You are cordially invited to attend LILAC’s final professional development and networking event of the 2024-25 school year. Please join us and fellow colleagues from 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025, at Captain Bill’s Restaurant, located at 122 Ocean Avenue, Bay Shore, NY 11706. For additional directions, please call Captain Bill’s directly at (631) 665-6262. A three-course lunch will be served. During this professional development and networking event, we will be honoring the local New York State English Council Educators of Excellence and our Kenneth Gambone Writing Contest winners. Pete Nasta from Perma-Bound will be sponsoring this event.
Our featured presenter is Raymond Bean, a best-selling author, teacher, and futurist whose work has been featured in WIRED, TechCrunch, The Los Angeles Times, and more. He writes fiction and nonfiction for both children and adults. His latest book, Two Intelligences, One Future, explores the future of artificial intelligence through real-time conversations with AI.
Bean’s books have ranked #1 on Amazon in Children's Humor, Humorous Adventure, and Fantasy. His work includes original content for the Amazon Kids Plus digital reading platform, audio stories for Amazon StoryTime on Alexa, and educational content for EPIC! His titles have been translated into multiple languages, reaching readers around the world.
We hope you will join us to celebrate our talented student writers and local NYSEC award recipients, to be inspired by Mr. Bean's presentation, and to exchange instructional ideas with colleagues from across Long Island. Pricing for this event will be $45.00 for LILAC members and $50.00 for non-members. Please complete this registration form and submit your payment through the 2025 May Luncheon with PayPal by clicking this link . You may also mail your check to Kyrie Siegel at 288 Holbrook Avenue, Ronkonkoma, New York 11779, or you may pay with cash or a check at the door.
If you have any questions, please email me at ksiegel@mccsd.net.
Sincerely,
Kyrie Siegel
LILAC Secretary
