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Volume 11 No. 2 November 2014
Delta Rho News
Delta Rho Chapter/Eta State
Sanford, North Carolina
Region VI
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International “Together, We Are Stronger—Committing, Collaborating, Celebrating!”
Voices of Influence Empowering NC Women Educators
Meeting Calendar
October 2, 2014 Trinity Lutheran Church 5:30 pm Catered Meal
December 6, 2014 Joint Meeting with Gamma Sigma Pinehurst, NC 9:00 am Bazaar February 7, 2015 First Calvary Baptist Church 9:00 am Catered Brunch March 25, 2015 Beginning Life With Books Spelling Bee Dennis Wicker Civic Center 6:30 pm
April 6, 2015 Jonesboro Presbyterian Church 5:30 pm Catered Meal
Mission Statement The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education
Meeting Information for December 6, 2014
Hostesses for our December meeting are Lisa Brown, and Sandra Hancock. Gamma Sigma is in charge of the meeting at the Pinehurst Resort Members Club. Please RSVP to your Social Committee contact person. Coordinators are Gamma Sigma and Delta Rho Project Fundraising Committee, Kathryn Parker and Beth Hart Co- Chairs, Janice Thompson, Social Committee; Terry Norris, Treasurer. All Delta Rho members participate by bringing items for purchase or for a chance to win. This is a day for great fellowship and fun.
Bazaar Time We’ve waited all year Tables lined with so many items Oh, what to choose
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Presidents’ Corner
Greetings, Delta Rho sisters,
Happy “standard” time! We gained an extra hour of sleep! Well, we did for the first night anyway. What will you miss about the “old time”? I will miss seeing that big orange fireball rise on my way to school and the beautifully colored sky. There is so much that we have to look forward to and gain during the colder months. For starters, we have our wonderful Christmas meeting/bazaar with Gamma Sigma at the beautiful and prestigious Pinehurst Resort Members Club and our regional director, Karen Bullard will be joining us! Start making or buying now and don't forget your address labels to put on your "chance slips". Remember to send a warm message of encouragement to your beginning teacher. We can look forward to warm, spiritual fellowship with our Delta Rho sisters. It sounds like we are anything but “standard”! I would like to thank each of you for your warm welcome and support as your new president. It is an honor and a privilege to serve with women of integrity and leaders in education. A big THANK-YOU to Linda Truitt our new Recording secretary.
God's many blessings, Wendy
Wendy Bryant-Motley, President, Delta Rho [email protected]
President Pat’s Message
That “Leadership Look”
President Pat explores what
that “Leadership Look” looks like in her thoughts this month. Teachers seem to have it and DKG members especially possess it. How can we share it? President Pat lists some ways that chapters can foster that “leadership look” in its members and encourage others to take part in leadership roles. President Pat concludes her thoughts by writing, “As we begin to promote Eta State’s theme for 2014-2015, ‘Teachers As Leaders,’ let us share our ‘leadership look’ with those around us and share the excitement of the many opportunities to lead in this wonderful Society and beyond! Together, we are stronger!” Read the entire message http://www.deltakappagamma. org/NC/Presidents%20page.htm.
Delta Kappa Gamma
Don’t forget to view the Gallery of Fine Arts submitted by DKG members from across the world. You are invited to apply and submit your work. Music, photography, poetry, and works of clay are on display. You may apply and submit for the fourth exhibit beginning in January. Go to www.dkg.org. Click on Gallery at the top of the home page.
Name the new magazine and win a prize and/ or submit a book review, position paper or an article for the Bulletin. Get more information in DKG News and see the submission details in the Bulletin. www.dkg.org.
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Delta Rho News
Delta Rho Welcomes New Members
Members initiated Oct. 2, 2014
Elizabeth Schrull, (2nd from left) Lee Senior
Virginia Brown, Central Carolina Community College Wendy Bryant, Delta Rho President
Rebekah Brewer, Southern Lee
Nancy Hasbrouck (left) transferred from West Virginia. Nancy ‘s teaching experiences span 40 years and include 3rd grade, 6th grade English, adjunct instructor at the college level in Language Arts and Social Studies Methods and supervising student teachers is the classroom. Her family includes husband Tom; son Greg, wife and granddaughter in Chicago; son James in WV; and daughter Marcy and husband in Harrisonburg, Va. Nancy enjoys golf, reading, sewing/quilting/needlework, volunteer work (read aloud in the classroom, church, etc.)
