Retiree Announcements

MASCA’s Archives Restoration, MASCA’s Diamond Jubilee 60th Birthday Year (April 2021-April 2022) and MASCA Retiree SIG

By Helen C. O’Donnell, EdD, MASCA’s Retiree Liaison

Newsflash: FREE MASCA RETIREE membership in April 2021. This is for non-members only and not renewals. IF your MASCA membership has lapsed, this is the perfect opportunity to rejoin MASCA. See MASCA website for details.

Please help the Archive committee restore MASCA archives OR consider joining the Retiree SIG and 60th birthday planning committees to suggest activities, plan events, and celebrate together. Monthly updates will be included in in MASCA emails, website postings, and monthly CN articles.

MASCA O.S.C.A.R‘s Developing MASCA Archives. (1961-2021)

MASCA is hunting for MASCA Archives: Do you have 20th century CN’s or MASCA memorabilia? IF you have issues of the Counselors Notebook prior to 2000, were honored with a MASCA Award, or want to contribute stories or information, contact Mary Westcott westcottm7@ gmail.com MASCA archive files (1961-1990) created by Louise Forsyth, MASCA’s first archivist, AND MASCA’ CN’s prior to 1999 were lost. Therefore, MASCA’s O.S.C.A.R honorees are spearheading the restoration of MASCA’s archives. A recently discovered Policy Manual: MSCA 1961-1982; edited by Louise Forsyth, MASCA’s 3rd O.S.C. A. R honoree, highlights MASCA’s founding year and growth during our early decades. It is now posted on the MASCA website The archive committee’s goals include filling in the gap years from 1982-2000 (when our electronic CN’s begin) by locating past Counselor Notebooks, reconstructing MASCA early Award History prior to 2000,, and capturing voices and memories of 20th century MSCA Presidents and leaders for cameo CN articles or interviews

Who are MASCA O.S.C.A.R’s? Since MASCA.s 25th birthday, only 16 MA school counselors have been recognized and honored with an Outstanding Service Counselor Award of Recognized (O.S.C.A.R).for a professional lifetime of service to MASCA and the school counseling profession, Posted with MASCA’s other Award history is a cameo list of the 16 O.S.C.A.R Honoree profiles citing their tradition of service: Oscar Kritchmar, Marilou Cashman, Louise Forsyth, Dr. Mary Mullin Burke, Carol Ryan Tarka, Mary Choinard, Ralph Sennott, Dr. Helen O’Donnell, Donna Brown, John Gould, Jan Tkaczyk, Mary Westcott, Ron Miller, Robert Bardwell, Janice Parsons, Joe Fitzgerald.

MASCA Colleague Tributes.

MASCA tributes are again available to acknowledge and thank school counseling colleagues and administrators for their support of school counseling. Search the MASCA website to read past 50th and 55th birthday tributes. They are now offered to celebrate MASCA’s diamond jubilee. Cost is $50 for a 50-word tribute citation in the CN and posted on the MASCA website plus a personalized MASCA Tribute Recognition certificate. Start identifying who you, your department, your administrators, and your affiliate want to nominate and honor. Tribute nomination details in a separate article and posted on the MASCA website. The Fredrickson Family is tributed in a separate article in this CN issue. MASCA appreciates Patricia and Anne Fredrickson for their continued support of MA School Counselors by establishment and continued funding support for the Ronald Fredrickson Professional Development Endowment Fund that has awarded annual PD scholarship awards for three years. They have also donated a gift to celebrate MASCA’s Diamond Jubilee. THANK YOU!!!\

MASCA’s Diamond Jubilee: 60th Birthday Celebration April 2021-April 2011

Join the Diamond Jubilee planning team and suggest ideas. Contact helenod@att.net Curently planned initiatives include: Affiliate Cameo Stories - An email is going out to affiliate leaders requesting they share their affiliate’s history. Hopefully, voices of proud present and past affiliate members and leaders will share their affiliate history and promote memberships. The 1982 MASCA Policy Manual lists the following 12 MASCA affiliates. Many affiliates have changed their names. Some are no longer active. New affiliates have been established. Send your Affiliate’s story during MASCA’s 60th birthday year to the CN editor at cn@masca.org

Cape and Islands Guidance Association Catholic School Counselors Association Franklin Hampshire Guidance Association Greater Boston Guidance Association North Central Guidance Association North East Guidance Directors Association South Central Guidance Association South Shore Guidance Association West Suburban Guidance Association Western MA Personnel and Guidance Assoc. Worcester County Personnel and Guidance Association

Peek at MASCA’s Past:

MASCA Through the Decades

Each month, beginning in the MAY CN articles will feature MSCA’s founding decade, progress and achievements through the late 20th century, and MASCA in the first two decades of the 21st century. Note organization’s initial change and find out why. IF you want to get a jump start on MSCA’s founding, read Oscar Krichmar’s history posted on the website. He was part of MSCA’s founding team, served in all leadership roles, and recognized as MASCA’s first O.S.C.A.R in 1986 at MASCA’s 25th birthday celebration The article was published in the CN for MASCA’s 50th birthday.

