In fairytales, fairy godmothers are whimsical characters – able to grant wishes with the wave of a wand. They are special figures in the life of a main character that help to make their dreams come true. For one teacher at the William E. Russell Elementary School in Dorchester, fairy godmothers aren’t just storybook characters anymore – she has met two who are helping one of her students in real life.
A bubbly first grader in Ms. Ryan’s classroom last year, Josie clearly had a lot of potential. Ms. Ryan describes her as the type of student who probably knew the answer most of the time, but would rarely raise her hand. An English Language Learner, Josie was verbally communicative in English but struggled to transfer those skills int ...