Member News
Certificates recognizing years of membership in Delta kappa Gamma were presented to
Linda Huggins – 26 years Emily Lucas - 28 yrs. Reinette Seaman – 31 years
Terry Norris received a pin recognizing her longevity of service as Delta Rho’s treasurer.
Congratulations to Pam Beal on recently completing course of study and receiving a Certificate in New Testament Studies from Denver Seminary, Littleton, Co. via Christian University Global Net.
NC School Library Media Association Conference October 9 – 11 in Winston-Salem, NC
Delta Kappa Gamma Members Delta Rho’s Kathy Parker (2nd from right)
October 9-11, hundreds of school library
media coordinators from as far as California,
gathered at the Benton Convention Center to
network, learn from each other and experts in
the field, and celebrate literacy. Along with
numerous preconference and concurrent
conference sessions, the conference offered a
slate of stellar authors and speakers. These
included Library Journal Mover and Shaker,
Shannon Miller; from Mr. Shu Reads, John
Schumaker; youth authors Tony Buzzeo, Kelly
Starling Lyons, Jacqueline Woodson; and
many more. Delta Rho’s own, Kathy Parker,
presented a preconference session to school
librarians on Collecting and Sharing Data to
Demonstrate Student Achievement as well as
concurrent sessions on Going Global and the
State of the State. Delta Kappa Gamma was
also well represented at this conference as
NCSLMA’s board members include sisters
from Alpha Zeta and Beta Iona. The
conference has much to offer lovers of the
written word as well as educators and retired
educators from all backgrounds. For please
visit the website at www.ncslma.org.
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Barbara Keller attended the Sept. 20 meeting of Gamma Sigma Chapter, held at Belle Meade Clubhouse in Southern Pines. Eta State President, Patricia Taylor was in attendance. Sara Webster, Gamma Sigma’s Immediate Past President, introduced Lynn Harloe Ragsdale, DKG Legislative Coordinator, who presented the program.
Left to right: Nancy Simonette, Patricia Taylor, Lynn Ragsdale, Barbara Keller, and Sara Webster
Wendy Bryant organized a trip for all 3rd graders at Broadway Elementary to the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh Oct. 1. They were led on a tour of the world with a docent.
Oct. 29 after school, 4th graders and their families, painted the windows with fall and Thanksgiving scenes at Parkview Retirement Village. In October Wendy attended the 2014 North Carolina Art Education Association fall conference in New Bern, NC.
DKG Sisters Tour Deep South
Kathryn Waters and Barbara Keller were part of a group of retired teachers whose annual trip (early October this year) took them on a 10 –day “Deep South” tour, traveling more than 3,000 miles as they journeyed from Sanford, across the southern states as far as Texas, before returning home.
Lee County Literacy Grants Initiative
Delta Rho is adding a new project to its literacy initiative for 2014-2015. An ad hoc committee assigned by past-president Barbara Keller to look at extra funds available for literacy projects developed the proposal. Literacy funds are generated by the proceeds of the Beginning Life with Books Spelling
Bee. Careful use of the funds has provided us with the opportunity to expand how we support literacy beyond providing each newborn baby at Central Carolina Hospital with a copy of Goodnight Moon. After looking at multiple options, it was decided to look at a way to support local teachers with literacy efforts while focusing on beginning teachers in the district. After the membership gave their approval at the October meeting, Linda Smith shared the project with Lee County Schools Superintendent Andy Bryan. Soon the district
curriculum committee will learn about it. Information about the grants will be distributed through the central office to all the schools and will be available online at our website http://deltarhosanfordnc.weebly.com/links-to-delta-rho-documents.html.
