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Jan. 2017 Volume 50, Number 5 American Federation NEWS of School Administrators, COUNCIL OF SCHOOL SUPERVISORS AND ADMINISTRATORS AFL-CIO Local 1 In Pact with City, Principals’ Practices Will Be at Heart of New Evaluation System

BY KATE GIBSON place citywide the next year. “We are pleased that we have been A new way of evaluating principals able to work collaboratively with the and teachers should go into effect in the Department of Education, within the new year, so long as state officials approve constraints of the law, to come to terms an agreement reached between the CSA, on a plan that is focused on school UFT and New York City’s Department of leader development,” CSA President Education. Ernest Logan said in a statement. “The Under the accord, principals will con- goal must be continuous improvement tinue to be evaluated on a four-point scale of our practice, and we feel with proper of highly effective, effective, developing implementation this can be another step and ineffective, as opposed to an earlier in that direction.” satisfactory and unsatisfactory metric. NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen “We now have an agreement that val- Fariña agreed to apply for a waiver from ues principals’ practices,” CSA Executive a state requirement that mandates inde- Vice President Mark Cannizzaro told the pendent evaluators to observe princi- Dec. 21 news conference at DOE head- pals and teachers, arguing the mandate quarters announcing the agreement. is costly and an additional burden on Major work is still ahead to implement schools and supervisors. the accord, he added. CHUCK WILBANKS The DOE and the UFT also The updated process will be imple- QUnited Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, CSA Executive Vice President announced an agreement on teacher mented in schools in January, assuming Mark Cannizzaro, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña with public school parents behind them evaluations. That agreement was the state officials green light it by Dec. 31. as they discuss the new evaluation agreements. result of collective bargaining between The CSA and city will pilot two the UFT and the DOE, and follows a state approaches, aligned to the 2015 profes- Board of Regents decision a year ago to sional leadership standards, for the mea- The new rubrics will focus on prin- school performance. They will be piloted hit the pause button on the use of state sures of leadership practice, or MOLP, to cipals’ practice, as opposed to current in two community school districts, with exams in rating elementary and middle assess principals in the 2017-18 school year. quality reviews that consider overall the idea of picking one to be put in school teachers.

PRESIDENT’S LETTER Partnerships Nonprofit ECE Deal Benefits Kids and Society Groups Bring Early Childhood Education, the Bedrock Of Learning By Ernest Logan ver since Mayor de Blasio health insurance. The city made a big play Holiday launched his Universal Pre-K pro- to insure our members through MetroPlus, gram, I’ve been both elated and the insurance provided to other employ- Help to East exasperated. He made early child- ees at early childhood centers. When we hood education and UPK part of refused to accept anything less than the far Harlem Kids Ethe national conversation about how to superior EmblemHealth, Mayor de Blasio lift all boats, raising academic achievement backed us. Our members will continue to BY KATE GIBSON across all states. At the same time, he was be insured by EmblemHealth, without any slow in bringing equity to some of the edu- increase in their contribution. This benefit, isette Caesar, principal cators who had the most experience in the as well as an allocation for professional at Mosaic Preparatory field: our early childhood education direc- development, should go a long way in Academy in East Harlem tors and assistant directors, most of them encouraging our members to stay in their L the past nine years, is usu- highly educated women of color. I wasn’t positions. ally able to bring the 300-plus shy about speaking out on this, nor were Why is this so important? For years I’ve children at her school gifts for our members, and the mayor heard us. been writing that early childhood education the holidays with the help of The ink is barely dry, but at last we’ve is the bedrock on which our entire educa- the nonprofit volunteer group forged an important ECE contract with the tion system should be built. Along the way, New York Cares. But when the city. The mayor came through: The new I’ve quoted Nobel Prize-winning economist paperwork didn’t get done in contract provides substantial raises, with James Heckman. Among the many expert time to make it a reality this significant retroactivity to address the years that our ECE voices on the value of UPK, Dr. Heckman’s has been the most year, others came to the rescue, members went without raises. Cumulative increases amount convincing for his research into the economic benefits. He said Ms. Caesar. to 34.5 percent between now and September 2020. Our direc- demonstrated that it pays off in terms of lower social welfare Miami-based Dibia Dream tors and assistant directors will see more than $10,000 in costs, decreased crime rates and increased tax revenue. Foundation along with other retroactive pay almost immediately, cash in hand. Prior to Although voices on the right -- including those that tried concerned citizens partnered this agreement, some of them were paid less than some UPK to thwart Mayor de Blasio’s effort -- claim that there is no to collect more than 800 edu- teachers; now they are guaranteed a 3 to 6 percent differential quantifiable benefit to educating four-year-olds, the pre- cational toys, hats, scarfs and above the highest paid teacher. ponderance of evidence from National Bureau of Economic gloves, which were distributed on Over the course of contract talks, the thorniest issue was Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2 2 CSA NEWS Jan. 2017

‘WINTER WONDERLAND’ Nonprofits Bring Holiday Cheer to Mosaic Preparatory Academy Continued from Page 1 Council of School Thursday at the elementary public school in Supervisors & Administrators a room decked out as a winter wonderland, American Federation of School with silver trees and hanging snowflakes. Administrators, AFL-CIO, Local 1 The winter accessories were particularly 40 Rector St., NY, NY 10006 important at the school, as “we have kids Phone: (212) 823-2020 Fax: (212) 962-6130 coming in not appropriately dressed” for the www.csa-nyc.org cold weather, said the principal, noting that President more than 90 percent of her students qualify Ernest A. Logan for free or reduced-cost lunch and more than Executive Vice President 42 percent live in temporary housing. Mark Cannizzaro “This is the biggest we’ve ever had,” Ms. First Vice President Caesar said of the fundraising effort, which Randi Herman, Ed.D was given a big donation and help from Treasurer Walmart in Old Bridge, NJ. Henry Rubio “I was fortunate enough to have a Secretary Class-A education and it made the difference Sandy DiTrapani for me,” said Eric Ocasio, a businessman and Vice Presidents Debra Handler one of the benefactors of the event, who was Lois Lee born and raised in the neighborhood, and Chris Ogno attended nearby PS 108. Ronald Williams Nancy Russo, Retiree Chapter rphaned as a teenager when his mother KATE GIBSON Executive Director Operations died, Mr. Ocasio said it was important QEric Ocasio, in back, a Miami businessman who generously helped brighten the holidays O of children at Mosaic Preparatory Academy, was born and raised in the school’s East Harlem Erminia Claudio to him to give back, and that he hoped to neighborhood. General Counsel create an incentive for kids who often don’t David Grandwetter have positive role models beyond athletes Pennsylvania, alongside the children of their own gingerbread houses. and celebrities. President-elect Donald Trump. Mr. Oscasio, who earned an MBA Executive Director Field Services “We already know the kids are behind “This is my best Christmas since my from the University of Miami in 2008, Sana Q. Nasser the eight ball,” said Mr. Ocasio, who mom died,” said Mr. Oscasio of his time runs a technology consulting company, Field Directors Juanita Bass, Stephen Bennett, received a scholarship at 15 to attend at Mosaic, which included a lunch of Mako7 Digital Media, in Miami. Mildred Boyce, James Harrigan, the Hill School, a boarding school in pizza and apples and children creating Christine Martin, Daisy O’Gorman, Mercedes Qualls Assistant Field Directors Eleanor Andrew, Mauro Bressi, Laverne Burrowes, Kenneth Llinas Charles Dluzniewski, Nancy Esposito, ‘Our Investment in Early Childhood Aura Gangemi, Ellie Greenberg, Ray Gregory, Robert Jeanette, Kate Leonard, Monica McDonald, Dorothy Morris, Ralph Santiago, Shelli Sklar, Wanda Soto, Education is a Model for the Nation’ MaryAnn Tucker, George Young Continued from Page 1 pragmatism, where wealth accumulation is the dominant Grievance Director Research, Harvard University, the Rand Corporation and others, value, regardless of consequences. So, a post-election NPR Robert J. Reich demonstrates the opposite. Early childhood education programs interview with my friend Dr. Heckman seemed to be speaking Assistant Directors – especially in economically disadvantaged communities – yield directly to Donald Trump and the Goldman Sachs alumni Carol Atkins, Alex Castillo, Ed. D benefits in later academic achievement and labor market success. now glutting his cabinet.* According to Dr. Heckman, with Robert Colon, Jermaine Garden Marlene Lazar, Ph.D, Steve Rosen This country has just plunged into an abyss of market comprehensive early childhood education, “we can compute Director of Communications a rate of return, the dividend would be from the investment. Clem Richardson Honor You get about 13 percent per annum. Much higher than the Assistant Director of Communications annual return on equities in the U.S. stock market post-Sec- Corey Bachman ond World War through the 2008 meltdown.” The invest- Director of Political Affairs ment is high, but the return is astronomical. Herman Merritt Award for CSA’s Around the same time as the NPR interview, the New York Assistant Director of Political Affairs Times published the results of the PISA exam that biennially Gabe Gallucci tests 15-year-olds, in 69 countries, to gauge their ability to Assistant Director Executive Assistant think.** The latest results show the U.S. floundering around John Khani in the middle of the pool. The highest scoring nations aren’t Special Assistant to President always as rich as we are, but they all have several things in Gary Goldstein common. They have rigorous, consistent standards (like CSA Conference Chair the Common Core which exists in some of our states); they Pierre Lehmuller accord high prestige to the education profession; they direct CSA Historian Manfred Korman more resources to the neediest children; and they enroll most children in high-quality pre-schools. CSA Retiree Chapter Gayle Lockett, Chair Mark Brodsky, Director • • • ith our Universal Pre-K program, and now a new contract that shows respect for many of the edu- CSA NEWS Wcators behind it, I have reason to hope that we’re Editor Chuck Wilbanks going to hold onto our most talented early childhood edu- Associate Editor Kate Gibson cators, attract many more, and serve as an early childhood Design Consultant Michele Pacheco Production Assistant Christine Altman education model for the nation. Every investment in early childhood education, everywhere in the country, will help make America even greater than it is.

