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Meet Mrs. Helenski
The 2025-2026 school year marks my 26th year of teaching, my 10th year in the library. Before becoming a teacher librarian, I was a classroom teacher in various grades for 16 years.
While this is my second year at Helen Street School, I am not new to Hamden. Previous to Helen Street, I was at Shepherd Glen for 18 years, 7 of which I was in the Media Center.
While at Shepherd Glen I incorporated many programs into the Library. Both virtual and in personal, for students, staff, and families, before, during, and after school. I look forward to bringing various programs to Helen Street as well. I also collaborated with the local universities to provide various enrichment opportunities and welcomed new teachers and media specialists into the building to share my love of teaching. I hope to continue these types of collaborations as well.
My vision for teaching is to provide skills and experiences that will broaden all students’ experiences and open their eyes to a world of possibilities and talents they may not have known existed.
Mrs. Helenski on T.V.!
On Monday, March 2, 2026! I was on the NBC Today Show! I was one of three Connecticut school librarians invited to be apart of a group of 16 tristate librarians. We were invited along with Tiktok librarian, Jen Miller, to celebrate Read Across America Day.
It was truly a once in a lifetime experience and I am beyond grateful to have been invited. I was also gifted more than 100 brand new books for our library, thanks to Scholastic!
If you missed the segment and would like to see it, you can watch here.
