For First Time, Joint Conference Planned for Assistant Principals
by Anne Silverstein
The Association of Assistant Principals will hold its annual educational conference and luncheon on Oct. 29. This year,
for the first time, the AAP is joined in hosting the event with the High School Assistant Principals Administration; and the High School Assistant Principals Supervision. The groups agreed to hold a joint event to provide a professional development opportunity for Assistant Principals citywide. (The conference will provide certification of PD hours.)
The Conference will also provide APs with time to network as well as time to visit more than 70 vendors.
This year’s honoree is Bill de Blasio, NYC Public Advocate, a champion of NYC public school students. The AAP will also honor newly retired Assistant Principal Eugenia Ellsworth, a longtime member of the AAP Executive Board and the CSA Executive Board.
The Conference, which begins at 8:30a.m., will be held at the LaGuardia Airport Marriott at 102-05 Ditmars Blvd, Queens. Tickets are $80 per person and you may use school professional development funds to pay for admission. To register, contact Bob Kingsley at aapexecdir@earthlink.net.
In other news from the AAP: The annual dinner was held on June 13. Two students, children of AAP members, were presented with the 2011 Stewart Weiner Scholarships. They are William Poulos, son of Nancy Poulos, and Jeremy Novitsky, son of Candette Novitsky. A third recipient, Rebecca Milian, daughter of Dana Billman, was unable to attend the dinner. Each winner was given a $1,000 college scholarship.
The AAP presented its annual Marty Safran Awards for exemplary leadership and citizenry to 15 students. Each child
received a plaque and a $100 savings bond. The AAP also held an end-of-theyear dinner-dance on June 29, in collaboration with the CSA Retiree Chapter, on a charter boat that sailed around NY Harbor.
Applications for the 2012 Marty Safran Awards are due April 1, 2012. The applications may be downloaded from the website, www.aapny.org.