CSA News (004-532) is published monthly except July and August for $35 Ernest Logan is President of CSA. per year per member by CSA, 40 Rector QCSA Executive Assistant Lynn Melfi received the Dr. George St., NY, NY 10006. Periodical postage & Eleanor Bischoff Hoffman Award from the Catholic Teachers paid at Manhattan, NY, and additional * “How Investing in Preschool Beats the Stock Market, Hands Association on Dec. 14 at a dinner held at Russo’s on the Bay. mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send Down,” NPRed, Dec.12, 2016. address changes to CSA News, 40 Here, at the dinner, is Lynn with CSA President Logan. Rector St., NY, NY 10006. ** “What America Can Learn About Smart Schools In Other Countries,” Amanda Ripley, New York Times, Dec. 6, 2016. Jan. 2017 CSA NEWS 3

Mark Celebrating From Rector Street Cannizzaro Dr. Martin For the 2016-17 School Year, Clarity Luther King, hope everyone had a joyous and, at School holidays/vacation periods Jr.’s Life and least somewhat restful holiday sea- In an effort to allow supervisors the option to work when their son, and I wish each of you a happy workload is heaviest, principals (with approval from their superin- Legacy and healthy new year. It is hard to tendent) and assistant principals (with their principal’s approval) believe that we are almost halfway may report to work during school holidays/vacation periods and ABENY’s General Membership Ithrough the 2016-17 school year! defer the holiday/vacation time until another time in the year, Meeting will take place on Jan. As I visit schools, debrief with our generally during the summer months. Please note: 15 from 3 – 6 pm at the Bedford field staff and respond to questions A. You may work, with approval, during any holiday/vacation YMCA. The topic will be A from our district/borough chairs and period. National holidays are not excluded from this agree- Celebration of the Life and Legacy executive board members, it is clear that ment. This has been a topic of much confusion. of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther confusion exists among our members B. Although you may be required by your superintendent King, Jr. Educators and parents as well as superintendents and field to inform him/her of your agenda, there are no specific are invited. Refreshments will be support staff regarding the implementa- requirements regarding the content of this work. Any served. tion of some of our work rules. Below, I legitimate work that must be completed is acceptable. This ABENY’s Black History Month outline some of the items that come up includes, but is not limited to, surveys, programming, plan- Celebration will take place at the Contact a most frequently and provide accurate ning, data review, updating/creating school circulars and Brooklyn Historical Society on information regarding them. field rep handbooks, CEP development, STARS/SESIS reconciliation Feb. 4, 2017, from 1 - 2:30 pm. and other compliance related tasks, ADVANCE entry, spe- The winners of the Annual Black on topics Flex Time cial events, etc. Note that there is no requirement that this History Month essay contest The most recent collective bar- work must include students in the building or be instruc- will be honored. There will also covered gaining agreement between the UFT tional in nature. Please let us know if you experience diffi- be performances by students and the DOE calls for 155 minutes of culty having this work approved. from varied schools. The spe- here and professional development and parent C. Of course, when determining whether or not to approve, cial guest speaker will be Diana engagement time on Monday and superintendents have the right and responsibility to confirm Reyna, Brooklyn Deputy Borough contract Tuesday afternoons. School-based that the work is legitimate and to ensure adequate supervi- President. Educators are invited. CSA members are required to work a sory coverage for all activities including summer school. For more information about both related seven-hour, 15-minute day exclusive of events, contact Dr. Sheilah Bobo at lunch. When you include a 30-minute Care of Ill Family Members [email protected] or (917) 412- questions. lunch, a typical supervisor’s day will You may take up to three Cumulative Absence Reserve (CAR) 9099. last seven hours, 45 minutes. Assuming days each year to care for a family member. Should you need a 50-minute lunch, a day would last eight hours and five min- to exercise this right, please be sure that your payroll secretary utes. As a result, it may be necessary in some schools to schedule is aware of the appropriate code to use when entering your supervisory staff beyond their typical work day on Mondays and absence (71SFM for principals and 12-month APs, and 41SFM Teachers’ Tuesdays. For example, a principal or assistant principal is sched- for 10-month supervisors). Always inform your superintendent, uled to work from 7:30 am to 4 pm, including a 45-minute lunch in writing, when you are absent or out of the building. Retirement period on Monday and Tuesday. This schedule would result in 30 minutes of additional time on both Monday and Tuesday. Per Session System To compensate for this additional time, the supervisor’s official You may work up to 500 per session hours per year with- Dec. 2016 Unit Values work day would have to be reduced by a total of 60 minutes out the need for a waiver. Please be sure that there is a post- Wednesday through Friday. Those 60 minutes could be made ing and funded line in Galaxy for all per session activities. Diversified Equity up by reducing the supervisor’s official work day by 20 minutes Superintendents approve per session hours for principals and Fund: 81.062 each on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday resulting in official principals approve hours for assistant principals. Please keep workday hours of 7:30 am to 3:10 pm on those days. This is just us informed if you feel you may have been incorrectly denied Bond Fund: 16.947 one example: Other configurations are possible depending on the the opportunity to work per session hours. International Equity length of the lunch period and the needs of the school. Fund: 9.177 Principal Practice Observations (PPO) Inflation Protection Please note the following points as they relate to your work day: PPO visits can be conducted by either the superintendent Fund: 10.266 A. The superintendent should request the official daily work or the PLF only. PPO visits cannot be conducted in pairs or hours of each school supervisor at the beginning of the groups and although verbal feedback should be given at the Socially Responsive school year. If your superintendent has not made the conclusion of the visit, written feedback in the form of evi- Equity Fund: 15.026 request, we strongly suggest you send the hours to him/her dence must be provided within 45 days. For each component www.trsnyc.org immediately. rated as ineffective or developing, feedback must also include B. Per-session assignments can begin immediately following suggested next steps for improvement. If feedback is unclear the official work hours of the supervisor. Again, it is critical or does not make sense, ask your superintendent, in writing, that your superintendent has each supervisor’s daily work for a clarification. Be specific regarding what you do not Visit the CSA schedule. understand. C. Not all schools opt to use flex time. Principals of schools As per our new APPR agreement, which is pending Facebook Page! with several assistant principals may decide to stagger the approval at the state level, announced PPO visits will require start times of each assistant principal to allow for consistent at least one week’s notice. See the latest news about our union and its members, and hours for all supervisors each day of the week. I hope you found this information helpful. Please feel free track and post stories about D. Principals are included in this agreement. This is especially to reach out to your field representative or district/borough issues affecting us. Members can chairperson should you have any further questions regarding important for single supervisor sites and schools with only comment and discuss posts with one assistant principal. these topics or any other contract related items. each other. Join the discussion E. When developing schedules, principals must ensure that Best wishes for a successful second half to the school year. at https://www.facebook.com/ there is appropriate supervisory coverage for all regular day followcsa/. activities. Mark Cannizzaro is Executive Vice President of CSA.

Union’s New Veterans Council Taking Shape BY CSA STAFF in schools, with an emphasis on the At the next meeting, to be held at area of focus will be to decide on how to American flag and class visits to the area’s CSA headquarters on Jan. 30, the coun- approach lobbying in New York City and CSA’s new veterans council continued many revolutionary war sites. The group cil members will select a chair, set up Albany on behalf of public education and to build a solid foundation at a meeting discussed how to encourage the chancel- committees and lay out clearly what veterans affairs. on Dec. 12. Members agreed to form lor to acknowledge veterans. They talked the council’s mission is – whether it will At that meeting, Delbert Spurlock will committees, and hashed out areas of about how to create scholarships for the focus on educational goals including address the group. Mr. Spurlock served as focus as the group moves forward. children of AFSA and CSA members who civics instruction or more political ones the Assistant Secretary of the Army from First on the list is to examine ways are veterans, and explored ways to help such as fighting for veterans services 1980 to 1989 and Deputy Secretary of to encourage the teaching of civics children of members who are deployed. and benefits. In that respect, one key Labor from 1991 to 1993. 4 CSA NEWS Jan. 2017

