygiene Assemblies To Scholars For The Past Two Decades!
The Â鶹 Enlarged City School District has numerous community volunteers and civic leaders that take time away from their busy schedules to come in and devote time to scholars. Dr. Gina Prokosch-Cook has played an integral part in the school community for the last twenty years. She has a local family dentistry practice in the Town of New Windsor where many current Â鶹 are patients. As a proud Â鶹 Free Academy alumni, class of 1986, Dr. Prokosch-Cook has always believed in giving back to the school district however she could. For the last two decades, she has come in and presented fun and interactive dental hygiene assemblies to Â鶹 in all grades and loves every minute of it.
She started presenting to Â鶹’ years ago at the previous Washington Street Pre-K Center in the City of Â鶹, where she fell in love with the excitement and curiosity of some of the school district’s tiniest scholars. The month of February is significant to Dr. Prokosch-Cook, as it is National Dental Health Month, so she schedules a majority of her visits during this month every year. This year she has visited Gardnertown Elementary, Horizons on the Hudson Elementary, and Meadow Hill School presenting to hundreds of Â鶹 on the importance of taking care of teeth and gums. Through large visual aid props and her stuffed crocodile toy, she demonstrates the proper way to care for teeth in a way that Â鶹 can understand and get excited about. At the very end of every presentation, Dr. Prokosch-Cook reminds Â鶹, “when you go home, make sure you show your mom and dad what you’ve learned” and “kiss your brain for being so smart”!
ATTENTION: Are your scholars or colleagues doing something great? Please contact the district Communications Team at communications@necsd.net. We’d love to visit your class or event and/or post your pictures and recap to highlight the amazing accomplishments throughout our district!