Rotary Spoke 09 19 16
Posted by Jim Tarpey on Sep 19, 2016
Dr. Ed Bouquillon Speaks to Rotary on Building Project and Benefits of Minuteman High School Education.
On a rainy Monday afternoon 21 Lexington Rotarians, 2 visiting Rotarians, and 1 guest speaker join together at Lexington Golf Club for a nice steak tip lunch.
PP Ed led the pledge
PP Jim led 1st verse of America
PP Dan led the welcome song
Invocation by PDG Jack
Raffle Gifts Donated by:
Eagle Bank, Charlie Vail, Peoples United Bank, and Ray Ciccolo’s Boston Volvo Village
Happy dollars:
- PP Dan B paid happy dollars because he was happy to hear people still live in Weymouth (one of our guests Stephen Certia was from the Weymouth Club).
- PP Don M paid happy dollars for everyone having exact change this week and everyone was sitting in different seats from last week.
- PP Murry paid happy dollars because he is enjoying retirement and his San Diego trip last week.
Fines:
- PP Nick fined PP Murray and PP Dan O for having two dentists sitting at the same table
Announcements:
Senior BBQ this week and the locations are as followed:
- Tuesday 9/20 at Countryside Village – 4:30-6
- Wednesday 9/21 at Vynebrooke Village – 4:30-6
- Thursday 9/22 at Greeley Village – 4:30-6
Today’s Speaker:
Dr. Ed Bouquillon Superintendent of the Minuteman High School
Subject: Minuteman High School Building Project
Dr. Ed Bouquillon came to speak to Rotary again about the new Minuteman High school project. He started off by talking about the special election that takes place today 9/20/16 between 12:00-8:00. The district is holding an election in the 16 towns to decide if they can get this building project approved or not. The Massachusetts School Building Authority committed to pay $44 million toward the project if the towns vote to support their local share so get out there to vote!
Dr. Ed Bouquillon then switched gears to talk about a program called MTI. MTI stands for Minuteman Technical Institute. MTI is a postgraduate program that provides students of all ages the opportunity to earn program certificates or Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Certificates & licenses. This program gives underemployed and unemployed adults the opportunity to further their career at a great price.
Some of the benefits include:
- Training with experts
- Learn more & faster with less school debt
- Receiving the correct attention with some one-on-one time
- Live a better life by providing you with the confidence and knowledge you need to succeed.
Editor’s note: since our meeting, the vote for the building project was held and was successful.
50/50 was won by Jim T. (me) which will help pay for the fines I get next week for any mistakes and/or information I missed...
Next meeting takes place 9/26 and we look forward to hearing from Peg Doyle
Jim T.