NATION Bob Grievance Corner Reich Education VIRGINIA: Resolution Lists For The New Year Book Ban he arrival of 2017 has made me in permanent assignments; End forced placement of adminis- The Accomack Public School think of resolutions that I am trators in the same schools in which they were not selected for District is contemplating a per- making, others I hope you will Interim Acting positions. manent ban of the classics, “The make, and promises that I hope Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” T the Department of Education officials I Also Hope In 2017… and “To Kill a Mockingbird.” A will make – and keep. Here is my list. The DOE reverses its policy that, when members in elemen- parent who complained is not dis- Let me know if I’ve left anything out! tary or middle school administration positions are selected for puting the value of the literature, but said it is hard to get past the education administrator positions, they cannot revert to their racial slurs – especially at a time I Resolve… prior titles. when the nation is so divided. (The To work with the CSA team to help That the Medical Bureau will make determinations in a timely Washington Post) insure that the rights of administrators manner. are protected; I will be accessible to all Individual school budgets will be fair and equal with appeals FLORIDA: members to address their concerns. decided on in a timely manner. Teacher Trainers May 2017 Superintendents will provide reasons in advance when they A recent report by the University of I Urge You To Resolve… offer an administrator an extension of probation before the Florida and two nonprofit education be a year To take the time needed to insure member signs the extension and formally requests the reasons in organizations, is advocating that your health and remember your family writing. all teachers have a skilled coach to of timely outside of your school. When providing written feedback for a PPO, superintendents sharpen and improve their prac- will provide the feedback and also concrete suggestions that will tice. Effective coaching has proven budgets, I Hope the DOE Resolves To… benefit the administrator and his/her school. Ratings issued with- to enhance teachers’ skills, lesson Reduce the absurd amount of paper- out any documentation will be reversed. turnover and improve student out- and a fair work that is being required of adminis- The Chancellor will appoint or grant tenure when there is comes. Nationally, less than half trators; Hear APPR appeals – some cases an open investigation that has not been completed promptly or of all teachers indicated that they appeal dating back to 2013-2014; Honor the when it is apparent that the repeated allegations are by a disgrun- receive coaching. Seminole County collective bargaining agreement and tled staff member. It should be noted that allegations rise when Public Schools in Florida have imple- process. not place untimely letters in an admin- ratings are given or employees are disciplined by their supervisor. mented a formal teacher-coaching istrator’s file (an issue settled repeatedly If you know of any other resolutions the DOE should make, program. Federal grants pay for in your union’s favor at arbitration); Realize, without waiting for please share them with me at [email protected]. the program; district funds pay sub- an arbitration hearing, that all administrators working in renewal May this new year bring you continued success, health and stitute teachers to cover teachers schools are entitled to payment for extended learning time (ELT); during training. (Orlando Sentinel) happiness! Decide on leave applications in a timely manner, not the months WASHINGTON: it often takes; End the absence pool and place all administrators Bob Reich is Grievance Director at CSA. Special Robots An autistic teen in Seattle was the inspiration for the founding of VIEWPOINT Special Olympics Unified Robotics. The teen, a sibling of a student at King’s High School, who was a member of King’s robotic team, Breathe, People: Your Jobs Are Stressful, was a huge fan of her sister’s club. Her sister set out to research if there was a counterpart to her So Take Steps To Preserve Your Health club for students with cognitive disabilities. Finding nothing, she BY SCOTT SILVERMAN You can’t avoid all stress, nor would you your computer, just sit, smell the coffee, con- paired her robotics team with want to. A little stress can temporarily boost centrate on the taste and notice how it makes students at her sister’s school. s an assistant principal surrounded motivation and concentration, and even keeps its way from the cup to your first swallow. The partnership grew to 12 other by students and staff all day, I cannot life interesting. But if you feel overwhelmed, schools in Seattle. The teams tell you how often I hear people say anxious, forgetful, or exhausted, you may Yoga celebrated their first season with A“Just Relax,” or “Relax.” I chuckle and want to address it. Any kind of physical exercise will reduce a tournament at Pacific Science think to myself, “If it were only that simple.” The good news is that increased research stress, but yoga goes further, again through a Center. (Seattletimes.com) As school administrators, we are dealing in stress management points to some prom- focus on the breath. Yoga slows your breath- MARYLAND: with constant stress, both real and imagined. ising and easy stress reduction techniques. ing and heart rate and lowers blood pressure. This can have many adverse effects on our Here are five techniques you can try. They It is in itself a form of meditation. By being in Cells In Elementary mental and physical health. can help you feel more relaxed within min- the present moment, focusing on your body Proposed new rules could allow Dr. Herbert Benson coined the term, “the utes, and are powerful enough that regular and not your thoughts, you can clear your for elementary school students to relaxation response.” It may sound surprising, practice can help you reduce your stress levels mind. have cell phones in schools, along but relaxation is a learned response that, when permanently. with additional electronics. Use practiced frequently enough, can become Aromatherapy of phones would be limited to dis- automatic with certain cues, the most com- Diaphragmatic Breathing Aromatherapy makes use of the scent of missal and on the bus. Beyond the mon of which is deep breathing. Once mas- Breathing is the easiest and most effec- essential oils. According to the US National shared concerns in higher grades of tered, the positive effects can be profound. tive way to refocus and stop the mind from Library of Medicine, of the more than 15,000 lost instructional time and the addi- Human beings are equipped with a won- spinning. As you slowly inhale and exhale, scientific research studies that have been done tional burden on teachers, another derful way of protecting themselves from dan- concentrate on keeping your chest still while on these oils. Lavender is the most studied and issue at the elementary level is how expanding and contracting your stomach. A possibly the most versatile of all, with anti-anx- devices would be secured since ger. When our brains take in stimuli from our young students typically keep senses, we interpret certain stimuli as threats. few minutes of diaphragmatic breathing daily iety, antidepressant and mood stabilizing prop- belongings in cubbies rather than In our case, such threats are less likely to come will lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol erties. Put a few drops on your wrists or diffuse lockers. (washingtonpost.com) from charging animals than from low Regents and stimulate your parasympathetic nervous it into the air for instant stress relief. passing rates, volatile employees and even system to produce a state of calm. MASSACHUSETTS: • • • more volatile students. The amygdala, the fear Simply breathe in and out for five breathes, Longer Days center of our brain, sends messages to the rest twice daily, four seconds each breath. t isn’t easy being a school administrator Boston Public School district is of our body to prepare for battle. Our heart these days. However, these are well-re- spending $14 million to extend rate increases, we sweat, our hearing becomes Mindful Meditation searched interventions that can calm your learning time. Thirty-nine schools sharper and our muscles tense, all in prepara- Meditation is a stress management tech- Imind and body and help you deal more will add an extra 40 minutes of tion to either fight or flee. nique that also involves breathing. By sitting effectively with the many challenges that lie classroom time. That brings the The problem is that our amygdala cannot quietly and focusing on your breath, medita- ahead. Why not start now? number of schools with extended decipher whether a danger is real or illusory. tion makes you more calm and less reactive time to nearly 90, serving 36,500 This can create problems: We start thinking to stress, by quieting your mind and master- Dr. Scott Silverman is an assistant principal students. The district expects to too much and worrying about things that ing negative thought patterns. Mindfulness at John Adams High School. He is a licensed ther- present a balanced budget with aren’t real. As author Eckhart Tolle has said, focuses on paying attention to nothing -- on apist with an extensive background in social and no changes to the way schools are “The primary cause of unhappiness is never purpose. This allows you to become aware of emotional health supports. Dr. Silverman has lec- funded. (bostonherald.com) the situation, but your thoughts about it.” Or what is really going on outside your thoughts. tured and conducted many workshops nationally — COMPILED BY consider Mark Twain’s observation: “I have Try this simple mindful meditation exercise: on adolescent behavior and interventions to help CHRISTINE ALTMAN spent most of my life worrying about things Next time you are having a cup of coffee, just students improve their mental health, thus leading that have never happened.” pay attention to it. Rather than reading on to improved academic outcomes. ZĞƟƌĞĞ ŚĂƉƚĞƌ ƵůƚƵƌĂů Spring 2017 ĂŶĚ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů WƌŽŐƌĂŵ

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>h^ͬ>^^^ KEY TO SYMBOLS: ĞĂƌZĞƟƌĞĞƐ͕ SP17C1 Beginner Bridge II – The  WƵƚLJŽƵƌƚƌĂǀĞůŝŶŐƐŚŽĞƐŽŶ͊KƵƌĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů͕ƵůƚƵƌĂů͕ĂŶĚ Novice T TRAVEL INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE MAILED ^ŽĐŝĂůƐƚĂīĂŶĚƚŚĞĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚĂŶĚŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂďůĞŵĞŵďĞƌƐŽĨ Instructor: Michael Ebenstein P PARKING/TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE ƚŚĞŝƌĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞŚĂǀĞŽŶĐĞĂŐĂŝŶ͕ƐŝŌĞĚĂŶĚƌĞǀŝĞǁĞĚŵĂŶLJĞĚƵ- Location: 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, S THIS EVENT IS SOMEWHAT STRENUOUS ĐĂƟŽŶĂůĂŶĚĐƵůƚƵƌĂůŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐƚŚĂƚƚŚĞĐŝƚLJĂŶĚƚƌŝͲƐƚĂƚĞĂƌĞĂŚĂǀĞ NYC Day/Dates: Tuesdays, 3/28; 4/4; 4/25; ƚŽŽīĞƌ͕ĂŶĚŚĂǀĞĐŽŵĞƵƉǁŝƚŚƚŚĞďĞƐƚƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŝŶŽƵƌŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͘ 5/2; 5/9; 5/16; 6/6; 6/13 Time: 10 am to 12 noon each session followed by the playing of tĞŬĞĞƉĞdžƚĞŶĚŝŶŐŽƵƌƌĞĂĐŚĂŶĚĞdžƉĂŶĚŝŶŐŽƵƌŚŽƌŝnjŽŶƐƐŽƚŚĂƚ SPECIAL PULLOUT SECTION hands in a supervised format. ǁĞĐĂŶƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ͕ďŽƚŚĐƵƫŶŐĞĚŐĞĂŶĚƚƌŝĞĚĂŶĚƚƌƵĞƚƌŝƉƐ͕ĐůĂƐƐ- Fee: Member $40, non-member $45 Limited: 16 participants P ĞƐ͕ĞǀĞŶƚƐĂŶĚĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘dĂŬĞĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞŽĨƚŚŝƐƵŶŝƋƵĞƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ This class is a continuation of SP17C3 American Mah Jongg ĂƐŽƵƌŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐŐĞƚĮůůĞĚƵƉǀĞƌLJƋƵŝĐŬůLJ͘^ƚƌĞƚĐŚLJŽƵƌďŽĚLJŽƌ Beginner Class I – The Novice. It will Instructor: Beverly Hershkowitz Location: 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, NYC ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚLJŽƵƌŵŝŶĚ͘ build on the beginning knowledge taught in the Fall class and present new Day/Dates: Mondays, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13,  ZĞĂĐƋƵĂŝŶƚLJŽƵƌƐĞůĨǁŝƚŚĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐLJŽƵŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚƐĞĞŶŝŶĂ concepts such as some of the import- 3/20, 3/27, 4/3 ǁŚŝůĞĂŶĚŵĂŬĞŶĞǁĨƌŝĞŶĚƐǁŝƚŚƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ͘ ant Bridge conventions. Anyone who Time: 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm /ŶƵŶŝƚLJ͕ has some knowledge of Bridge and Fee: Member, $40, non-member $45 Limited: 16 participants P 'ĂLJůĞ>ŽĐŬĞƩ͕ZĞƟƌĞĞŚĂŝƌ     wishes to join the fun should find no problem in following along. Come play Mah Jongg. For those DĂƌŬƌŽĚƐŬLJ͕ZĞƟƌĞĞŚĂŝƌŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ   in need of instruction, Beverly >ƵĐŝĞůŝŽ͕ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂůͬƵůƚƵƌĂůŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚŽƌ SP17C2 Supervised Intermediate Hershkowitz will provide it. For those Bridge – Advanced Beginner to looking to just play, bring your friends Intermediate or come to make new ones. Previous Instructor: Michael Ebenstein graduates are warmly welcomed! Location: 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, NYC SP17C4 Jewelry Making Class Day/Dates: Tuesdays, 3/28; 4/4; 4/25; Instructor: Lydia Gonzalez 5/2; 5/9; 5/16; 6/6; 6/13 Location: 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, NYC Time: 1 pm to 3 pm Day/Dates: Mondays, 3/6; 3/13; 3/20; 3/27 Fee: Member $40, non-member $45 Time: 9:30 am to 1 pm Limited: 16 participants P Fee: Member $55, non-member $60 This class is for the advanced begin- (The fee includes the materials.) ner bridge player and those on the Limited: 10 participants P intermediate level. The class will fea- The Jewelry Class has become one of ture short lessons at the beginning of Continued on R2

