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IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN!
SCHOLARSHIP DRIVE
POSTED 4/25/22

     Due to the continued generosity of our members, ROBS was able to award scholarships this academic school year to six graduating seniors planning on pursuing careers in education. Honored students and their families will be recognized at the Brentwood High School Scholarship Awards Presentation in May.
     Although the pandemic has kept us from meeting in person as a group, it’s not too late to contribute. ROBS continues to be actively committed to fostering the educational goals and dreams of our Brentwood students. Checks should be made out to ROBS with ‘scholarship fund’ written on the memo line and mailed to:
Carmen Roldan
49 Linda Lane
North Babylon, New York 11703

     Thank you for your support. Still serving…and making a difference!

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SAD SHARING
P0STED 5/13/22
     So sorry to have to inform you that Frances Anacreonte, Mother of Carol Anacreonte, has passed away on Wednesday, May 11th. She was a kind, caring and gentle woman.
Arrangements are as follows:
Wake:
     Sunday, May 15th
     Branch Funeral Home
     190 East Main Street
     Smithtown, NY
     2 - 4 pm and 7 - 9 pm.
Funeral Mass:
     Monday, May 16th
     St. Joseph's Church
     59 Church St.
     Kings Park, NY
     10:30 am
     
     Please keep Carol and her family in your thoughts and prayers. May Frances Rest in Peace and May Her Memory be a Blessing.

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Why did we do it?
     What was our purpose in taking on such an open ended “History Project”; for which we evolved a script of questions and got answers from over 150 subjects for two decades?
     We couldn’t answer the question in 1994 when people would ask “What are you going to do with the interviews?” All we could say was that for educational purposes we had to document our record now or lose the chance to preserve so many poignant accounts, funny stories and touching tales told by exemplary educators. We knew these dedicated public servants might shortly, for reasons yet unknown, be leaving Brentwood for good.
     So, we decided to let time sort out the details. We began scheduling appointments. We asked questions and listened saving for generations the essence of what it meant to have been an educator or employed, in this large public school system during the second half of the 20th century. Brentwood remains an exemplar to all others; a diverse microcosm of America reflecting 124 districts on Long Island while simultaneously resembling thousands across the U.S. We’ve accomplished something here to be proud of. Whether we were interviewed or not, ours is a claim of service that few professionals in the State of New York or elsewhere have positioned themselves to share in the way we have.
     INITIALLY the practice of sitting with a subject for an hour and giving them a hundred percent focused attention seemed somewhat daunting to a number of friends and colleagues. So much so in fact that many declined our repeated invitations to speak with us as they left careers or retired from full employment. Despite all assurances that we were not about investigative journalism or invading privacy, they deferred. Now, twenty years after we began, some are saying they may be ready. “Better late than never” we say. However, to all among you who were willing to share not only your classroom experiences and personal stories, but precious memories from your lives along with your fondest hopes for the future, we say “Thanks”. Thanks for allowing us to continue the process by paying it forward as we share these interviews with the Brentwood community and countless professionals and researchers near and far. Through an acceptance of ROBS offer of collaboration with Archivist Dr. Geri Solomon and The Long Island Studies Institute at Hofstra University our History Project lives on in academia as well as in the collection of the Brentwood Public Library, thanks to Director, Thomas A. Tarantowicz.
   You can enjoy unlimited visits to www.robsny.org where you can watch and listen to segments from featured Interviews in the ROBS History Project Section on our Announcements Page each month. Return here to listen and learn again and again.

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