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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
 Martyniuk
baby visits HFM BOCES
Samuel Peter Martyniuk accompanied his mother, HFM BOCES
Treasurer Sarah Martyniuk, and his three-year-old brother Andrew
for Samuel's first visit to mommy's office. Samuel, born June
21, is the second child of Sarah and Shannon Martyniuk.
Sarah said she really missed the office and couldn't wait to get
back to work! Oh, really?
"While we try to teach our children all about life, our
children teach us what life is all about." - Angela Schwindt
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Off-site summer computer users, take note!
Antivirus configuration change needed for out-of-building
computer use
If you are using an HFM BOCES computer away from the BOCES
building for more than a week this summer, please contact the
Computer Services department (736-4394). A configuration change
to the antivirus software on the computer is needed so it is
able to get updates directly from Symantec while away from the
HFM BOCES building instead of repeatedly trying and failing to
get updates from the HFM BOCES servers.
It is very important that antivirus definitions are kept
up-to-date since the newest viruses are most likely to
successfully attack a computer. Those attacks are directed at
newly discovered vulnerabilities that are probably not yet
patched in software already on the computer (Windows, Office,
Java, Adobe Reader, Flash, etc.).
If you have an Internet connection, we can do this update
remotely. You will NOT have to bring your computer in to
Computer Services.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
FYI - HFM website will be down on July 14
Due to work being done by Time Warner Cable Data Engineering
Department near the site of our Internet hosting server, the HFM
BOCES website may be unavailable for a short period on
Wednesday, July 14. The expected outage is scheduled for the
hours of 5-7 am, and should last only 10-15 minutes.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Thought for graduation
"It is so
easy to exist instead of live." -
Anna Quindlen
Friday, June 18, 2010
Photos wanted
Please send us your best summer images so we can add some color
and life to this page. Tell us the location of the photo and any
other relevant information we can share.
Friday, June 18, 2010
From HFM Culinary Arts recipe
file: Strawberry Soup
A hit at Library Media Specialists Awards Luncheon
People often rave about the food from HFM BOCES kitchen. The
timing is perfect for this recipe as local fresh strawberries
are plentiful. [more]
Friday, June 18, 2010
Another retirement incentive for New York educators
New York State Teachers Retirement System is currently
administering two retirement incentives: Chapters 45 and 105 of
the Laws of 2010.
Chapter 105, signed into law June 2, 2010, provides NYSTRS
participating employers with the option to offer Part A or Part
B, or both parts. School districts may also elect not to offer
either part of the incentive.
Part A provides one-twelfth of a year of additional service
credit for every year of credited service, to a maximum of three
years of additional credit. To be eligible, members must waive
any local retirement incentive and be age 50 or older with 10 or
more years of service, or age 55 with five or more years of
service.
Part B allows Tier 2, 3 and 4 members who are at least age 55 or
older with a minimum of 25 but less than 30 years of service
credit to retire without an age reduction.
Chapter 45, the 55/25 retirement incentive for educators
represented by NYSUT, was signed into law April 14, 2010.
Go to
www.nystrs.org for more information.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Artists, crafters, performers
sought
Share your summer activities with HFM family
What is your hobby? Do you paint, quilt, sculpt, play saxophone
in the citizen's band? We would like to know about it, whatever
it is, especially if you will be participating in a summer arts
fair, concert or other activity. Send us a photo of you and/or
your art, and where we may see it on display. Dates and
locations will be posted here, letting us learn a little more
about our co-workers, and giving everyone in HFM BOCES a
calendar of fun, local events to attend this summer.
Send your information and photos to
tantis@hfmboces.org.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Career & Tech Student Recognition Night
CTC graduates honored for academic achievement Tuesday, June 22
HFM BOCES Career & Technical Center graduates will gather with
family, friends, teachers and staff to celebrate the completion
of their studies during a program in their honor in
Fulton-Montgomery Community Colleges gymnasium on June 22, 2010
at 6 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Great job HFM Adopt-A-Highway crew!
The HFM BOCES-wide Adopt-a-Highway crew
hit the highway on Monday, May 24, 2010 to take part in a
clean-up effort on a stretch of Route 29. Reports from the
field indicate they did a noteworthy job.
The crew "did a fantastic job in cleaning
up Rt. 29. I came to work this morning and there were full bags
of garbage on every intersection. Good job. It was a hot one but
they still did the job well." (Bits & Pieces
blogger)
Coordinator Michael Andrews praised the
hard work of everyone that participated and said he was looking
forward to another successful clean-up in the Fall.
Anyone
interested in participating in the next clean-up effort can contact
Mike at
mandrews@hfmboces.org
or 736-4330, ext. 6366. |
