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If you miss any previous month's announcements,
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March 17, 2011 |
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POSTED 3/10/11 It is with deep regret that I inform you of the passing of Elaine Friedman, mother of Janet Gewirtzman, Freshman Center librarian. The funeral will take place at 10am at I.J. Morris, 21 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills, NY, on Friday, March 11th, followed by a burial at Beth David in Elmont Queens. The shivah will be observed at the home of Jay and Janet Gewirtzman, 28 Gleason Drive, Dix Hills, NY, through Thursday, March 17th at 2pm (with the exception of Shabbat) and at Gurwin Assisted Living Residences from 2 pm – 4pm on the last day. A NOTE FROM ROBS PRESIDENT, NICK SCILIANO POSTED 3/17/11 I would like to inform our members of a concert that our past president, Phyllis Goodwin, will be a participant. The Huntington Choral Society will be performing on April 16 at Huntington High School. If you can make it, I am sure you will have an enjoyable evening. You can view the attached flyer for details.
Nick BRENTWOOD RETIREE, LYNN EVANS MAND, IS A MEMBER OF THE "CHORDETTES" |
SAD SHARING SAD SHARING POSTED 4/18/11  Arrowhead 1980 Stan Yankowski, long time principal at Brentwood High School, passed away. He will be waked at Grant's Funeral Home in Brentwood on Tuesday, April 19, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and 7:00pm to 9:30pm. The funeral Mass will be at St. Anne's RC church on 2nd Avenue in Brentwood on Wednesday, with burial at LI National Cemetery at Pinelawn. The time of the Mass has not been set but information will be available from Grant's, 273-4443, on Monday. SAD SHARING POSTED 4/26/11 Stan Kellner, Former Brentwood High School Varsity Basketball coach died Sunday of complications following a stroke. Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 1, at 10AM at I.J. Morris FuneraL Home in Dix Hills. 21 East Deer Park Rd. Phone #499-6060. |
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John M. Sherin Complete Team Building Kits
Teaching Cooperation/ Collaboration Emotional Intelligence (EQ) www.brokensquares.com Rick Mundy
Watercolor Prints of L.I., Adirondacks, NYC...
www.RickMundy.Com Gloria Hannemann Hardwood Flooring and Home Improvement www.Servi-all.com Elmon Kazandjian NYC Art Gallery www.woodwardgallery.net |
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| ROBS HISTORY PROJECT - John M. Sherin | ||||
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Why did we do it? What was our purpose in taking on such an open ended “History Project”; the one for which we’ve evolved a script of questions with corresponding answers from over one hundred and fifty dedicated volunteers for nearly two decades? We couldn’t answer the question in ‘94 when people would ask “What are you going to do with the interviews?” All we could say was that for educational and informational purposes we had better document our record or lose any chance to preserve innumerable poignant accounts, humorous stories and touching tales told to us by exemplary educators and dedicated public servants, who shortly and for reasons unknown might soon be leaving our Brentwood for good. We decided to let time sort out the details as we commenced making appointments to ask questions and simply listen. Listen we did as this project evolved saving for subsequent generations the very essence of what it means to have been an educator or employed in a large student centered public school system during the latter half of the twentieth century. Brentwood remains an exemplar to all the others; a diverse microcosm and accurate reflection of the approximately one hundred and twenty seven neighboring school districts on Long Island and the thousands across this country. We’ve accomplished something here, something we can all be proud of having been part of, whether we were interviewed or not, ours is a claim of service that few other professionals in the State of New York are positioned to share in a like manner. INITIALLY the practice of sitting for an hour with the Subject of our interview and giving them one hundred percent of our focused attention for that period of time seemed a little threatening to many of our friends and former colleagues. So much so in fact that many declined repeated invitations to be interviewed as they left careers behind or retired from full time employ with the District. Despite all assurances that this was not to be about investigative journalism or invading their privacy, they’ve deferred. Until now, almost seventeen years after we began, some say they may finally be ready. We say, “Better late than never”. However, to all those among you who were willing to share openly not only your classroom experiences but personal stories, precious memories from your lives and fondest hopes for the future, we say thanks for allowing us to be able to continue the process of giving as we now are able to share interviews with you, with the community and with countless regional professional educators and researchers through tentative acceptance of ROBS offer of collaboration with The Long Island Studies Institute at Hofstra University. Commencing early next month (Nov 2010), you’ll be able to enjoy unlimited visits to www.robsny.org/ where you’ll see and hear segments from the History Project Interviews featured here in the ROBS History Project section on the Announcements Page archived each month thereafter for those wishing to return again and again. |
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| THE TOWN CRIER - MarilynDePlaza@aol.com | ||||
 Marilyn DePlaza |
"The Town Crier" was set up a number of years ago so that the retirees of the Brentwood School District could have an email center to stay in touch. Since I began to send out all sorts of information, retirees from all over the country have sent me their email addresses. Some have asked, "Do you have any idea where so and so is?" Others have sent proud news of their accomplishments, their family news, photos,etc. and sadly, we often get bad news. Many retirees whom I have never met write me to thank me for keeping this connection going, as everyone remembers the Brentwood years with warm feelings.
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SAD SHARING Ruth Walker, a former employee at Laurel Park Elementary School, passed away on February 28th. Here is the information regarding the wake: BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Dear Colleagues,
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ANNUAL FLORIDA LUNCHEON CANCELLED The luncheon has been cancelled for this year. It was scheduled for Friday, March 18. There were 3 people who could not come due to health issues. With such a small group...only 7 of us..I feel that it may be a better idea to wait till next year. I have told "Massimo's" to cancel the reservation. If anyone wants to have lunch with me in Boca that Friday, I would be happy to meet you at "Seasons 52.", my favorite restaurant. Call me at 561-488-1267 or email me at MarilynDePlaza@aol.com.
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