Lee County Schools’ teachers will be offered the opportunity to apply for eight literacy grants for up to $200 each. These literacy grants can provide funding for innovative, classroom-based literacy projects in reading and mathematics. Beginning teachers (up to 3 years of experience in the profession) will have priority for up to four of the grants. Grant funds may not be used for field trips. The timeline for grant applications and awarding of grants is as follows:
Application deadline is January 1, 2015
Notification of recipients by January 15, 2015
Receipts for expenses received by March 1, 2015
Reimbursement for exact expenses by March 15, 2015
Recognition of grant recipients as guests o Spelling Bee March 23, 2015 o Delta Rho chapter meeting April 9,
2015 We will continue to update you as we move forward with this exciting new project. Ad hoc committee members are Emily Lucas, Terry Norris, Patricia Pemberton, Reinette Seaman, and Linda Smith.
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Spelling Bee Updates Literacy Co-Chair Reinette Seaman is asking Delta Rho sisters for help with the Spelling Bee scheduled for March 23, 2015. She is asking in a way that differs from her usual plea. At the October meeting, she told of her engagement to Stan Stephenson and the need to make room for him in her life. With their wedding scheduled for March 21, she cannot be as active as in years past and will be absent from the event. Literacy committee members, the logical ones to answer her SOS for extra input into planning and carrying out the event, have been specifically alerted to the need. The door, however, is wide open to every sister who will volunteer to become an ad hoc committee member. In any case, a new arrangement will be in place to make the 16th annual Beginning Life With Books event happen!
As far as actual spellers are concerned, the Tramway School Queen Bees are leading the way. They’ve already paid for two teams! A new supply of GOODNIGHT MOON books has arrived (900 English and 100 Spanish) and before long the literacy committee will gather to label them and insert the “Getting Your Child Ready to Read” pamphlets. The International Reading Association no longer sells them, but provides a download PDF that enabled copies to be made at Office Max. With Central Carolina Hospital thus assured of another year’s worth of books, proceeds from previous bees are being put to use for additional benefits to literacy.
Eta State News Educational Foundation Launches
The 100 Challenge
During the Fall Executive Board Meeting at Elon on September 6, Dr.Judith Carlson, chairman of the Board of Directors of the NorthCarolina Delta Kappa Gamma Educational Foundation, announced the Foundation’s “The 100 Challenge—Launching
a Dream” initiative. Each region is challenged to get 100 pledges of $10 each before March15, 2015. These pledges can come from individuals or chapters. Chapter presidents will collect pledge cards and send them to the Regional Director. No money will be collected at this time; the Board will follow up to collect the pledge when they have IRS approval. Members can read more about the Foundation on the Eta State website and find a copy of the brochure at http://deltakappagamma.org/NC/100%20challege% 20brochure.pdf. There is also a PowerPoint about the Challenge at http://deltakappagamma.org/NC/100ChallengePP.pdf.
Delta Rho Website http://deltarhosanfordnc.weebly.com
OR
Our website was recertified for the next two
years. Look for our new seal of approval from
International posted at the bottom of our homepage.
To remain compliant with International, we need a new permission form from each member. The form is located on the links page of the website and an email with the form attached has been sent to each member who needs a
new form entered.
New permission forms needed
Thanks, Emily
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October 27th Happy Birthday
International Website: www.dkg.org E ta State Website: http://www.deltakappagamma.org/NC/
DKG NEWS https://www.dkg.org/category/library/publications
The Bulletin https://www.dkg.org/content/bulletin-summer-2014
S Strengthening the Buzz https://www.dkg.org/content/strengthening-buzz-julyaugust-2014
Dr. Marchant, Central Carolina Community College President Oct. 2, 2014
Delta Rho News Editors: Ada James [email protected]
Linda Truitt [email protected]
Webmaster: Emily Lucas [email protected]
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Convention Dates April 24 - 26, 2015 — Eta State Convention, Chapel Hill Sheraton, Chapel Hill, NC (Region V) June 15 - 18, 2015 — Eta State Leadership Development Seminar, Raleigh, NC July 15 - 18, 2015 — Southeast Regional Conference, Westin Harbor Resort, Savannah, GA April 22 - 24, 2016 — Eta State Convention, Winston-Salem, NC (Region IX) July 5 - 9, 2016 — DKG International Convention, Gaylord Opryland Resort, Nashville, TN
