The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity for the HCT and there are many many people to thank.

Thank you to our party planners Corey Cohn and Justina Ketyer, and assistant Dena Civello for a fantastic End of Year Celebration. Thank you to all those who attended. Best of luck to our retirees; we hope you enjoyed your night.

Thank you to our negotiations team who have worked tirelessly for months. Thank you Kyrstin Stehle, Rob Morris, Laura Durning, Bernadette Massa, Lucy Vieco, and our note-taker Corey Cohn. 

Thank you to Adam Clive and Renee Andolina for your assistance with the High School Theater technology for Monday’s meeting. 

Thank you to all the Building Reps who made sure each member had the opportunity to vote in both elections: the Constitutional Amendment and the Ratification of the Contract. Thank you to Meg McElroy for her organization, efficiency, and leadership as our chief electioneer.

Thank you to all those HCT members who voted, both of these votes had a monumental turn out.

Thank you to all of those who phone banked! The Hicksville budget passed and our endorsed candidates, Annette Beiner and Linda Imbriale, both won!

As we begin the final steps of our trek to summer vacation, when the days are long but the weeks fly by, I ask you to continue reading our newsletter and to join us in our final events of the year. I wish you all the best in May and June.

HCT honored its members in style on Thursday, May 12th at Patrizia's in Massapequa. We recognized those retiring this year as well as those with 20 years of service in Hicksville. Thank you to all who attended to celebrate our wonderful colleagues and make their night special.

Heather Aronson - Hicksville High School

Kathleen Coleman - Fork Lane School

Stefanie Cristina* - Dutch Lane School

Kevin DeBendetto - Hicksville High School

Amanda Dellacona - Hicksville Middle School

Joanne Doherty - Burns Avenue School

Omar Garcia - Hicksville High School/Hicksville Middle School

Alison Hagedorn - Hicksville High School

Jennifer LaCava - Hicksville High School

Ronald Modik - Dutch Lane School

Peter Mulligan - Hicksville High School

Rebecca Olsen - Dutch Lane School

Michael Rivera - Hicksville Middle School

Brianna Rosner - Dutch Lane/East Street/OCR/Hicksville Middle School/Woodland

Courtney Schroedel - Hicksville Middle school

Mary-Anne Segal - Hicksville High School

Melissa Seguna - Fork Lane School

Laura Zarcone - East Street School

Join fellow HCT members at the Northfork Brewing Co on Sunday June 12th. We made the reservation, you come an enjoy the afternoon. The HCT has guaranteed seating for members, their friends and family between 1 PM and 3 PM.

Don’t like beer? NO PROBLEM! Northfork Brewing Co also makes their own Ginger Ale and they are a few store fronts away from Montauk Distilling Co, our very own distillery on Long Island. Both locations allow you to bring drinks back and forth between the 2 sites!

Want a snack? NO PROBLEM! If no food truck is booked for the day, Northfork Brewing Co serves local fresh made empanadas. Trucks are booked on a regular basis, so follow them on social media for updates.

For more information about the museum, please see the link below: https://nysci.org/

Return order form to Alison Silvestri at Hicksville High School.

Question? Email Alison Silvestri at ajsilvest@hotmail.com. Please include Hall of Science in the subject line.

Return order form with payment to Alison Silvestri at the High School

Questions? Email Alison at ajsilvest@hotmail.com

Yowza, Yowza, Yowza!!! Calling all Yankee Fans!!!

The HCT now has its own discount ticket code for all remaining home games in the 2022 Season!!!

Friends and family can access the link too, so feel free to share it!

For groups of 10+ tickets, 16 to 60 person suites, or season ticket packages

please reach out to Joe Grande at JGrande@Yankees.com

$31.25 per person

Each person needs a paid admission to enter the park

As always, parking is free!

Have a season pass? Come down and enjoy the park with other HCT Members and their families.

Print and complete payment voucher and send with cash or check (made payable to the HCT) to Alison Silvestri at the High School. Questions? Email Alison at ajsilvest@hotmail.com

The State Education Department will administer all of the June Regents exams this year. NYSUT is pushing for the Regents to include a safety net for students similar to the one provided the past two years where students will get credit if they pass the course and do not pass the exam.

To help the people of Ukraine as they fight for the lives and the future of their nation, the statewide union is encouraging members and the general public to consider donating to the NYSUT Disaster Relief Fund, the union’s 501(c)3 organization. NYSUT will be partnering with relief agencies to make sure that the funds collected get to the people in areas that are most in need due to this humanitarian crisis.

Join Share My Lesson and Catherine Zack, a meditation teacher and executive mindfulness coach, for more stress solutions for educators.This experiential workshop series is designed to give you both a better understanding of the science of stress and its impact on your body and real tools that you can use right now to manage stress, avoid feeling overwhelmed and create resiliency-building daily habits. You’ll leave this series with the foundations of a daily meditation practice and learn the building-block basics of mindfulness-based stress reduction.

Register here.

K-12 educators and SRPs can learn how to reverse the impact of trauma on students’ abilities to trust and behave in school through @NYSUT ELT Professional Learning. Here are more topics for Getting Back On Track.

ELT offers a variety of wellness seminars to help members cope with these difficult times. For example:

Learn about more topics available to NYSUT members here.

Register here.

School-related COVID questions should be directed to Gail Hunker.

If you are interested in being listed in our tutor database or would like to remain in the database, please download and complete the Tutor Referral Form and mail it to the HCT at 535 South Broadway, Suite 212, Hicksville, NY 11801. If you prefer, you can scan the completed form and email it to Hicksville_Teachers@verizon.net.

Joe Hartig (High School Social Studies) is selling 1.5 credits for LIU Post. For more information, contact Joe at joehartig@gmail.com

HCT retiree Cynthia Appold is looking for a new home for her husband's Steinway Baby Grand piano. It was tuned last December and is currently in storage in Massachusetts. She is hoping to give it to someone who is a passionate lover of the instrument. You can view photos here. Please contact Cynthia at c44155806@gmail.com if you are interested.