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| IMPORTANT DATES | IN THE NEWS OCTOBER 2023 | ||
2023 ROBS MEMBERSHIP NEW AND RENEWALS
POSTED 10/1/23 You can download the registration form on the Membership Page of the ROBS Website. The membership fee is $30/year. Simply fill out the form, and indicate if there are corrections to be made to your current listing in the directory. Return the form addressed to Carmen Roldan, 49 Linda Lane, North Babylon, NY 11703. Include your check made out to ROBS for $30 with "Dues" written on the memo line. |
FREE COVID TESTS
POSTED 10/1/23 Starting September 25, 2023 if you go to Covidtest.gov you can obtain (1) set of 4 free at-home Covid tests. The sign up is very easy to do. The Covid test kits will start shipping the week of October 2nd. BTA - WELCOME BACK POSTED 10/15/23 On Friday, October 20th, the Brentwood Teachers Association will be holding its Welcome Back "Pink-Out" Solidarity Social at the Great South Bay Brewery in Bay Shore from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. All new 2023 members will receive complmentaey admission. All are welcome. Tickets include a free drink. In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month a donation will be made to support NYSUT's Making Strides Fund.  Click on image to open flyer |
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SAD SHARING
POSTED 10/12/23 Jane Harris, retired math teacher at Brentwood Schools, passed away on Tuesday, October 10th in South New Jersey where she resided with family members. Jane served on the Board of Directors at Teacher's Federal Credit Union with our Frank Spencer. There is no other information about her burial or services in this area. May her memory be a blessing and may she rest in peace. |
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 View the In Memoriam page with the list of our Brentwood colleagues who have passed away. This list will be updated on a yearly basis. * * * * * If you would like us to place an announcement on the website of the passing of one of our colleagues please contact us here. |
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| NYSUT NEWS | WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW | ||
NYSUT LI RETIREE CONFERENCE NYSUT Website www.nysut.org MEMEBER ACTION CENTER Support VOTE-COPE with your voluntary contribution. Download the VOTE-COPE Contribution Card here. |
October in History The History Place October |
October 2023 Holidays, Bizarre, Unique, Special Days Bizarre and Unique Holidays in October |
All About October October in History |
| 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”; 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. |
THIS MONTH'S FEATURED HISTORY PROJECT
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You can also
view any of the past interviews by visiting History Project Interview Archives
View May 8, 2015 History Project Celebration Photo Album View History Project Slide Show on YouTube ROBS Exit Interviews are aired on Optimum Cable - Altice Public Television Tuesdays at 2:00 pm Channel 20. October 2023 schedule: Oct 3 - Chris Veech Oct 10 - Diane Neesham Oct 17 - John Sherin Oct 24 - Anita Silverman Oct 31 - Catherine Gerolomon |
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Complete Team Building Kits
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