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The CSA Retiree Chapter has developed a partnership with the China Institute. They offer a wide range of Chinese language classes at every proficiency level from beginner to advanced. They will also offer short courses in Calligraphy, Brush Painting, Business Chinese Etiquette and Tai Chi. In conjunction with the institute we will be offering in the future some of their classes and courses. This semester we are offering Calligraphy for 8 sessions.

SP17C9 Calligraphy introduction to China’s system of of Ellis Island Hospital writing, which is an important key CSA Instructor: Jiaxuan (Jim) to understanding and appreciating Zhang Chinese art, history and culture. Location: 40 Rector Street, 2nd Students will learn and practice Floor (China Institute) basic brush strokes and characters Day/Date: Wednesday, 3/1, 3/8, in a meditative, relaxed atmo- 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19 sphere. Classes will begin with a Time: 10 am – 12 pm demonstration, followed by time Fee: $280 members, $285 for individual attention, that will non-members allow students to learn at their own Limited: 8 participants P pace. Knowledge of Chinese or This Calligraphy class covers the brush technique is not necessary. art of Chinese writing. Students will Materials are supplied for the first learn how to use the brush and be class only. Other materials will given an artistic and etymological need to be purchased. LUCIE ELIO QQuilting instructor Brenda Luck displays a star-spangled rectangular quilt. R2ŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů / Cultural Program

Continued from previous page Day/Dates: Mondays, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, tour of the historic garment center. with the West Side Tennis Club in Forest 5/22 Hills for group tennis lessons in their indoor >h^ͬ>^^^ Time: 10 am – 1 pm SP17C8 Meditation facilities. There will be three sets of inter- Fee: Member $60, non-member $65 Instructor: Anne Sussman mediate tennis lessons. Each clinic will run the Educational Cultural Programs most Limited: 10 participants P Location: 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, NYC for four weeks and will accommodate four popular classes. The instructor will lead a Come paint and chat at the Painting Day/Dates: Fridays: 3/17, 3/24, 3/31, participants. The theme of the clinic will be creative experience with the participants Workshop. Explore your creativity 4/7, 4/21 stroke production. Each session will run for in using wire, beads, string, leather and while creating your own masterpiece. Time: 1 – 3 pm one and one half hours. Registrants above other materials. Participants will learn to No experience or skill required. An art Fee: Member $325, non-member $330 the initial four will be placed on a wait list. design necklaces, bracelets and/or ear- instructor will guide you in a step-by- Limited: 15 participants P If we have sufficient numbers on the wait rings. Focus will be on completing new step production of a featured painting. Anne Sussman is the founder of list, we will be open a second group. You and different projects in every session. The list of supplies will be sent with Mindfulness Meeting Place. Anne received may register for one, two or all three of the the confirmation of registration. The her certification as a Mindfulness and intermediate clinics. These clinics offer a SP16C5 Quilting 104 materials can be purchased at Michael’s Meditation Instructor at the McLean great value and we expect them to fill up Instructor: Brenda Luck Craft Store (canvas, easel, acrylic paints, Meditation Institute. Her training in quickly. Please note that there is free park- Location: 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, NYC brushes, etc.). You will leave the class Mindfulness Meditation techniques is a ing at the Tennis Club. During the month Day/Dates: Thursdays, 3/2, 3/16, 3/23, with your very own work of art. perfect complement to her strength as a of May, the lessons will move outside where 3/30, 4/27, 5/4 born educator. Anne’s goal is to help you an “all-white dress code will be in force.” Time: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm SP17C7 Stitch-by-Stitch: New York live better. You too can have a happier, Fee: Member $40, non-member $45 City’s Garment Center calmer, more benevolent life, and it does SP17C10 Intermediate Tennis (The fee includes the patterns.) Instructor: Barry Feldman not have to be so hard. Anne is not a guru, Clinic 1 P T S Limited: 10 participants P Location: 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, NYC or a spiritual healer, but someone, just like Instructor: West Side Tennis Club Pro This class is designed for anyone Day/Dates: Mondays, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, you, struggling to live in our fast-paced, Location: West Side Tennis Club, Forest who would like to learn the basics of (Trip 5/15) often stress-filled world. If you want to Hills quilting. You only need to know how to Time: 1 – 3 pm attain clarity, feel less stressed, tap into Day/Dates: Thursdays, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, do basic sewing stitches, (running stitch Fee: Member $80, non-member $85 your innate creativity, sleep better, become 3/23 and back stitch). The focus this semester Limited: 10 participants T P S more focused and productive, and have Time: 11:30 am to 1 pm will be on creating a Crazy Quilt block Do you remember the “I cash greater health and wellness in your life, Fee: Member, $105, non-member $110 which can then be used to create the clothes” man or Yiddish “alte zakhin” then begin your practice so you have the Limited: 4 participants per session lap quilt or the quilt size of your choice. peddlers who crossed the city? This tools to achieve just that. A list of supplies will be sent with the four-session class is a lively exploration SP17C11 Intermediate Tennis confirmation of registration. of New York City’s garment industry Clinic 2 P T S from 19th century used clothing stores TENNIS dEE/^>/E/^CLINICS Instructor: West Side Tennis Club Pro SP17C6 Acrylic Painting Workshop to the haute couture designers that dis- Location: West Side Tennis Club, Forest Instructor: Nancy Baldwin tinguish the city’s contemporary fash- For the spring 2017 semester, the Retiree Hills Location: 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, NYC ion industry. The final session will be a Chapter has again made arrangements Day/Dates: Thursdays, 3/30, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4 Time: 11:30 am to 1 pm Fee: Member, $105, non-member $110 Limited: 4 participants per session

SP17C12 Intermediate Tennis Clinics 3 P T S Instructor: West Side Tennis Club Pro Location: West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills Day/Dates: Thursdays, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1 Time: 11:30 am to 1 pm

SPECIAL PULLOUT SECTION PULLOUT SPECIAL Fee: Member, $105, non-member $110 Limited: 4 participants per session

SP16C13 Golf P T S Instructor: Bob Guido, John Morrison Location: North Shore Towers, Grand Central Parkway, Floral Park, NY Day/Dates: Wednesdays, 3/29, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3 Time: Section 1: 10 am to 11:30 am and Section 2: 11:30 am to 1 pm Fee: Member $165, non-member $170 Limited: 8 participants Robert Guido and John Morrison are PGA professionals who work at the North Shore Towers Golf Club. The class will be following the theme of the last few semesters “Course Play”. With the small size of the group, Bob and John will be able to personalize instruc- tion, taking into account that everyone may not be at the same playing level. Please note that if we have sufficient LUCIE ELIO numbers, we will run two sections. QRingwood Manor in New Jersey was the site of an ironworks and home of well-known ironmasters, Peter Cooper and Abram S. Hewitt, Section I will be filled first. from the 1740s to the late 19th century. Continued on next page

Online registration opens on Monday, Feb. 6 at 11 a.m. Brochure will be posted Monday, Jan. 30. www.csa-nyc.org You may also use the forms included on Pages R5 and R6. Rules and regulations are on the forms. Spring 2017 R3

