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Sylvan Avenue School in Bayport has a School Effectiveness Survey online at http://bbpschools.org/newsite/Bayport/Schools/sylvan.php/
The survey is on the right side of this site. It is given annually to assess the effectiveness of different aspects of the school. The results are then used to guide the School Improvement Team in formulating it's goals. The survey will be online until June 26, 2009.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Bayport Bubble Coupons In The Mail
The Bayport-Blue Point Chamber of Commerce Coupon Book is in the mail. It is filled with coupons and discounts for businesses in the area. Look in your mailbox and shop locally! =)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Flower House Of Bayport
When I was little Bayport had greenhouses and flower shops all over town. This area was actually well known for their greenhouses. Most of them now are condos and a 7-11, but there are few that are still around. The biggest and oldest is Bayport Flower Houses.
Bayport Flower Houses is just a great place to wander around - it is huge. Beside plants, they have tons of other interesting goodies. The staff from the owners to the check out people are so nice and so knowledgeable and so helpful. They have a lot events here and you have to go at Christmas time. It is decorated beautifully and a great place to try to get a Christmas card photo of the kids. Every year they hold a tree lighting and have Santa available for photos - it's free and so much nicer then that mall Santa.
If you ever buy anything from Bayport Flower Houses make sure to give them your address because you will receive their newsletter in the mail. I just got mine yesterday. It is filled with all sorts of gardening tips - I am pretty much just above a black thumb in the gardening department. They also hold classes. The big plus with the newsletter is the coupons. These coupons are not the same ones they have in the local papers, they are different and better. The best coupon in the newsletter was 50% off any single item - limit of $100. That's a great coupon!
Their web site also has coupons and lots of information - http://www.bayportflowers.com/
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Bayport Flower Houses is just a great place to wander around - it is huge. Beside plants, they have tons of other interesting goodies. The staff from the owners to the check out people are so nice and so knowledgeable and so helpful. They have a lot events here and you have to go at Christmas time. It is decorated beautifully and a great place to try to get a Christmas card photo of the kids. Every year they hold a tree lighting and have Santa available for photos - it's free and so much nicer then that mall Santa.
If you ever buy anything from Bayport Flower Houses make sure to give them your address because you will receive their newsletter in the mail. I just got mine yesterday. It is filled with all sorts of gardening tips - I am pretty much just above a black thumb in the gardening department. They also hold classes. The big plus with the newsletter is the coupons. These coupons are not the same ones they have in the local papers, they are different and better. The best coupon in the newsletter was 50% off any single item - limit of $100. That's a great coupon!
Their web site also has coupons and lots of information - http://www.bayportflowers.com/
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
Is NYIP A Scam?
I received my first unit from the New York Institute of Photography a few weeks back. There is never enough time to blog about it or to do my lessons. Finally I figured out I can do my reading during the 45 minutes the kids are in Karate class twice a week. I have made it through three lessons and got all the questions right on a test! I remember stuff from all those photo classes I took. There is another test I need to mail to my teacher along with my photos from my photo assignments.
As far as I can see it is not a scam. I looked into other correspondence photo schools and as soon as I got their info in the mail, I was getting that scammed feeling. NYIP has recently updated their lessons geared to digital. In the blogs I have read that was the one drawback to NYIP. The lessons seem very up to date, but if you are still using film - the lessons are for you too.
The lessons are informative and are geared towards a seasoned amateur like me or someone who is just starting out with a simple camera. NYIP stresses there is no need to go out and buy all the latest photo gadgets. They emphasis that it is the photographer - not the equipment that makes good photography and I totally agree. The equipment helps, but if you do not have the eye - that will not make a good photo. I have a digital SLR and I love it, but I have taken some great photos with my cheapo $20 digital camera that has tape holding the double AA batteries in.
Lesson One is "Eye of the Photographer", Lesson Two is "The Camera", Lesson Three is "The Lens", Lesson Four is "How to Use Your Camera". I have CDs and DVD to go along with these lessons too, but have not found to time to play them yet - I will. Check back! =)
As far as I can see it is not a scam. I looked into other correspondence photo schools and as soon as I got their info in the mail, I was getting that scammed feeling. NYIP has recently updated their lessons geared to digital. In the blogs I have read that was the one drawback to NYIP. The lessons seem very up to date, but if you are still using film - the lessons are for you too.
The lessons are informative and are geared towards a seasoned amateur like me or someone who is just starting out with a simple camera. NYIP stresses there is no need to go out and buy all the latest photo gadgets. They emphasis that it is the photographer - not the equipment that makes good photography and I totally agree. The equipment helps, but if you do not have the eye - that will not make a good photo. I have a digital SLR and I love it, but I have taken some great photos with my cheapo $20 digital camera that has tape holding the double AA batteries in.
Lesson One is "Eye of the Photographer", Lesson Two is "The Camera", Lesson Three is "The Lens", Lesson Four is "How to Use Your Camera". I have CDs and DVD to go along with these lessons too, but have not found to time to play them yet - I will. Check back! =)
Blooming In Bayport
There is a group in Bayport called Neighbors and Gardeners of Bayport & Blue Point that was started in 1995. It is a garden club and everyone with all levels of gardening experience are welcomed. Last week this group held their annual garden tour. Someone I know had their garden on the tour and I went to her house to take photos for The Gazette (hopefully they'll use them). Whatever you think people who belong to a garden look like - it's true - all the ladies with their big straw hats with flowers on them. They were great bunch and so nice.
The Neighbors and Gardeners of Bayport & Blue Point are also responsible for the beautification project, which is those huge blooming planters on the street corners of Bayport and Blue Point. They also do plantings at Corey Beach, Bayport Beach, Nicholas Road and Meadowcroft. Membership to the club is very reasonable at $15 a year. There is a different program each month with presentations, live demonstrations and field trips.
To join or more info on this group - call Jody at 631-363-8713
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Not All It's Cracked Up To Be - Disney Eggs
You have seen the commercials for Disney Eggs. The kids begged me for them and my son does not eat eggs. I keep telling them they are the same eggs we buy, but they have a Disney stamp and cost twice as much. This week at King Kullen the Disney Eggs are on sale, plus I have a coupon. So I finally gave in and brought them - mainly because eggs are one of the three healthy things that my daughter eats.
We got them home and the eggs have different color stamps on them of Lightening McQueen, Tow Mater, Wall-e, Eva from Wall-e, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. My daughter likes her eggs hard boiled and once they were boiled the stamp wore off. Ahhhh!!! What a dud! I won't be buying them again. I guess if you are trying to get your kids to eat eggs it might work. And the inside of the eggs are just like regular eggs - I know the commercial makes you thing the yolk is Mickey Mouse.
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We got them home and the eggs have different color stamps on them of Lightening McQueen, Tow Mater, Wall-e, Eva from Wall-e, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. My daughter likes her eggs hard boiled and once they were boiled the stamp wore off. Ahhhh!!! What a dud! I won't be buying them again. I guess if you are trying to get your kids to eat eggs it might work. And the inside of the eggs are just like regular eggs - I know the commercial makes you thing the yolk is Mickey Mouse.
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The Beach Is Back!
We went to Davis Park on Fire Island this past weekend and the beach is huge! Over the winter there was a huge restoration project going on. They did that last year too, but one storm wiped all the sand away. This year the sand stayed and I cannot believe how big the beach got. It looks like the Davis Park of 15 years ago before The Casino fell into the ocean. Last year at high tide the water would go up to the dunes and under the houses. That will not happen this year. Did they steal the sand from Robert Moses? A few fields are closed there due to erosion. =)The photo is of The Casino - look at all that sand!
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