MASCA’s Retiree SIG: Reconnect and Reengage

Co-Chairs: Anne Thidemann French and Helen O’Donnell, MASCA Retiree Liaison*

The Retiree SIG has been established. Retirees SIG website page. All retirees and “wanna be” retirees are invited to join the Retiree SIG to virtually reconnect and network with MASCA friends and colleagues for Zoom social gatherings and PD of interest.

More Announcements:

FREE MASCA RETIREE membership in April 2021!! This is for non-members only and not renewals. IF your MASCA membership has lapsed, this is the perfect opportunity to rejoin MASCA. If you have retired MASCA colleagues who have not received outreach MASCA emails, please encourage them take advantage of

Honor School Counselors, affiliate and MASCA leaders, colleagues and/or counselor educators for only $50. Includes a website posting of a 50 word tribute and photo. • Did you have a school counselor, past MASCA leader, colleague and/or counselor educator you admired and who encouraged you to achieve your goals and follow your dreams? • Do you know a school counselor, past MASCA leader, colleague and/or counselor educator that made a positive difference in their students’ lives? • Do you want to express your appreciation to that special person? • Submissions welcome from all counselors, residents, school

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the FREE membership month so MASCA can keep them informed. See MASCA website for details.

From MASCA Archives Committee: Do

you have 20th century CN’s or MASCA

memorabilia? Donations welcome. contact Mary Westcott westcottm7@gmail. com

SAVE THE DATE: RETIREE SOCIAL

April 16th 3:30-5:00. Join this ZOOM social gathering. BYO favorite beverage and snacks. Bring your ideas for future event planning. April 16th Agenda Topics:

1.Meet and Greet all the smiling faces of retirees and retiree “dreamers”. 2.Sharing retirement adventures including activities, work and travel. 3.Catchup on MASCA news: (Ex: GB no longer has affiliate trustees and VP positions as voting members. The Board Chair is now the title of the MASCA President.) 4. What is MASCA’s Retiree Liaison* position?

-Appointed annually by the Board Chair. -Regularly communicates with the retiree members of the MASCA membership, sharing important resources and appropriate information

-Encourages retired members to maintain their membership status even after retirement. -Works with other retirees to plan special celebrations (e.g.: Anniversary) and events -Plans appropriate educational and social events that would be of interest to retired members. 5.CN now only virtual and posted on the MASCA website www.masca.wildapricot.org

systems, MASCA affiliates, students, past graduates, families, administrators, etc. Here is your chance to pay tribute to their work.

NOMINATION PROCEDURE

• Write a 50 word or less tribute about the person’s impact on your life or their students’

6. Dr. Ronald Fredrickson’s estate has established a MASCA professional development endowment to provide MA School Counselors annual PD scholarships. The family continues to provide funding support for annual scholarships. This year the Fredrickson Family has made a generous donation to MASCA’s 60th birthday event planning. 7.Call for MASCA’s Diamond Jubilee event planners for this yearlong 60th birthday celebration (April 2020=April 2021). Ex: Hosting a past president’s and retiree reception at the 2022 conference? Contribute articles to the CN 60th birthday news? Join planner team: helenod@att.net

8. Join the Retiree SIG Program Committee and plan events. We have access to MASCA’s ZOOM platform for our virtual

lives. • Complete this Google

Form including the 50 words and attach a photo of the nominee. • Pay $50 online or send check made out to MASCA to PO

Box 351, Hampden, MA 01036. • A sample of the tribute will be emailed to the nominator for final approval before the

Tribute Certificate is printed and the tribute is posted on the

MASCA website • Submission deadline is ongoing. All tributes will be posted on the MASCA website later this year. For more information contact Helen O’Donnell.

events. We can have topic themes: Taming the Technology Tiger (Technology Tricks and Tricks), a Retiree SIG book club or join the MASCA SIG Book Club, sharing travel adventures, host a virtual Retiree antique road show, or just have BYOB Hang Out Chats.

Currently several Retirees SIG activities events are being planned. Technology Tips and Trick - Joe Fitzgerald and Ron Miller will discuss submitted tech questions at the beginning of meetings and/or host topic theme tech sessions requested by retirees.

Maria Ardito - Leaving Your Handprint

Behind - This seminar is motivational and its purpose is to reach out to seniors and help them realize their talents and to create something to leave their legacy behind. Hightly regarded, Marie has several topic themes and often provides a series of presentations.

Contributing After Retirement: After

Retirement, what? Mary Westcott is willing to organize and host a panel discussion and identify workshop speakers who discuss how the continue to contribute after retirement. This could be a MASCA conference session in 2020. Or, we could have cameo guest speakers at our Retiree SIG events, or entire Retiree SIG sessions on this topic. COUNSELOR’S NOTEBOOK