SP17C15 Film Club tŝŶĞ^ĞŵŝŶĂƌ Instructor: Mark Kaufman Location: Locations vary Dates: Dates vary Time: Times vary Fee: There is a $5 fee for any mem- Wines From Across the Mediterranean Sea bers/spousal member registering for the first time. Previous registrants SP17L2 Wine Seminar need not re-register (no fee). IF YOU – Wines across the REGISTERED IN THE FALL YOU NEED Mediterranean NOT REGISTER AGAIN. If you did not Lecturer: Ron register in the fall you can still regis- Attivissimo ter in the spring. Participants will be Lecturer: Ron Attivissimo responsible to purchase their own film CSA Leader: Emerson Spry tickets for the films they attend. This Location: 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, NYC Day/Dates: Friday, 6/2 KEY TO SYMBOLS: Time: 5 to 6:30 pm Fee: Member $40, non-member $45 T TRAVEL INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE MAILED Limited: 20 participants P PARKING/TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE P T S THIS EVENT IS SOMEWHAT STRENUOUS With the summer approaching, we will look at wines from areas that club has been created to provide social border the Mediterranean: opportunities for members to explore Spain (Penedes, Prirorat, both classic and recently released film SPECIAL PULLOUT SECTION Cava, Andalucia), France productions in a cordial and intellec- (Provence, Langue d’oc/ tual environment with their fellow Roussillion), Italy (Sicily, colleagues. After each film offering, the Sardegna, Pantelleria), group will meet to discuss the film. Greece (Santorini), and a few extras (Galicia, Rueda, Vinho Verde, etc.) that should have lectures/seminars>dhZ^ͬ^D/EZ^ you clamoring for a cruise on the Mediterranean. SP17L1 Finance Lecture – Wills and Trusts: Similarities and Differences CSA Leader: Emerson Spry DINING AND FILM CLUBS Location: 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, NYC /E/E'E&/>D>h^ Day/Dates: Thursday, 3/1 Please note: ANYONE INTERESTED Time: 10:30 am – 12 noon IN PARTICIPATING IN THE DINING Fee: Member/spousal member only $10 CLUB MUST REGISTER EACH FALL. Limited: 40 participants P There is an annual registration fee of $5. As CSA retirees, the question arises Information will be sent to you by email “How do we provide for our loved ones only and payment will be only online with when we are no longer here?” This is a credit card (no checks). When regis- not a pleasant topic but it is vital to tering please provide us with a valid have this question answered. We will email address to aid with communi- have a certified financial planner speak cations. Members will always be able to bring one guest without restrictions. Our goal is to involve as many members as possible.

SP17C14 Dining Club CSA Leaders: Stanley Wilson, Harriet Cohen Location: Will vary according to member interests Day/Dates: 4/5; 4/27; 5/25, 6/15; 6/16; 6/22 Subject to change Time: usually around 1:30 to 3 pm Fee: There is a $5 fee for registration. IF YOU REGISTERED IN THE FALL YOU NEED NOT REGISTER AGAIN. If you did not register in the fall you can still register in the spring. Prices will Q A certified financial planner is scheduled vary depending upon the restaurant. for the, “Wills and Trusts” seminar. Participants will be responsible for the cost of their beverages. This club to us about “Wills & Trusts: Similarities has been created to provide the mem- and Differences.” The many types bership with social opportunities to of wills and trusts will be discussed. explore their dining interest in a social This presentation will be for informa- group setting. Please note: The cost tion purposes only. There will be no LUCIE ELIO is inclusive of everything except any attempt to sell or promote any finan- ABOVE, TOP: A chalkboard at the Apollo Theatre is signed by many of the venue’s per- type of alcoholic beverage, coffee, tea Q cial instrument. formers and luminaries. ABOVE: Sharon Thompson, Aquenette Purnell-Hurd, the Apollo’s or soda. We plan to offer three dining curator, Billy, and Gayle Lockett during a trip to the acclaimed theatre in September. experiences per semester. Continued on R4 R4ŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů / Cultural Program

WĂŝŶƟŶŐ͕^ĐƵůƉƚƵƌĞ͕ŽůůĂŐĞĂŶĚDŽƌĞ Come and Check Out Parts of Manhattan’s Art Gallery Scene

SP17T6 Tour of the Chelsea SP17T7 Tour of the 57th Street 8 Tour of the 57th Street Art Galleries & Lunch Art Galleries & Lunch ArSP17Tt Galleries & Dinner CSA Leader: Mark Kaufman CSA Leader: Barbetta Krinsky CSA Leader: Stanley Wilson Tour Guide: Tina Weintraub Tour Guide: Tina Weintraub Tour Guide: Tina Weintraub Location: TBD Location: TBD Location: TBD Day/Dates: Thursday, 4/6 Day/Dates: Wednesday, 5/3 Day/Dates: Friday, 5/5 Time: 11 am – 3 pm Time: 11 am – 3 pm Time: 4 pm – 8 pm Fee: Member $65, non-member $70 Fee: Members $63, non-members $68 Fee: Member $80, non-member $85 The fee includes lunch The fee includes lunch The fee includes dinner Limited: 15 participants T S Limited: 15 participants T S Limited: 15 participants T S

Tina Weintraub has been running Art Gallery Tours for the Retiree Chapter for years. We usually alternate between the Art galleries in Chelsea and 57th Street. By special request for the spring semester join Tina and our members as they tour both art galleries. There will be a tour during the day of the Chelsea (4/6) and the 57th Street (5/3) Art Galleries and an evening tour of the 57th Street Art Galleries (5/5). After the afternoon tours, we will lunch in a nearby restaurant and after the evening tour the group will go to dinner. Please note: as with any of our walking tours there will be extensive walking. You should expect to be walking and or standing for up to and per- haps for more than 2 hours. Remember to wear comfortable shoes.

Continued from R3 and local newspapers, maps and more. who worked in domestic service in 19th SP16T9 Brooklyn Army Terminal View a replica of Brooklyn Historical century New York, overcoming home- CSA Leader: Emerson Spry Society’s rare copy of the Emancipation sickness, culture shock, and prejudice Location: 140 58th St, Brooklyn, NY dZ/W^ͬt>art deco show palace, Radio CSA Leader: Al Nilsen Harlem (concert & lunch) military until the Vietnam War. Today, City Music Hall. We’ll explore the Location: 30 Lincoln Center Plaza, CSA Leader: Ana Maldonado this thriving industrial park is home to innovative mind of interior designer, Manhattan Location: Rendall Memorial over 100 companies in a wide array of Donald Deskey who incorporated his Day/Dates: Sunday, 3/26 Presbyterian Church, 59 W. 137 Street, industries, from precision manufacturers love for the ‘new’ art. His original 1932 Time: 10:30 am – 12 noon Manhattan to biotech researchers, online retailers to furnishings have been expertly restored Fee: Member $25, non-member $30 Day/Dates: Tuesday, 4/4 chocolatiers. We will explore how mil- and adorn the public spaces and Limited: 20 participants P T S Time: 12 noon – 4:30 pm lions of tons of war supplies and person- lounges of the Music Hall. The lounges Come with us and go behind the Fee: Member $45, non-member $50 nel were shipped through this teeming also house some significant works by scenes for an exclusive look at what it The fee includes lunch transportation hub, Learn the stories of prominent artists Stuart Davis, Yasuo takes to make operatic magic at the Met. Limited: 20 participants P T S soldiers, longshoremen, and merchant Kuniyoshi, Withold Gordon Hemry The backstage tour offers a fascinating “Welcome to Harlem” sponsors the mariners who worked these piers. We Billings and Eduard Buk Ulreich. We’ll backstage look at one of the world’s Harlem Jazz Series. Indulge in an after- will see what makes the Port of New also visit the Roxy Suite, one of the few premiere performing arts organizations, noon that will delight your senses in a York the envy of the world in the mid- remaining spaces designed by Deskey. including visits to the scenic and car- place where African-American culture 20th century, why it went into decline, After the tour we will have lunch at the pentry shops, rehearsal rooms, dressing and cutting edge talent intertwine to and how Brooklyn’s working waterfront renowned Rock Center Café. rooms, and stage area. Note: Not all areas form a rich, thriving music scene. You is being revitalized today. Along the may be available on every tour. will enjoy Swingin’ Bebop, Blues and way, we will enjoy sweeping views of SP17T2 Brooklyn Historical Society Brass. After the event you will have an the harbor visit the 600,000 square-foot & Lunch SP17T4 At the Tredwells’ Table: A opportunity to meet the musicians then unrestored space of Building A, and CSA Leader: John Oricchio Culinary Tour of the Merchant’s take pleasure in eating at the Harlem stop inside the terminal’s Architectural Location: 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn House With Professional Chef and Barbeque, just one block away from the Gem and the breath-taking atrium on Day/Dates: Wednesday, 3/22 Culinary Historian Carl Raymond event. Building “B”. We will conclude the Time: 10:30 am to 3 pm CSA Leader: Joseph LaCascia tour with lunch at Pete’s Brooklyn Eats Fee: Member $64, non-member $69 Location: 29 East 4th Street, located on the premises. The fee includes lunch Manhattan Please note: as with any of our walking Limited: 20 participants P T S Day/Dates: Wednesday, 3/29 KEY TO SYMBOLS: tours there will be extensive walking. You Brooklyn Abolitionist/In Pursuit of Time: 11am to 12:30 pm should expect to be walking and or stand- Freedom explores Brooklyn’s anti-slav- Fee: Member $25, non-member $30 T TRAVEL INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE MAILED ing for up to and perhaps for more than Fee includes lunch ery movement from the end of the P PARKING/TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE 2 hours. Remember to wear comfortable American Revolution to the early Limited: 20 participants P T S shoes. S THIS EVENT IS SOMEWHAT STRENUOUS days of Reconstruction through pho- This unparalleled “back-stairs” tour tographs, census records, anti-slavery tells the heroic story of the Irish women Continued on page R7 Spring 2017 R5

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PLEASE NOTE: You must submit a separate check for each event for which you register. Each registrant must complete a separate registration form and submit a separate check for each event.

