Dorota Andraka (born November 26, 1961) is a

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educator, and the current President of the Polish Supplementary School Council of America.

Biography

Dorota Andraka became the Deputy President of the Polish Supplementary School Council of America in 2003. Since 2005, she has been the president of the organization on the East Coast. During her term she organized conventions for the Polish supplementary schools teachers and parents committees with professors from

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, Jagiellonian University of Kraków,

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, Pedagogical University of Kraków and th
Teacher's Development Center of Lublin
In 2007, as the neighborhood's Grand Marshall, Dorota Andraka led the Greenpoint community along New York's famous

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during the annual

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. Andraka was appointed to the Program Experts Council by the Minister of National Education in 2008, and two years later to the Polonia Education Council. The Consul General of the Republic of Poland in New York in 2010 nominated her to work in the Committee of the "Outstanding Poles of the USA" competition. Since 2010 she has also worked in the Polish-American Education Council. Andraka is a co-organizer of the Polish

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, as well as the Certification Program for Polish as a

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regulated and supervised by the Ministry of National Education of Poland, which takes place at

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in New York. She has received the Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland and the Medal of the National Education Commission. In 2017, Andraka was hosted by the First Lady of the Republic of Poland at the Presidential Palace in

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, Poland to discuss Polish education in America and the role of the Polish Supplementary School Council of America within the

community in the

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. In 2019, Andraka received the Officer's Cross of the

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from the

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, during the president's visit to New Britain, Connecticut.

Personal life

Dorota Andraka currently lives in New York State with her husband Marek. Together they have two sons, Sebastian, and Damian.

References

External links

Polish Supplementary School Council of America

Polish American Chamber of Commerce Eastern USA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andraka, Dorota 1961 births Polish educators Polish women educators Living people Polish emigrants to the United States People from Greenpoint, Brooklyn