ARTA Events 2022 - 2023
Meetings are on Mondays unless otherwise noted.
If ACPS is delayed or closed for inclement weather, ARTA will not meet.
(For maps and directions, click on addresses. A monthly calendar is available on the EVENTS CALENDAR page.)
Canned food donations for "Alive" are welcomed at every meeting.
September 19, 2022 ARTA MEETING
1:00 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302
The topic of our September 19 meeting has been changed! Dr. Kay-Wyatt, interim Superintendent of ACPS, WILL be coming to our first meeting. Our scheduled meeting about the Senior Olympics will be postponed to a later date. Several of you have asked about working with teachers on testing, positions that Dr Hutchings mentioned. Here is an opportunity to meet with the new superintendent and discover her position on Dr. Hutchings' proposals. Dr. Kay-Wyatt previously served as head of HR in ACPS. If you know of any recently retired teachers please invite them along. Also, we will be handing out the updated Directories. Make sure you have paid your dues and you will be included and receive a copy!
October 17, 2022 ARTA MEETING/TOUR - CANCELED
10:00 am - 3:00 pm, begins at First Baptist Church of Alexandria, 2932 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302
Our October meeting will be slightly different this year. Last spring we had Rachel Yarnell Thompson, biographer of General George Marshall, speak to our group about Marshall’s early life, through World War I. At the time, she suggested that we take a tour of his home and hear more about his achievements. As a result, we plan to leave Alexandria at 10AM on a hired bus (Chariots for Hire, NOT a school bus!), tour Marshall’s home, and have lunch at the Blue Ridge Grill in Leesburg, then head for home (former president Barbara McClellan will be one of our docents). The cost will be $30.00 per person which includes donuts and coffee before boarding the bus, transportation, and entrance fees. Since the Blue Ridge Grill serves a wide variety of food and prices, we decided that lunch would be of your own choosing. Please complete the FORM attached to the September newsletter, and plan to join us as we begin our first of many excursions!
November 9, 2022 (Wednesday) ZOOM meeting with Arlington Retired Teachers
1:00 - 2:30 pm The ZOOM link is in the newsletter copy ARTA members received by email.
Our next meeting will be a joint meeting with the Arlington County Retired Teachers Association. The speaker will be Mr. Martin Bailey, an AARP Community Ambassador expert on Frauds and scams and a “member of AARP’s Fraud Watch Network Hotline, assisting victims of fraud and identity theft.” He will be focusing on Cyber Security, a topic of great interest and importance to those of us who go online daily. Mr. Bailey will explain to members how to “recognize cyber fraud based on its structure and discuss appropriate actions to ensure safety.”
December 12, 2022 ARTA MEETING
1:00 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302
Our December meeting will be held on MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 at 1:00. Please note that this will be the second Monday, rather than the 3rd Monday, since the third Monday is too close to the holiday season. We will have the Happy Harmonizers entertaining us. This has become a holiday tradition for ARTA. We hope that many of you will be able to come!
If ACPS is delayed or closed for inclement weather, ARTA will not meet.
(For maps and directions, click on addresses. A monthly calendar is available on the EVENTS CALENDAR page.)
Canned food donations for "Alive" are welcomed at every meeting.
September 19, 2022 ARTA MEETING
1:00 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302
The topic of our September 19 meeting has been changed! Dr. Kay-Wyatt, interim Superintendent of ACPS, WILL be coming to our first meeting. Our scheduled meeting about the Senior Olympics will be postponed to a later date. Several of you have asked about working with teachers on testing, positions that Dr Hutchings mentioned. Here is an opportunity to meet with the new superintendent and discover her position on Dr. Hutchings' proposals. Dr. Kay-Wyatt previously served as head of HR in ACPS. If you know of any recently retired teachers please invite them along. Also, we will be handing out the updated Directories. Make sure you have paid your dues and you will be included and receive a copy!
October 17, 2022 ARTA MEETING/TOUR - CANCELED
10:00 am - 3:00 pm, begins at First Baptist Church of Alexandria, 2932 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302
Our October meeting will be slightly different this year. Last spring we had Rachel Yarnell Thompson, biographer of General George Marshall, speak to our group about Marshall’s early life, through World War I. At the time, she suggested that we take a tour of his home and hear more about his achievements. As a result, we plan to leave Alexandria at 10AM on a hired bus (Chariots for Hire, NOT a school bus!), tour Marshall’s home, and have lunch at the Blue Ridge Grill in Leesburg, then head for home (former president Barbara McClellan will be one of our docents). The cost will be $30.00 per person which includes donuts and coffee before boarding the bus, transportation, and entrance fees. Since the Blue Ridge Grill serves a wide variety of food and prices, we decided that lunch would be of your own choosing. Please complete the FORM attached to the September newsletter, and plan to join us as we begin our first of many excursions!
November 9, 2022 (Wednesday) ZOOM meeting with Arlington Retired Teachers
1:00 - 2:30 pm The ZOOM link is in the newsletter copy ARTA members received by email.
Our next meeting will be a joint meeting with the Arlington County Retired Teachers Association. The speaker will be Mr. Martin Bailey, an AARP Community Ambassador expert on Frauds and scams and a “member of AARP’s Fraud Watch Network Hotline, assisting victims of fraud and identity theft.” He will be focusing on Cyber Security, a topic of great interest and importance to those of us who go online daily. Mr. Bailey will explain to members how to “recognize cyber fraud based on its structure and discuss appropriate actions to ensure safety.”
December 12, 2022 ARTA MEETING
1:00 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302
Our December meeting will be held on MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 at 1:00. Please note that this will be the second Monday, rather than the 3rd Monday, since the third Monday is too close to the holiday season. We will have the Happy Harmonizers entertaining us. This has become a holiday tradition for ARTA. We hope that many of you will be able to come!
