Marie Chen teaches her students etiquette during a

Twas the week before Christmas and all through the classroom, not a pupil was stirring or asking to go to the bathroom. Such was the mood at Village School’s second annual Holiday Manners Luncheon, which was designed by teacher Marie Chen to help her third- and fourth-grade students navigate through proper dining attire, etiquette and conversation. In the weeks prior to the event, her students read books about manners, practiced folding napkins, and learned to eat with their mouths closed and to make proper eye contact when getting the attention of a gar