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January 2002
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Posted Thursday, January 24, 2002
PROTEUN
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
from The Providence Teachers Union Executive Board and Office Staff
Phil DeCecco
Steve Smith
Joe Almagno
Marianne West
Alan Leach
Erin Cannon-Walsh
Robin Alcott
Kristen Lussier
Fr. Nick Milas
Jane Shugrue
Robyn Peterson
Moises Crisostomo
Elissa Ciarlo
Ferdinand Rodriguez-Vega
Tony Mancini
Joe Jannetta
Maura Galvao
Don Gormley
Lu Moulton
Lori Onanina
Ruth Paige Levin
Ellie Golato
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FORTY WEEK CLUB
The following are $25.00 winners in recent Forty-Week Club drawings:
November: Caroline Lestrange (Broad St.), Lucille
Capobianco (Pleasant View), Carolynn Carr
Pleasant View), Erin Cannon-Walsh
Springfield Elem.)
December: Kimberlee Miller (Springfield Middle),
Graziella Giampoli (Central), Chris Pride
(Roger Williams), Teresa Suarez-Harris(Perry)
* Special $100 drawing winner - Carole Barone (Laurel Hill Elem.)
It is not too late to join the Union's Forty Week Club!
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NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS
Congratulations to the following teachers who recently became National Board Certified teachers.
Erin Cannon-Walsh, Springfield Elementary
Susan Dennehy, Springfield Elementary
David Evans, Mt. Pleasant
Michael Miller, Bridgham
Martha Scott, Mt. Pleasant
They join Kathleen Fleenor and Jane Carr who became certified last year.
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UNITED WAY / FUND FOR COMMUNITY PROGRESS DRAWING
Miriam Toloudis from Classical was the winner of the $300 prize for teachers that contributed at least $1.00 per paycheck to the United Way or The Fund for Community Progress.
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PTU SHIRT SALE
The PTU has a limited number of short sleeved polo shirts,
with the PTU emblem on the left side for sale at the Union office.
$ 30.00 per shirt.
If you wish to purchase a shirt, see Lu at the Union office.
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REMINDERS
Address/Telephone Changes:
Members are reminded that address and telephone changes should be reported to Ruth or Ellie at the Union office, as well as to the Office of Human Resources, which does not forward this information to the Union.
Blue Cross Representative:
Our Blue Cross representative, Janice Sullivan, will be at the Union office from 2:30- 4:30 p.m. on the following dates:
January 17, 2002
March 14, 2002
May 16, 2002
June 13, 2002
Anyone wishing to meet with Janice should call Ruth or Ellie at the Union office to schedule an appointment.
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EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF RHODE ISLAND (ERSRI)
General Laws 16-16-8.1 and 45-21-64 allow teachers to purchase service credits payable by installments from the ERSRI. A copy of the regulations should be posted on every Union bulletin board.
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THANKS FOR THE BOOKS
Special thanks to the many who made the Providence Teachers Union's Fifth Annual Book Drive the most successful yet. One thousand fifty-one (1,051) books were donated to the following Providence community centers:
DaVinci Center
Hartford Park Corporation
Joslin Community Center Nickerson Community Center
Washington Park Association
The winner of Book Drive raffle was Leah Ross-Coke from Esek Hopkins.
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