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Lt/C George Tracy, SN
Squadron Educational Officer
Education Department
All is well at the Education Department. Happy New Year!
We are offering the USPS Weather Course via Zoom beginning Tuesday, January 12th, for ten consecutive Tuesday evenings, ending on March 16th. All classes will begin at 7:00 pm and last approximately two hours. The course covers weather theory, interpretation of weather charts and forecasting techniques, as well as marine weather hazards. We will also devote some time to the exploration of the National Weather Service (NWS) website. Cost for the textbook and materials is $50. To date, three Captree members have enrolled. Please notify me asap if you wish to attend so that I may order the materials. Either email me at ltracy@optonline.net or call me on my cell at 516- 991-8355. There will be an additional small charge for expedited shipping of the materials.
For more information on the course, please see:
https://www.usps.org/departments/13000/13000-educational- committees/13280/13280-weather
We are also offering ABC to the public via ZOOM beginning on
Please help to publicize these courses to anyone you know who might be interested.
A big thank-you to Michael Richter for allowing us to use his ZOOM account and to Jerry Cappa for helping with the technology.
Please note that the re-scheduled District 3 Fall Educational Conference will be held remotely via Zoom on Friday, January 15. Details will be provided once obtained from District.
Teachers have a lot of class!
George
and ending February 11th. All classes will run from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. The cost for the
Thursday, January 14th
textbook is $60.
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