Press Release:

Hasbrouck Heights Education Association holds their second annual Holiday Shop Mob!!!

Every single day the members of the Hasbrouck Heights Education Association shop at local businesses. This year, they will extend Small Business Saturday on November 28, 2015 and make it a week long SHOP MOB in December.

Every day during the week of December 14^th, the association will have a different theme for their members to shop and buy local merchandise. Members will wear their HHEA Local Pride shirts to showcase who is a member. Plus, every time they spend money, they will hand the merchant an HHEA business card to let them know we support them during this holiday season.

The schedule for our HHEA members to visit family-run businesses in the area is as follows:

December 14^th:  Lunch Out! Members will purchase lunch at local Heights food establishments like Heights Pizza, Lovey’s or Sub works.

December 15^th:  Shop the Boulevard! On this day, members will walk up and down the main street in Hasbrouck Heights to purchase items from local gift shops. Examples would be The Heights Flower Shoppe, Bill O’Shea’s Florist, or Kim’s Nails.

December 16^th: Grocery Shop at Shop Rite (Inserra) in Lodi.  Members will purchase their holiday groceries as well as DONATE food to the Hasbrouck Heights Food Bank.

December 17^th: Dinner out! Members will purchase gift cards or eat at local Heights restaurants like Sophia’s, Risotto House or Tom Yum Koong Tai Kitchen.

December 18^th: Local “APPY HOURS” at local establishments, like Houlihan’s, Heights Bar & Grill and Heights Beer & Wine Emporium.

The purpose of the HHEA SHOP MOB is to bring awareness to the economic contributions that middle class teachers bring to the communities they work in.  Policies that hurt middle class wage-earners, disguised as laws to help small business, actually do the opposite. When wages are suppressed, then so is spending power.  When the middle class does better, we all do better! We invite the public to join us and SHOP LOCAL!

To see more information about this event or pictures please visit the website of the HHEA: www.HHEA.net

Yesterday, teachers from all over Bergen County were honored at the annual Teacher of the Year lunch at the Fiesta in Wood-ridge.  This year from Hasbrouck Heights School District the recipients were:

Lincoln School: Mrs. Vanessa Lutz

Euclid School: Mrs. Jacklyn Mansfield

Middle School: Mrs. Christine Pellegrino

High School: Mrs. Lisa Bernstein

The Euclid School Faculty celebrated Mrs. S Cerasula and Mrs. V. Gant. It was a wonderful affair honoring the retirees of Euclid School. These wonderful woman served Hasbrouck Heights for many years. They were roasted by the other faculty members who will remember them fondly (Pat McSweeney)

 

 

Looks like a nice night!!  Remember, the HHEA party is June 23rd and celebrates ALL of the retirees with the entire membership! Click here to RSVP.  It would be awesome to see the teachers of Euclid come out and join us!

The HHEA and the HH B.O.E teamed up to present a Parent PARCC Night on February 10th for Elementary School Parents and February 11th for Middle and High School Parents.  Parents came to see a short presentation from their respective principals about the test (which can be found on hhschools.org in the parents menu).

Parents were able to access the sample test items that students have been practicing in their classrooms. Parents and guardians were able to express their concerns and ask questions to the administrators as well.  HHEA teachers volunteered for the evening to guide people through the test.

Check out the pics: