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The Houston Association of Retired Teachers (HART)
A local chapter of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA)
Meeting location:
- Episcopal Church of the Epiphany 9600 S. GessnerHouston, TX 77071
- 9:30 a.m. Social Time
- 10:00 a.m. Meeting
- March 14 - General Meeting: Healthy Living, Go Western and BBQ Lunch
- April 11 – General Meeting: What is Alzheimers? Recognition of HART Scholarship Recipients
- May 9 – General Meeting: Celebrate a great year!
Why Join HART and TRTA:
- To stay informed on our retirement benefits and health insurance;
- To support HART’s programs which include Books For Children, HART’s Scholarship Fund, HART’s Continuing Education Fund for Teachers, and the Stilwell Residence for Retired Educators;
- To participate in monthly field trips to places of interest in the greater Houston area;
- Additional insurance and discounts through AMBA;
- To meet new friends, connect with old friends and colleagues, and, most importantly, to have fun!
Membership
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THE HOUSTON ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED TEACHERS?
- An annuitant or a beneficiary receiving an annuity from a teacher retirement system can become a member of HART and TRTA upon payment of local dues and state dues.
- Any person interested in public education and willing to work to achieve the purposes of TRTA upon payment of local dues and state dues.
MEMBERSHIP IS $50.00 PER YEAR
$15.00 of the fee is for HART membership.
$35.00 of the fee is for Texas Retired Teachers Association membership.Use one of the following three methods to join:
- Click here to download an application that you can mail to HART, P.O. Box 6727, Houston, TX 77265-6727
- Come to any HART monthly meeting and join during the meeting.
- Join HART/TRTA online below. If you use the online payment method there is an additional $3.00 service charge added to the cost of the yearly membership. This option is only for members who do not auto pay their TRTA dues.
To order your membership online, click on the photo below.
INSIDE LINE
Make certain that you receive TRTA's Inside Line eMail by Executive Director Tim Lee and learn about issues and events that affect you by CLICKING HERE.
News From HART
Every year that the Texas Legislature convenes, members of TRTA travel to Austin to meet with our...The next Expanding Horizons trip is April 15 to visit with ex-HISD Superintendent Kay Stripling....September 28 - October 4, 2024 - Cape Cod, The Islands and New England November 12-20, 2024 -...Legislative Priorities of HART and TRTA:
- Maintain a solvent TRS pension fund by fully funding statutory contribution rates and using excess state revenues to help reduce the unfunded liability;
- Provide a benefit enhancement to help offset the negative impact of inflation;
- Maintain and protect TRS-Care by fully funding the current statutory contribution rates.
To learn who represents you and how to contact those persons CLICK HERE.
To learn if you are registered to vote and if your voter registration is up-to-date, CLICK HERE.
HARTbeat Newsletters
Cherry Wong, Editor
HART Sings!
Paul and Sue Ofeld receive the Dr. Kate Bell Memorial "Spirit of Hart" award for their music contributions to the Houston Association of Retired Teachers.
HART Projects:
HART Scholarship Fund, Inc.
Each spring, the Houston Association of Retired Teachers awards up to five scholarships to junior or senior students who are enrolled in a college of education. We rotate through the following universities: University of Houston, St. Thomas University, Houston Baptist University, Rice University, and Texas Southern University.
Mail Donations to:HART Scholarship Fund, Inc. P.O. Box 6727Houston 77265-6727.
- The 2024 HARTScholarship winners attend Rice University and are working toward their Master ofArts in Teaching, specifically math.
- Mitch Blakely, who is a lawyer bytraining, discovered he has a passion for teaching while subbing in a mathclassroom.
- Nma Ejiawoko earned her BS in Mathematics from South Carolina StateUniversity in 2022 and is a student-teacher resident in Spring Branch districtthis term.
- Gregory Kabay comes from a family of teachers: his parents aremembers of HART; his wife is a teacher in HISD; and Gregory taught at ParkerElementary in Houston ISD for fifteen years.
- Rathna Ramesh, who received a BAin Social Policy Analysis from Rice University in December of 2023, strives tomake her classroom a space where students can enjoy learning.
- Sechan Yoon, who tutored students in Guam and received his BAin Mathematics from Rice University in 2023, wants to be mindful of holdingevery one of his students to a high standard and believes that every studentcan achieve great things both in and outside of the classroom.
- Each recipientwill receive $1500 to be applied toward the summer or fall semester of 2024.Thank you for your generous support of the HART Scholarship Fund, which allows us to support future teachers in our local universities.
HART Continuing Education Fund #1
Stilwell Retirement Residence/ Kate Bell Assistance Fund
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