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If you would like us to confirm registration by email instead of US mail, check the box here and make sure you give us your email address (above). TOTAL:______

Make checks payable to: CSA Retiree Chapter Mail to: CSA Retiree Chapter, Attn: Educational/Cultural Committee, 40 Rector Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10006

ALL CANCELLATIONS MUST BE IN WRITING OR EMAIL TO [email protected] FOR OFFICE USE ONLY:

What You Need To Know To Register (See Guest Registration Form Page R6) GENERAL PROCEDURES SP17T19 New York Harbor Evening Cruise. complete a separate registration form. If you intend 4. All mail-in registrations up to the actual date of regis- to register by mail, make additional copies of the reg- 1. Registration opens on Monday, February 6, 2017 tration will be placed in one box. On that day of reg- istration form as needed. Copies of the various regis- (on-line at 11 AM). Only members and spousal mem- istration, registration forms will be withdrawn from tration forms can be found on the CSA website www. bers may register at this time. The online system will the box randomly. csa-nyc.org under the Retiree Chapter heading in the not allow for guest registration. All registrations will 5. If you are placed on a waitlist, and a cancellation “Upcoming Events” section. be on a first come first served basis. occurs the Retiree Office will contact you and place 7. In all of our events, the fee always includes all taxes 2. Please note: Members may register by mail or you on the registered list. No such change in your reg- and gratuities except otherwise noted. through the online system. Guests may register by istration status will be made without contacting you 8. In the case of too few registrants for an offering, the mail only and will be entered as of February 13, and getting your approval. If you no longer wish to be CSA Retiree Chapter reserves the right to cancel the 2017. on the waitlist, contact us at (212) 823-2076 or email program with full refunds. . 3. Guests may register without restrictions: SP17T11 [email protected]. 9. All events are scheduled rain or shine. Jazz at Lincoln Center & Dinner; SP17T13 Tenement 6. Members may register for any or all the program Museum & Tasting Dinner; SP17T14 Caramoor events. All events are to be placed on one form. Performing Arts Center; SP17T15 Blue Man Group; However, it is important that each registrant must Continued on Page R6 R6ŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů / Cultural Program

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Guest Name:

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Make checks payable to: CSA Retiree Chapter Mail to: CSA Retiree Chapter, Attn: Educational/Cultural Committee, 40 Rector Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10006 ALL CANCELLATIONS MUST BE IN WRITING OR EMAIL TO [email protected]

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Continued from Page R5 MAIL-IN PROCEDURES ONLINE REGISTRATION CANCELLATION POLICY 1. Your original registration form will be returned with 1. Only members and spousal members may register 1. For either mail-in or online registrations of all a notation of either “Registered or “Waiting List”. The online. The online system is closed to guests. Educational/Cultural events, refunds will be given turn-around time for registration should be no more 2. To register online, follow the prompts on the Retiree for program cancellations made up to a month prior than two weeks. If you do not receive notification Chapter section on the CSA website (www.csa-nyc. to the date of the event. For cancellations less than a within this time period you should call the Retiree org). The link will be posted on January 30th and will month prior to the event, refunds will only be issued if Office at (212) 823-2020 and speak to Lucie, Emerson be “activated” on February 6th at 11 a.m. we can fill your slot from the waiting list. There will be or Jacki. 3. As you work through the online registration, the sys- no exceptions. All cancellations must be in writing or 2. You must submit a separate check for each event tem will make note if the registration limit has been by email to [email protected]. Call the Chapter office you wish to attend. For example, if you wish to reg- reached and mark your form as wait listed. at (212) 823-2020 if you have questions. ister for five events, you must complete one form but 4. All rules and procedures listed above for general and 2. Refunds will be processed only after the event has submit five separate checks. This will be the same mail-in registration prevail for online registration. been concluded. However, in the case where there process if you are completing a registration for your 5. Once you have completed the online process, your is a significantly long waiting list, some refunds may spouse or for a guest. For those on a waitlist, after credit card will be charged for those events for which be processed sooner. the event, your check will be VOIDED and returned. you are registered. The system will not charge your 3. In the case of mail-in registrations, checks will be 3. Make checks payable to “CSA Retiree Chapter” and card for events where you are waitlisted. voided and returned to the registrant. mail to: CSA Retiree Chapter, Attn: Educational/Cultural 6. When you finish the registering, print your Registration 4. In the case of online registrants, refunds will be han- Committee, 40 Rector St., 12th Floor NY, NY 10006. Record. It will be your only copy of your registration. dled through your credit card. Spring 2017 R7 SPECIAL PULLOUT SECTION

LUCIE ELIO QLEFT: Retirees who visited an historic Husdon Valley estate saw things like this spinning jenny, commonly used in the 17th century. RIGHT, TOP: Emerson Spry meets a friendly donkey at the Inn at Buttermilk Falls, estate of African American opera singer Dorothy Maynort. RIGHT, BOTTOM: A mill at the Gomez Mill House, oldest Jewish house in the USA.

Continued from R4 The Retiree Chapter will be partic- a Correction Department’s holding cell. The fee includes lunch. ipating once again in another musical A viewing of an actual court proceeding Limited: 16 participants P T S dZ/W^ͬt>

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SP17T18 Ellis Island Museum nation’s busiest immigrant inspec- CSA Leader: Lark Morrison tion station from 1892 until 1954. Location: Ellis Island Last semester CSA retirees took the Day/Date: Wednesday, 6/14 Hard Hat Tour of the Ellis Island Time: Ferry 10 am, tour 11 am Hospital. This semester we will Fee: Member $20, non-member $25 return to Ellis Island and visit the Includes ferry ticket Ellis Island Museum. The tour will Limited: 20 participants P T S be a self-guided audio tour with possibility of a docent if available. Ellis Island is an island that was The ferryboat ticket will allow you the gateway for millions of immi- to visit both Ellis Island and Liberty grants to the United States as the Island. SPECIAL PULLOUT SECTION PULLOUT SPECIAL

LUCIE ELIO QRetirees listen to a docent, who talked about the Ellis Island hospital, which is behind them.

guided tour of the Westbury House and The Association of Assistant Gardens. Old Westbury Gardens is the Principals (AAP) along with the former home of John S. and Margarita NYC Elementary Schools Principals LUCIE ELIO Grace Phipps. The magnificent Charles Association chartered a harbor cruise QABOVE TOP: Erica Shatz-Spry enjoys tea and scones at the Bartow-Pell Mansion. ABOVE: II-style mansion is nestled amid 200 ship for the evening. They are offer- The Bartow Pell estate sits on on 350 acres of rolling hills in the Bronx, New York. acres of formal gardens, landscaped grounds, woodlands, ponds and lakes. Continued from Previous Page Explore the hands-on collection of The Westbury House is furnished with KEY TO SYMBOLS: vintage subway and elevated cars and fine English antiques and decorative arts 2 pm show the world renowned Blue exhibits that share the rich story of from the more than fifty years of the T TRAVEL INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE MAILED public transportation. Discover the Man Group will combine music, tech- family’s residence. For lunch you can P PARKING/TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE nology and comedy to create a form history, technology, design, and future eat at the Gardens’ Café in the Woods, THIS EVENT IS SOMEWHAT STRENUOUS of entertainment that defies categori- of transportation with our expert nestled outside under the shade of the S zation and appeals to people of all ages. staff. The Museum is located down North Allee, offers an exquisite fare two flights of stairs. We will be having of sandwiches, salads and beverages. SP17T16 New York Transit lunch before the tour at the Queen The café is not open during inclement ing the Retiree Chapter’s members an Museum & Lunch Restaurant on Court Street. weather. Parking is available at a fee. opportunity to join their colleagues for CSA Leader: Stanley Wilson the evening at a reduced rate. Because Location: 99 Schermerhorn St, SP17T17 Tour of the Old Westbury SP17T19 New York Harbor Evening the AAP has sufficient numbers, this will Brooklyn Gardens Cruise be a private cruise for CSA members/ Day/Date: Thursday, 6/1 Tour Guide: Kathleen Murphy CSA Leader: John Oricchio guests only. The ship will cruise the East Time: 11:30 am – 3 pm Location: 71 Old Westbury Road, Location: 1 World’s Fair Marina, Pier River to the Statue of Liberty and then Fee: Member $65; non-members $70 Westbury, NY One. Directions will be sent. return to the Marina. The trip will offer The fee includes lunch. Day/Date: Monday, 6/5 Day/Date: Friday, June 23 buffet dining, an open bar, a DJ and Limited: 20 participants P T S Time: 11 am to 2 pm Time: 6 – 11 pm dancing. The dress code will be casual. Relive the experience of traveling Fee: Member $15; non-members $20 Fee: Member $90, non-member $95 Members and non-members will be reg- through New York City during the Limited: 20 participants P T S Tickets are non-refundable. istered together and information will be early, mid, and late twentieth century! Come and join CSA as we take a Limited: 10 participants P T S mailed in advance. Jan. 2017 CSA NEWS 13

