Name	School/ Assignment
Lisa Capaldo	Horace Mann
David Carbonneau	High School
Jacqueline Connolly	Winthrop
Timothy Daly	High School
Jerome Gill	Middle School
Lindsey Gintner	High School
Elizabeth Harrison	Roosevelt
Erin Hogan	Roosevelt
Joy Indrelie	Elementary Music
John Jordan	High School
Edward Keenan	Lincoln
Brendan Kent	Middle School
Hilary Kopp-Trismen	Horace Mann
Melanie Lessard	Lincoln
Meghan Lewis	Winthrop
John Muldoon	Middle School
Laura Murphy	High School
Catherine Ritz	High School
Renee Sarasin	Horace Mann
Jessica Stiss	Middle School
Gerard Tannetta	Middle School
Dawn Van Blemis	High School
Lisa Waldron	Middle School
Rachel Williams	High School

Congratulations to our retiring members. They have served the children of Melrose for a total of 314 years. We thank them for sharing their love of learning with thousands of students during those years and wish them the very best of health and happiness in the next chapter of their lives.

Teacher	School
Carol Everson	Horace Mann School
Jim Fargo	Roosevelt School
Marsha Gibbons	High School
Barbara Harrington	Middle School
Maryann Hichar	Winthrop School
Bev Hinckley	Horace Mann School
Mary Libby	Roosevelt School
Tom McCarthy	Middle School
Pat Melvin	High School
Deborah Pine	Lincoln School
Lisa Wheeler	High School

We also congratulate Colleen Clougherty, the recipient of this year's annual MEA scholarship. It is awarded annually to a graduating senior who intends to pursue a career in the field of education. Colleen will be attending Keene State College in the fall.

It is our pleasure to announce the names of the recipients of the annual MEA bonds. One student in each fifth grade classroom was selected to receive a $50 bond. Students are selected based on their outstanding citizenship. Our congratulations go out to these students and to their parents as well.

STUDENT	TEACHER	SCHOOL
Jared Bernis	Mrs. Beaudet	Hoover
Shae Soucy	Mr. Cyr	Hoover
Amanda Sampson Colin Hegarty	Mr. Clemons	Horace Mann (private donation for second award)
Melanie Cohan Kyle Vanderhorst	Ms. Hinckley	Horace Mann (private donation for second award)
Kevin Burns	Mrs. Easler Ms. Conroy	Lincoln
Kate Cable-Murphy	Mrs. Sjöstrom	Lincoln
Amanda Shu	Ms. Ruest	Lincoln
Stephanie Regis	Mr. Williams	Lincoln
Lauren Parr	Mr. Fargo	Roosevelt
Rowan Dempster	Ms. Murthy	Roosevelt
Anna Steele	Mrs. Harris	Winthrop
Madison Cotton	Ms. Wilcox	Winthrop
Isabella Tosi	Mr. Yeaton	Winthrop

Under Officers and Executive Board you will find contact information for our MEA officers and building representatives. There is also a link to e-mail Naomi Baline, our MEA President, as well as the phone number in our office and Naomi's association cell phone number.

By using the Calendar link you will find the 2008 - 2009 school calendar with all dates and locations for MEA Executive Board meetings, pay dates for both 21 and 26 payrolls, national and religious holidays and school vacations, system wide professional days, and other important dates. If you have concerns or items you would like to bring to the Executive Board meeting for discussion, speak to your building rep, contact the office, or come to the meeting yourself. Members are always welcome.

Related links will get you to the MTA and NEA home pages, the Mass Department of Education, the MTRB (Retirement Board), the Northeast Consortium site (professional development options) and the Melrose Public Schools site among others.

You now have access to our contract in PDF format with an easy to use index providing links to specific areas of the agreement. Use the topics link on the left side to search or type in a specific word or phrase such as "maternity leave" and you will be zapped to info in the contract on that topic. I think this component will prove very useful to our membership. We are currently in negotiations as our current contract term expires on August 31, 2008. Negotiations will begin again in September.

In addition, we will be developing a members area, which will be a secure page, requiring a log in. We will be able to use this for more sensitive information for our members' eyes only.

The forms/downloads page has crucial information including samples of many important documents such as the professional upgrade form, personal and professional leave request forms, information on maternity leave, direct deposit request forms and others.