Syosset Teacher Honored by Harvard Club

Allison C. Noonan, a Syosset High School teacher and Northport resident, was honored recently as a “Distinguished Teacher of 2014” by the Harvard Club of Long Island.  

Noonan was one of 14 Long Island teachers to receive the award at the Harvard Club of Long Island’s annual University Relations Luncheon on March 29. 

Ms. Noonan has taught social studies for 21 years, 18 of which at Syosset High School. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Suffolk University in Boston and a master’s degree in education from Dowling College. She teaches Advanced Placement world history, Syracuse University Project Advance Sociology, women’s history and issues (a course for which she wrote the curriculum), criminal justice, and economics. She also serves on the Syosset Teachers’ Association Executive Board. In addition, she founded the Young Women’s Forum, an extracurricular club designed to empower young women, and was the student government class advisor for 10 years.

Dr. Judith Esterquest, treasurer of the Harvard Club of Long Island and chair of the Distinguished Teacher Selection Committee, and Bob Sherlock, director on the board of the Harvard Club of Long Island, extended their congratulations. 

Karishma M. Shah, a Syosset High School graduate and Harvard College freshman, described Ms. Noonan as “the most influential teacher I have had during my pre-College years. I learned more not only about myself, but about the world.”