Dr. Douglas The Welfare Fund V. Hathaway Facilitating Coverage, and an Upcoming Workshop uestion: I am an active principal. uestion: I retired in 2016. I attended cation, days supplied, amount the plan paid, I had a child 18 months ago, and your pre-retirement workshop and I and amount you paid. tried four times through my payroll remember you talking about getting Please NOTE: If the cost of the medication Qsecretary to add her to my health Qreimbursed for prescription drug is less than the co-pay amount (for example, plan. I’m frustrated and don’t know what to co-pays, but do not remember the process. prescription costs $7.50 and your co-pay is do. Can you help me get my child covered? Please refresh my memory. $10) you will pay the full amount of the med- ANSWER: Certainly, that is why we ANSWER: As I often told my children ication. Since the plan did not pay anything, are here! You faxed us the paperwork, when they were young and asked a question, you have no co-payment, and the amount enrollment form and birth certificate, and “Nothing would give me more pleasure.” paid cannot be reimbursed by the Fund. a welfare fund staff member took it to (Except this time, I mean it.) Since the CSA the Department of Education Health and Retiree Welfare Fund does not provide a pre- Dr. Doug Hathaway is the Welfare Fund Welfare Office and waited until the staff scription drug benefit, retirees must purchase Administrator. You may reach him at dhatha- member updated your records. the drug benefit through the optional bene- [email protected]. This highlights something I mention fits rider to their city-provided coverage (or be Be sure at every membership meeting, both active covered by a spouse’s drug plan). If you are Due to popular request, The CSA Retiree and retiree. Whenever you have a change not covered by Medicare and in the GHI drug Welfare Fund will offer its workshop for retir- to inform in life status, such as adding a dependent, plan, please send a copy (do not send your ees, “Everything I Forgot About my Benefits dropping a spouse after a divorce or add- original – the postal service will be guaran- Since I Retired: A Refresher Course on Your all parties ing a new spouse or domestic partner, you teed to lose your submission) of the quarterly Retiree Health Benefits.” Three sessions are MUST inform all parties that maintain your reports received from Express Scripts to the scheduled – Feb.15, March 17, and April 11 of any records. You must file paperwork with your Fund once you receive the Oct. – Dec. 2016 – to be held in Founders Hall at our New York payroll secretary or HR department for the report. We will review the submissions, and City headquarters. Registration will be online, change in city-provided health plan and contact the file them in date order. While you are sub- at the welfare fund website, www.csawf.org. Welfare Fund as well. The Fund and health mitting the reports, we are sending a list of Scroll through the calendar to the date you life status, plans do not routinely pass personal infor- all our retirees to GHI, which will return an would like to attend, and complete the registra- mation back and forth due to privacy regu- electronic file of all prescriptions filled by our tion form, or email us at reservations@csawf. such as lations, so it is your responsibility to ensure retirees. This file is matched to our database, org. If you do not have computer access, call all parties are notified. and when all is in order, reimbursements are (212) 962-6061 to register. Attendance will be adding a We have developed relationships with made in the order the claims were received. strictly capped at 100 participants, so please staff at all the health plans and city agen- If you are in a non-GHI plan, even if register early. Registrations will be accepted spouse. cies so that we can help expedite things covered by Medicare, please submit a report on a first-come, first-serve basis. If demand when necessary, but it is still your responsi- from the pharmacy indicating the date of the exceeds capacity, additional sessions will be bility to initiate the status updates. prescription, name and strength of the medi- scheduled.

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body and do what she could to make it happen,” NATION In Memoriam her son said. “She was the ultimate citizen, she just wanted to do good.” In addition to her sons and their spouses, survivors include four grand- Q EURGIENA DOUGLAS, 41, died on Nov. He served stateside in the military during the Labor 15. Born and raised in the Bronx, Ms. Douglas Second World War, and met his future wife children and two great grandchildren. attended LaGuardia High School for art before Ginger while both were in graduate school NEW YORK: attending the University of Southern California, at Columbia Teachers College. Married in where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in cine- July 1952, the couple lived in Manhattan and Students Unionize matic arts, film and television production. “Our Queens. Mr. Solomon started out as a teach- Columbia students voted, by mother worked for the Board of Education as a er, before becoming an assistant principal at an overwhelmingly majority, teacher, and my sister didn’t intend on being Russell Sage Junior High School in Queens. “He to unionize, becoming the first a teacher,” said her sister, Alexis Lamont. After took the principal’s exam, and we went on a academic union to include returning to New York from the West Coast, long trip one summer, and he spent the entire undergraduates and only the Ms. Douglas worked at the William Morris and trip agonizing over the results,” recalled his second private university to have Gersh talent agencies for a few years, before daughter, Laura Solomon. He was a leader in an authorized student union. starting to teach at an elementary school not several schools, but his daughter noted that he Harvard is the next in line; its far from where she and her sister grew up. “I was most proud of one assignment. “His crown- votes were to be counted in met her when she worked as the chairperson ing glory was being the first principal for Rachel December. (thecrimson.com) at the ELA Department at IS 254 in the Bronx in Carson, which had a whole new philosophy of 2011,” said Viviane Verstandig, a retired educa- mainstreaming students who had disabilities,” DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: tional administrator. “She was very passionate said his daughter. “It was a wonderful, exciting about literacy and helping kids read at grade project, and he got to shape the school from Federal Workers level,” said Ms. Verstandig. A New York City the staffing to the programs.” Mr. Solomon In light of “current and projected teaching fellow, Ms. Douglas was an ESL teach- retired in late 1977. “He seemed to know a core economic conditions,” president er at PS 64 in the Bronx and taught ESL and group of guys who lived well into their 90s,” Obama gave a 2.1 percent pay was the ESL coach at MS 306 in the Bronx. She recalled his daughter. “It was a running joke QEthel Tucker increase for civilian federal employ- earned advanced degrees in education, school that they were all in the process of draining ees. Originally, the increase was building and district leadership. A Bronx resi- the CSA and the teachers’ retirement fund.” expected to be 1.6 percent. Obama His wife Ginger, a former high school English Q ARNOLD WITTENSTEIN, 81, of Seaford, decided to match the pay increase dent, Ms. Douglas worked as a literacy coach in NY, died on Oct. 27. The Brooklyn-born Mr. approved by Congress for military Middle School Quality Initiative, and then was teacher and guidance counselor, died in 2007. personnel in 2017. The increase, working to help improve Renewal Schools in Other survivors include another daughter, Wittenstein was principal of PS MS 114 in Belle which takes effect in Jan., follows a District 3 Superintendent’s Office when she died. Diane Beaucage. Harbor, Queens, when he retired in 1991. He three-year freeze. (NBC) “Everyone called her Ms. Douglas or Rouge,” said QETHEL TUCKER, 91, died Dec. 7. The longtime was the president of the Seaford High School her sister. “She traveled all over the world and superintendent of Community School District 21 9/11 Committee that raised funds to build a was very funny, caring and had a deep love for memorial in honor of his son, Michael, and CALIFORNIA: in Brooklyn started at PS 97 as a kindergarten children learning to read and excelling.” teacher in 1945, and married her husband, Karl, four other alumni who died in the 2001 ter- Fast-Food Robots Q CHERYL FORMISANO, 68, died on Nov. 21. in 1950. The couple’s children both went to the ror attacks. “This September they had a can- Andy Puzder, Donald Trump’s Born in Providence, RI, Ms. Formisano grew school where their mother taught. “We’d go dlelight ceremony,” said Caryn Hinson, Mr. pick for labor secretary and CEO up on Long Island and in New York City. She with her in the morning, and sometimes we’d Wittenstein’s daughter. The committee also of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s – two obtained a bachelor’s degree from the State eat lunch in her room,” recalled her son Joseph awards $2,000 scholarships each year to five fast-food chains – likes the idea University of New York at Binghamton, had Tucker. After being encouraged by her husband students at the school. A builder of model air- of replacing food service work- three master’s degrees in education and a and a family friend, Mrs. Tucker became licensed planes and trains, Mr. Wittenstein left a large ers with robots. The technology PhD in education from New York University. as a supervisor of early childhood education, collection that “we’ll be boxing for many years exists and there are signs that A Brooklyn resident, Ms. Formisano worked but when no positions were available, she was to come,” and that his six grandchildren are the idea is growing. Momentum for the DOE for more than 20 years and was instead hired to be a grant writer for the district now tentatively playing with. “They can finally Machines, a restaurant concept an assistant coordinator in adult education office, then became an assistant principal and touch them,” she said. “They keep waiting for with a burger-flipping machine, at Queens Adult Learning Center when she principal. She was a deputy superintendent in someone to tell them to stop.” Other survivors has applied for a building per- retired in late 2014. “She lived to help other the district for 17 years, and in 1997, received include Barbara, his wife of nearly 51 years, and mit in San Francisco; Eatsa -- an people, and she was in a profession where she the state’s Title 1 Distinguished Educators a son, Jeffrey. automat style restaurant with no could make a tremendous impact on people’s Award. She was named superintendent in 2000, QSTANLEY WOLFE, 81, died Nov. 28. A grad- human interaction, is also appear- uate of City College, Mr. Wolfe was an assistant ing across the state. (recode.net) lives,” said her spouse, Carole Post. Together replacing the retiring Donald Weber, who told for 33 years, the couple married on Dec. 20, reporters at the time that he viewed her as principal at MS 51 William Alexander Middle 2013. “Many of the adults she encountered told “the brightest person in the city school sys- School in Brooklyn when he retired in 1996. MICHIGAN: her she had changed their lives,” added Ms. tem.” Nearly 80 when she retired, Mrs. Tucker He then worked as an adjunct professor at News Staff Cuts Post. In addition to her wife, survivors include continued consulting for the district and then Brooklyn College, where he taught elementary her mother, Louise Formisano, a sister, Lori worked as a professor at Touro College, doing school teachers how to teach science, until four The Detroit Free Press and The Formisano, and three brothers, Derek, Gary and evaluations for teachers in training, only stop- to five years ago, said his wife, Arlene Wolfe. Detroit News have made another Kim Formisano. ping about a year ago, said her son, Ives. “She The co-author of a series of textbooks entitled round of budget cuts and still ANTOINETTE PARMET said stairs and computers were getting to be too Concepts and Challenges in Earth Science, Mr. more are expected. Prominent Q , 93, died Nov. 20. much for her,” her son said. Mrs. Tucker lived in Wolfe enjoyed fishing. “Wherever he could journalists are among those who Born in Boston and known as “Toni,” she was the same Brooklyn apartment building for 60 throw a rod down, that’s where he went,” are leaving. Some staff left volun- one of seven children of Italian immigrants. recalled his wife. In addition to his spouse, sur- tarily, others were involuntary. The Mrs. Parmet won a scholarship to Boston years, where neighbors would seek her out with papers are still not at their targeted University, where at 22 she became the young- questions and requests for help navigating their vivors include a daughter, Amanda Wolfe, two budget and a dozen or so more est woman to earn a Master’s Degree in social children’s education. “She would listen to every sons, Jon and Scott, and three grandchildren. cuts are anticipated. There have work, said her daughter, Davina Parmet. As a also been departures on the man- Red Cross worker, she cared for soldiers at a agement side. (crainsdetroit.com) Rhode Island psychiatric hospital, then cared for children and adolescents as a psychiatric Arts and Crafts Show social worker in Brooklyn, first as a case worker PENNSYLVANIA: and then as chief social worker in a neuropsychi- The Retiree Chapter’s first Arts & Crafts exhibition was a huge success. The plan Steel Boss Defended atric clinic. She married on Nov. 19, 1949, a few is to run the show during the week of June 19 to June 22 in Founder’s Hall with an years after meeting Solomon Parmet at a party. United Steel Workers (USW) came evening opening. If you are a CSA RC Member interested in displaying your artwork (Mr. Parmet ultimately retired as a teacher at to the defense of Local 1999 at the Arts and Crafts Show at central CSA, email [email protected] or mail the President Chuck Jones, whom Curtis High School in Staten Island.) The couple CSA Retiree Chapter, 40 Rector Street, 12th Fl., NY, NY 10006 or call (212) 823-2020. President-elect Trump lashed out briefly lived in Rochester, NY, before returning at for asserting that Carrier com- to Brooklyn. in 1986, a year before she retired mitted only to keeping 730 union from her job as a supervisor of social workers Please provide all the information below. jobs in Indianapolis, while up to for the New York City Board of Education, Mrs. Parmet was named supervisor of the year by the 1,300 Indiana workers will still face NAME layoffs as the company moves for- board. “She never completely abandoned her ward in its plan to move produc- Italian heritage, presiding over hundreds of din- EMAIL ADDRESS tion to Mexico. USW International ners where all were welcome to talk, laugh and President Leo W. Gerard said, eat copious amounts of delicious food,” noted HOME NUMBER CELL “Carrier will receive millions in cor- her daughter. Her husband of 66 years died 13 porate welfare and still move jobs months before she did. In addition to her daugh- and production to Mexico. It’s ter, other survivors include a sister, Rosemarie MEDIA OF YOUR ART WORK unsustainable.” (USW) Marmo Tirrell and two granddaughters. NUMBER AND SIZE OF PIECES — COMPILED BY Q EDWARD SOLOMON, 95, died on Nov. 6. CHRISTINE ALTMAN The son of immigrants, Mr. Solomon was born in Brooklyn and attended Brooklyn College. Jan. 2017 CSA NEWS 15

