My sister, the Community Education Person of the Year

I am so proud to have learned and be able to share with you that my sister, Susan May, of Pleasanton, CA is the Community Education Person of the Year.

She got the award in February and in typically modest fashion, never said anything....but now she is "outed" and we are all so proud.

The publication with her photo, explanation of the award circumstances, and a phenomenally written article by her about an outstanding program she created, designed, and implemented (just one of many!) can be found at: http://acceonline.org/files/Spring_2008.pdf

Way to go, Sue!

Happy Anniversary!

On Wednesday, Tom and I celebrated our tenth anniversary of falling in love. It was June 25, 1998 when Terri, Tom, and I traveled to Seaside Heights for that memorable "Day After the Last Day of School Trip to Seaside". And we lived happily ever after!

Time has been flying. There was a lot of brouhaha with the legislature and I was in Trenton a number of times lobbying and watching the proceedings (http://www.bceanjea.org)

The senior expo was bigger and better than ever and I was there with my trusty camera. The best part was the people I took pictures of last year remembering and posing for this year's version!

Yesterday was movie day (Raiders and The Hulk (I miss Mark and Bill!)) and today we went to Hurricane Harbor (It ws 96 degrees out....now it is raining, she said, epilog-ly)

Tomorrow is Margie's party!!! Can't wait! (Now where did I put those games.....?)

Last Day of School

I am headed for the Delran Retirement Brunch today, following a week full of Association activities focusing on preventing Pension Reduction for our part time and future members. Two Lobby Days and one cyberstation coverage later we still have more to go to achieve our goal.

I have all related photos and info posted on the BCEA website.

Good news: Lauren is back online with her Southeast Asian travelogue, George and Doreen are in NJ and we will see them tomorrow, Doug and Cheryl have a new baby, and we will be attending Robert's graduation party Sunday and seeing Ann and Gina and everyone.

Congratulations to all the Delran 2008 graduates!!!!

Don't "misunderestimate" us!

A collection of powerful speakers was just one of the impressive aspects of the June 12th Rally in Trenton. From NJEA President Joyce Powell, to the student NJEA member (who was the one who referenced President Bush's comment ("Don't misunderestimate me") they spoke eloquently and forcefully against the proposed actions regarding pension and health benefit changes.

Next Monday, Thursday, and Friday I will be involved in action on this issue as well.

I am glad to see NJEA is on top of things as usual, and I hope we prevail.

School Day

On my way home from an appointment in Delran, I stopped at Millbridge and DIS.
I thought it was pretty unfair to let the kids go home because of excessive heat and not the staff. At least DIS has air conditioning, but I quickly remembered how hot Millbridge was...and how hard to teach with sweat pouring down. :-(
It was good to see everybody (Jean Lombardi was finishing up a day of subbing (?!!)) and I am looking forward to seeing them again at the Retirement Brunch on the 20th.

Then I stopped at the BCEA Office to get pics and info for the BCEA website

Sandy, Mary, and Barbara were there. (Barbara is getting married a week from Saturday!) I also found out Toni was elected as an NEA Director, Steve Swetsky is Vince G., Vince is Bob B., and Edie is on the State Board! Who knew???

Not a lot of people responded to my call for Rally-ers for tomorrow.

Lauren hasn't written in her blog for almost a week. I guess Laos doesn't have easily accessible cyber cafes. (and I hope she is ok and all is well).

What a busy day!

After recuperating from the WXTU concert (it was good but so HOT!)...loved Sugarland and Terri Clark the best..........

On Sunday, Marc and I drove into Philadelphia so he could visit the Liberty Bell
(It wasn't like a Field Trip to Historic Philadelphia at all! Turns out there are no lines on Sundays!!! Although possibly that may also have had something to do with the heat index...) We had a lot of fun and then raced up 295 to get him to his train to Newark Airport in a timely fashion.

On the way home I stopped for a visit to the 2008 Earth Fair at Smithville Park,

took a brief nap, and headed out to dance at Sugarfootin' Sunday at Prospectors.
Newest news: the Lobby Day Thursday is turning out to be a Rally in Trenton instead...be at the BCEA Office for the bus at 8:30 a.m.

One down, one to go!

We took Tom's mom to the airport yesterday and picked up Marc (that's Oregon Marc) at the Hamilton train station today.....how fun! More guests than we've had in five years!

Tonight we are going to Prospectors, tomorrow the XTU concert on the grass, in the 96 degree heat (?!!) and possibly doing a quick tour of historic Philadelphia first. Sunday looks like brunch, maybe the Earth Fair, and a ride to either Hamilton or Newark Airport.

I have missed two NJEA Lobby Days, but hope to get to at least one of the next four scheduled (see the info on the BCEA website).

I worked the polls in Lumberton on primary election day Tuesday and saw two people I knew: Wendell and Cheryl Friedman. It was a long day, but we had more people than last year, and the people I worked with were all very nice!

Lauren Brown's blog continues to be fascinating, and I have now started a "Mrs. DiCerbo's Class" group on the Delran Schools Alumni Site. I am looking forward to massive participation!

June is Busting Out...............

We are home and it is amazingly colder than it was in AR yesterday....

The tenure of Tom's mother's stay here is tenuous....she may be flying out on Tuesday or Thursday, although the possibility of driving her back to VA when Amy returns is still in the mix, in my opinion....

Tom and I are going to work on making our house more guest friendly...and we definitely need to have it done by Friday for Oregon Marc's visit!

I hope it is gorgeous weather for the XTU Concert Saturday!

I spent some time on the return drive perusing the Delran Alumni website and checking out former students. It will be fun to see if any of them write back!

The Prospectors website seems to have disappeared so I'll have to call to see if tomorrow is a Sugarfootin' kinda Sunday.