Retired School

Personnel

Association

Charles County, Maryland

to better serve its members

What is CCRSPA?

The Charles County Retired School Personnel Association is a group of individuals who
work to protect and enhance the welfare of its members. In cooperation with the
Maryland Retired Teachers Association and National Retired Teachers Association; the local association is very active in supporting the local school system. Many of its members volunteer in the schools as mentors or with assisting students on a one-to-one basis with instructional help.

260 members strong and working for you

Teachers Teacher Assistants Secretaries
Administrators Supervisors

Bulletin Board

The Charles County Retired Teachers Association (CCRTA) will pay the local dues ($10.00) for ALL new retirees.

The Maryland Retired Teachers Association (MRTA) dues are $15.00 @ year. The CCRTA/MRTA year begins July 1st. In order to receive full membership benefits, join before November 1^st. Call Cecelia Spinks (301-645-3340) for membership applications and information.

The National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA) is with the AARP. Ask to include NRTA with your AARP members. There is no extra cost.

Ruth Michel Inducted into Hall of Fame
Congratulations to Ruth Michel for being inducted into the Maryland Senior Citizens Hall of Fame for 2005. Rugh Michel received the recognition at the MSCHF luncheon in October at Michaels Eight Avenue restaurant in Glen Burnie, MD.. Those selected by a special panel of judges are inducted into the Senior Citizens Hall of Fame and have their names inscribed in the archives of the Hall of Fame located in the Ethel Percy Andrus Library at the Bayview Medical Center of the John Hopkins Medical System.

In Rememberance

2003	2004	2005	2006
Paula Gray	William Bader	Clarence Rogers	Vivian Belcher
Kattharine Larson	Nellie Carter	William Runyon
Catharine Mazuchowski	Inez Scholfield
Kathryn Newcomb	Dorothy Jameson
Ken Rineaman	Dorothy Barber

Congratulations to CCRTA 2006 Scholarship Recipients

Brittany Yhap	Henry E. Lackey High School
Nicole Shilling	La Plata High School
Katrina Marti	Morris J. McDonough
Brianca McKinley	Thomas Stone High School
Brittany Desselle	Westlake High School

Schedule of Meetings
2006-2007

Board of Directors	General Membership Meetings
August 17, 2006	September 14, 2006; CCRSPA General Meeting, Charles County BOE
November 16, 2006	December 14, 2006; CCRSPA Christmas Meeting; TBA.
February 15, 2007	March 15, 2007; CCRSPA General Meeting; TBA.
April 19, 2007	May 17, 2007; CCRSPA General Meeting, TBS
June 14, 2007; CCRSPA Annual Planning Meeting

Schedule of Special Activities

EACC Crab Feast, Charles County Fairgrounds	August 25, 2006 – 3 p.m.
MRTA Convention, Ocean City	September 5, 6, 7, 2006

2005-2006 Objectives for CCRTA

· Increase membership by 10% or more by November 2006.

· To record the hours of volunteer services to youth beyond the traditional classroom setting.

· Publish four CCRSPA newsletters which include dates and location of meetings and other activities of the organization, news about members and information about the deaths of fellow members. Announcements of meetings will be included in the newsletters..

· Update and maintain the CCRSPA web page that is a link of the CCBOE web page, and to organize a phone / email tree to notify general membership of illnesses or deaths of fellow members.

· Nominate at least one CCRSPA member for induction into the Senior Citizens Hall of Fame.

· Provide a $500 scholarship to a senior at each Charles County high school who is pursuing a degree in education.

· Implement and update the CCRSPA Administrative Procedures Manual guidelines to maintain organizational uniformity.

· Continue the Old Port Tobacco One-Room School program (training, instruction, maintain facilities, and funding).

· To revise A Legacy: One and Two Room Schools in Charles County, and publish the revised edition.

Officers
2004-2005

President	Margaret Marshall
Past President	Dale Cornette
President Elect
Recording Secretary	Susan Herbert
Corresponding Secretary	Thelma Lyles Taylor
Treasurer	Jordan Burick

Committees

Archivist/Historian	Ruth Michael
Auditing	Dale Cornette / Ed Lakes
Community Services	Dorothea Smith
Constitution	Harrieton “Mike” Merritt
Education Director
Education & Protective Services	Elizabeth Schifflette
Health Issues/Insurance	Joseph Shifflette
Legislation	LaVonia Sweeney
Membership & Recruitment	Cecelia Spinks
Necrology	Janice Carpenter
Nominating
Pre-Retirement	Suzy Washington
Programs	Vi Caldwell, Margaret Mahaffey, Irene Poole
Port Tobacco One-Room School	Carolyn Chlosta, Dale Cornette, John Theim
Web-page Editor	Jan Spotz
Publications & Publicity	Cynthia Roots
Scholarship	Joan Chapman
Sunshine	Muriel Sweatt

CCRTA Scholarships available: See the school counselor

Members E-mail addresses needed to develop a communications link for health issues, last minute notifications about meetings and activities, etc. Please forward your e-mail address to ccrta@ccboe.com

MRTA

Page designed by Bill McCall; Page edited by Jan Spotz

Feedback or questions
E-mail: jspotz@comcast.net

Revised August 2006