Club's Last Meeting Ends On A High Note

Our final meeting of the semester was fun and exciting as we unveiled our beautiful children's literature bookcase, which has a new home in room V117. As always, there was plenty of good conversation as students munched on pizza and perused our professional resource library of NAEYC materials. After door prizes were given out to all in attendance, we had some bittersweet moments as we said good-bye to three officers who are graduating this semester (Rocio, Dawn, and Maria) and welcomed our new secretary, Christine Chan. Christine has been a very active member of the club this past year, and she was elected unanimously.

Certificates of Appreciation were presented by the faculty advisor to our current and future President, Reyna Richman; our current and future Treasurer, Anna Seale; outgoing C0-Secretaries Dawn Hemmings and Rocio Hernandez; and outgoing Co-Vice-President Maria Capitummino. Our current and future Vice-President, Doreen Brittingham, was unable to attend the meeting due to illness, and she will be presented with her certificate at the first meeting next semester.

The club used today's meeting to reflect on its past successes, and to make plans for the coming year. Our membership has grown and we feel we are really making a difference for students in the ECE Program. We were very pleased with the article in the May issue of Scepter about the spring t-shirt party, and everyone was impressed with the detailed annual budget report which Anna presented. We hope that the club will be given an increase in funds for next year, so that we can plan more events and continue to expand our professional resource library.

At the conclusion of the meeting the officers surprised the faculty advisor with a lovely bouquet of flowers, as well as a card and gift. This was a very thoughtful gesture, and is much appreciated.

Please Note: The Early Childhood Club will not be holding any general meetings over the summer, but there will be an officers meeting on Tuesday, June 14 at 3 pm in V125.

We hope you will join us on Tuesday, September 27 at 3pm in room V118 for our first meeting of the fall semester! In the meantime, please continue to check this website throughout the summer for information about the ECE profession, as well as important club news and updates. You can also keep in touch with us via e-mail at profnleggio@aol.com