RETIREE Chapter CHAIR’S MESSAGE Outreach Workshops Gayle Lockett Workshops will be at 9 am - 1 pm at CSA Headquarters, 40 Rector St., 12th Fl., NYC A Great Union Year Tuesday, March 21, 2017 Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Representatives from Medicare, Social The workshop will help you to understand hat a spectacular year Security, Office of Labor Relations Health information provided on your Explanation of we had! With the new Benefits Unit, CSA Retiree Welfare Fund and Benefits (EOB) and Medicare Summary Notices CSA contract, the newly The Veteran’s Administration will present on (MSN) and how to avoid becoming a victim retired not only received the following topics: Medicare and Affordable of Medicare Fraud. Felice Hannah, also a CSA their money retroactive Health Care Updates; Social Security Benefits; Retiree member, will discuss Medicare Part A/B Wto July 2015, but some retirees have had City Health Coverage Plans and Medicare and Part D. She will explain how Medicare their pensions recalculated. Reimbursement; CSA Retiree Welfare Fund Advantage Plans and Original Medicare with a There is other great news: The CSA Benefits for Members and Survivors; Veterans Supplemental Plan provide health coverage. will be reviewing our supplemental Benefits and Health Coverage. Welfare Fund benefits and taking into Wednesday, September 13, 2017 consideration the suggestions of the Tuesday, April 25, 2017 An attorney specializing in estate plan- RC Welfare Benefit Committee recom- Representatives from the NYC Dept. ning and elder law will present on how to mendations that were submitted and for the Aging and Access-A-Ride will pres- protect your assets and other related areas. approved by the RC Executive Board. ent on: Resources and Benefits available Representatives from TRS and the Veteran’s We hope you are as pleased as we are with the selections through the Department for the Aging Administration explain how to protect your offered in the Educational/Cultural Committee’s Spring Brochure for the Disabled, Homebound and Active beneficiaries. Forms that you will need to sub- of trips, classes and lectures presented in this issue of CSA News. Seniors; How to access Caregivers services, mit to federal, state and city agencies will be Online registration begins Feb. 6 at 11 am. resources for homebound and disabled provided. Ms. Hannah will present a hands-on We look forward to upcoming outreach workshops covering individuals; How to apply for various ser- workshop on advanced planning and getting health issues and benefits for retirees. Please remember to register vices provided by Access-A-Ride. your papers in order before a crisis occurs. online for $5. Once again, the RC will provide training for each retiree unit outreach coordinator in order to provide our mem- bers with increased personalized service. NAME

Reminders ADDRESS For those holding a permanent SAS or SDA certificate, free registration on NYSED TEACH is ongoing until July 1, 2017. After HOME NUMBER: CELL: that, there is a late fee of $10. Follow the instructions provided in the November CSA newsletter or call the RC for assistance. E-MAIL ADDRESS: Keep the RC and Welfare Fund updated with your telephone numbers, home and email addresses especially now if you want MARCH 21 APRIL 25 MAY 17 SEPTEMBER 13 to receive important updates. If you are a snow bird, let us know Mail coupon to: CSA Retiree Chapter, 40 Rector Street, 12th Fl., NY, NY 10006. For more infor- the dates that you are away and where and how we can reach mation call: (212) 823-2020, ext.2075. You will receive a reminder prior to the event if you give you. (If you provided the RC with an email address and have not us an active email address. Make checks payable to CSA Retiree Chapter: $5. for AARP members received any updates, check your spam folder before contacting and $25 for non-members. A separate check must be mailed for each workshop. the RC.) Keep reading the RC section and feel free to send us news and articles about your accomplishments.

In Unity, RC Regional Units STATEN ISLAND SOUTHEAST FLORIDA The unit conducted a Toys 4 Tots drive at On Dec. 12, we held a holiday party at the their holiday luncheon this year. Mike Marotta, a Civic Center in Delray Beach, thanks to Elizabeth retired principal who served in the Marine Corps, Moss who organized this event. Please note that handled all the particulars in collection and dis- our Health and Welfare meeting will be held Jan. tribution through the Marine Corps League on 23 at 1 pm, also at the Civic Center. Dr. Douglas Staten Island. Thanks to Mike and all those who Hathaway and other CSA representatives will be helped make the drive a success. available to answer questions. Don’t forget to reg- Pension Recalculations Due — LOU GREENZWEIG ister for our annual luncheon and morning meet- ing at Benevento’s Catering in Boynton Beach on To Last Contract Agreement SUNCOAST Feb. 27. You can register at our health and welfare Our first 2017 meeting will be at the Oriental meeting or e-mail me and we will send you a form. After several conversations and communications with Buffet in Sarasota Jan. 24 at noon. We’ll mail — LOIS TURETZKY TRS, we are thrilled to report that TRS has started its details. Please return the requested information recalculations and hundreds of our members received about dues, enrollment form and luncheon money BRONX ASAP. You may bring guests. We look forward to The Unit held its fall meeting Nov. 1. Doug their retroactive lump sums plus interest over the last seeing you there. Questions? Call me at (941) 383- two pension periods. There are several thousand mem- Hathaway gave a detailed account of the benefits 0408, or email [email protected]. for which CSA retirees qualify. Our Spring Unit bers who are due these monies and TRS is rolling pay- — MIKE NEMOYTIN general membership meeting is April 27 at the ments out over the next several months. Riverdale Y at 10 am. Our speaker will discuss In addition to the retroactive payment and interest, CENTRAL NEW JERSEY wills and trusts. Our year-end event is on June 7 members will have their pensions recalculated taking I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. at 12 pm at the Lobster Box on City Island. We into consideration what the final average salary would By the time you read this, we will have enjoyed a have ongoing clubs, like the library club, sew- have been. TRS will notify you in writing prior to you tour of the NY Historical Society followed by lunch ing club and cultural sites visiting group. If you receiving these monies. This pertains to those who at Isabella’s and a delightful luncheon at a Cuban are interested in any of these, mail CSA-Retiree restaurant. We are planning more international retired after March 2010. Chapter-Bronx Unit, PO Box 6, Bronx, NY luncheons. Don’t miss out on our next adventure. 10471 or email me at [email protected]. — LUCILLE VECCHIARELLI — MARVIN GOODMAN Holiday Spirit Principal Deirdre DeAngelis. faces ofourservicemen andwomen,”said hope theiractionsbringasmile tothe extremely proudofourstudents andI their familiesduringtheholidays. I’m try, andthattheywillnotbehome with what ourtroopssacrificefor coun- and DVDs.“Ourstudentsare awareof ational itemssuchascrosswordpuzzles toiletries, non-perishablefoodandrecre- ited thehelpofcommunitytocollect munities, organizedtheeffortandsolic- the school’seightsmalllearningcom- Dorp’s FutureTeachersAcademy itary servicemembers.Studentsin aged donationstoshipoverseasmil- Nicole Malliotakis,collectedandpack- in partnershipwithAssemblywoman Staten Island Brooklyn E share as a community.” share asacommunity.” enough toeatisaresponsibilitywe nity service.Ensuringeveryonehas cally andinstillthevalueofcommu- “We challengeourstudentsacademi- here ismultifaceted,”Mr.Bargesaid. school’s philosophy.“Ourmission Barge saysthefooddrivefitswith and staples.MurrowPrincipalAllen 20,000 poundsofcannedgoods 1992 andhavecollectedmorethan first partneredwithCityHarvestin of Nov.Schoolofficialssaytheschool of Oct.andlasteduntilthefirstweek donations begantorollinattheend organization thatfeedstheneedy.The 9,215 fooditemstoCityHarvest,an drive, collectingandthendonating Service Project Service Community With School’s ‘New Milestone’ New DorpHighSchool milestone for their annual food milestone fortheirannualfood School dward R.MurrowHigh

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