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Events and Deadlines

Upcoming Events and Deadlines

October 15, 2014: Application Deadline

The NEA Foundation Awards Grants

Grants are available to public school educators to enhance teaching and learning: • Student Achievement Grants support initiatives that improve academic achievement. • Learning & Leadership Grants support high-quality professional development. In the past, MEA members, among other things, received grants to fund teacher evaluation projects in their districts. For more information: http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/grants-to-educators/

February 15, 2014: Application Deadline

Anne Sheehan Honor Grant

MEA–Retired offers a scholarship for an active teacher in Maine studying for an advanced graduate degree in the arts, sciences or education. The money for this scholarship comes from friends and colleagues of Anne Sheehan, who was an active member of MEA and on the Board of Directors for MEA-R. To honor Anne’s memory her family gave money to MEA-R to create a $1,200 scholarship awarded to an MEA member to help defray costs while taking courses. To apply, contact your local MEA offi ce or e-mail hugrcook@aol.com for an application.

Ongoing: Teacher Evaluation Training Stay updated on the latest Teacher Evaluation rules with this member-led teacher evaluation training. Training will be held at various times and locations throughout the year. Watch your e-mail for training announcements or contact your local MEA offi ce.

SAVE THE DATE

October 31 - November 1, 2014: Conference

MEA Fall Conference, open to all members at Samoset Resort, Rockland

Join in professional development sessions, meet your fellow educators, and learn more about your professional association. Full session descriptions available in the coming weeks. seltzer water, frozen fruit (grapes or banana slices work best), or rice cakes with peanut butter or hummus.

Hold a Healthy Meeting

STRETCH

Before the meeting begins, invite everyone to stretch—touch toes, stretch to the ceiling—hold HEALTHY SNACKS

Bring vegetables and hummus, sliced fruit, each position for 15 seconds.

LIGHT WEIGHTS On conference calls, use a set of light weights (2 or 5 lbs.) and do upper body weight lifting— bicep curls, triceps back pushes, pectoral presses at shoulder height.

WALKING MEETING

For informal meetings with just a few people,

hold the meeting while taking a walk.

Across 1. Brouhaha 5. ''Cut bait'' alternative 9. River to the Missouri 14. Solitary 15. 1952 Olympics host 16. ''Exodus'' actor 17. Youthful outbreak 18. Place for cowards? 19. Whimsical poet Nash 20. Team strategy meeting 23. ''Frasier'' star 24. One of the broody bunch? 25. Klutzes 29. Great Giant of old 31. Nonstick surface 33. Make a bundle 37. Corporate nerve center 40. Skilled 42. ___-mo replay 43. Of a musical key 44. Product of creative thinking 47. Title role for Jodie Foster 48. Possessive words before ''oneself'' 49. Fowl piece 51. Retort to ''Are not!'' 52. Plow into 55. Product rollout 60. Take care of business 63. Room at the top 66. Lose on purpose 67. Kit item 68. Confi scate 69. Keep the car warm 70. Chemical ending or compound 71. Struck with the patella 72. Grabs some shuteye 73. Las Vegas alternative

We know daily life can be stressful, especially the life of an educator. This new section is made just for you to take a few moments to relax while you “tease your brain” with crosswords, Sudoku puzzles, and maybe have a laugh with an occasional cartoon. Or, if you want to have fun with colleagues put your magazine out in the Staff Lounge for a group activity. Enjoy!

Stuck? See page 3 for the solutions

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Down 1. Hooch holder 2. Six-time Eastwood co-star 3. Declare invalid 4. Slippery objects 5. ‘’The Day of the Jackal’’ author 6. Shrink’s reply 7. Cut prices to the bone 8. Neigh-sayer 9. Melville tale of the South Pacifi c 10. Ok in writing 11. What’s more 12. Fancy that! 13. One billion years, in astronomy 21. Kate’s ‘’Titanic’’ co-star 22. Division preposition 26. Dress with a fl are 27. Centrally located, as a point 28. Fishline attachment 30. New Age pianist John 32. New newt 33. Coffee cake fl avored with rum 34. Relevant, in legalese 35. Performs a Lutz 36. Typify 38. Will Smith role 39. Cutie pie 41. Blaster’s need 45. Tall crop 46. Does away with electronically 50. Welcome road sign 53. Introduce to the mix 54. Famous Asia Minor peak 56. Pronounce 57. Herman of Herman’s Hermits 58. Perform like Alfalfa 59. Word on many nametags 61. Like most cupcakes 62. Hired hands 63. Be inquisitive 64. Like many fi fth graders 65. No-win situation

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