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Volume 11 No. 3 January 2015
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!”
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 February 7, 2014
Hostesses for the February meeting are Ann McCracken, Linda Smith, June Wicker and Ada James. Invocation will be given by Catherine Crook and the devotion by Karen Caldwell. We will meet at First Calvary Baptist Church on Fields Drive near the rear entrance to Central Carolina Hospital. Chef Hamm will prepare a light breakfast for us. Coordinators will be EEC Committee, Betty Caldwell and Nancy Turner Co- Chairs and the Social Committee, Janice Thompson, Chairman. Kathy Parker will be presenting on the current “State of the State” for digital teaching and learning. She will discuss state and local initiatives related to the digital transition such as the Digital Learning Plan, digital competencies for teachers and administrators, 1:1, BYOD, digital textbooks, etc. Kathy is the School Library Media Consultant for the NC Department of Public Instruction assigned to the Division of Digital Teaching and Learning
Member Birthdays –1st Quarter
Betty Caldwell. Kathy Parker, Marie Gurkin Janice Thompson, Anne Lamb, Karen Huey, Renata Gibson and June Wicker
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Presidents’ Corner
Happy New Year Delta Rho sisters! As we let go of 2014 and embrace 2015 remember, you hold the key to your present and your future. Make it a great year spiritually, personally and professionally. As leaders in our profession, Eta State's theme for the year is appropriately "Teachers as Leaders". The Beginning Teacher Support Committee is challenging each chapter to sponsor a beginning teacher (in year 1-4 of her teaching career) to the April 2015 convention.
The teacher you sponsor might be a current member of your chapter or a "possible future member" you are considering. What a wonderful way for a potential member to feel the strength of Eta State and DKG! There will be a special workshop session just for the beginning teachers where they will share stories, laugh, reflect and also receive prizes!! We want to thank beginning teachers for selecting teaching as their life’s work. Let's represent Delta Rho with this challenge! *Reminder: If you missed wishing your BT1 a Merry Christmas, wish them a happy new year.
I look forward to seeing you in February.
Wendy Bryant-Motley,
President, Delta Rho [email protected]
Delta Kappa Gamma International
President, Dr. Lyn Schmid
President Lyn encourages us to be builders and contributing members of DKG. Read her message in DKG News, Nov/Dec 2014, page 2. www.dkg.org . Follow the link on page 1.
Eta State President Pat’s Message
Checking Membership Lists
As Santa checks his lists, President Pat urges
chapters to check their member-ship
commitment. “There is no better time than the
present,” President Pat says, “to review the
three focuses in the Eta State overall theme:
‘Together We Are Stronger - Committing,
Collaborating, Celebrating!’ along with the
Eta State theme for this year: ‘Teachers As
Leaders.’” She suggests ways chapters might
commit, collaborate and celebrate, so read the
entire message at http://www.deltakappa
gamma.org/NC/ Presidents%20page.htm.
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Member News
Barbara Keller is headed to a new adventure. Barbara will be teaching 6th graders at Grace Christian School this second semester.
Wendy Bryant-Motley, art teacher at Broadway Elementary School, will conduct a Clay Workshop with the teachers at Warren Williams School on January 7. The purpose of the workshop is to educate teachers about the variety of techniques used while creating with clay. Pre K – 5th grade project ideas will also be demonstrated.
Zena Harvley – Felder’s mother passed away in October. Zena was a Delta Rho member who moved from North Carolina in the summer of 2014.
Personal Service –Betty Caldwell & Nancy Turner
Please send to Betty and Nancy information about what is happening in your life or inform them of events in the life of other Delta Rho members so that Delta Rho may respond in an appropriate and timely manner.
Message from Terry Norris, Treasurer
December Bazaar Proceeds
Delta Rho’s half of the proceeds from the December bazaar amounted to $878.75. This will be used to fund Delta Rho’s Recruitment
Grant for a female graduating senior from a Lee County Public School. Recruitment Grant Recipients Where are they now?
Hannah Cowfer, Delta Rho”s 2012 grant recipient, entered Campbell University as a junior and was a May, 2014 graduate. Her area of concentration was elementary education. Having a calling to serve, in August, Hannah traveled to Ethiopia and settled in the town of Soddo. She describes the house she shares with others as having a bare kitchen, by our standards, running water, and indoor plumbing, also different by our standards. Originally, she had said she was open to anything except medical missions. Well, she frequently serves at a rural pregnancy clinic where she may see 40 – 70 women during each session. She checks the baby’s heartbeat, takes the mother’s blood pressure, gives each mother vitamins along with an egg to eat for protein, and a gospel lesson incorporated into each pre-natal lesson. At other times, Hannah is impacting the lives of 20 children ages 6 months to 3 years in an orphanage. She says that she is doing everything in her power to bring the love of Jesus into the lives of the children - without even knowing it, they are doing the same thing in my life. Taylor Waters, our 2011grant recipient, has been a part of a small select number of female East Carolina University (ECU) students in “Sister Talk”, ECU’s first all Women Roundtable from its inception in 2013. The book club meets once per semester in the home of the Chancellor and Mrs. Steve Ballard to discuss a selected book focused on the topic of women in leadership. Books read and discussed include How Great Women Lead by Bonnie St. John, Lean In: Women,
Delta Rho Website http://deltarhosanfordnc.weebly.com
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Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg, and the Power of Nice by Linda Kaplan Thales & Robin Koval. These young ECU ladies assessments of “Sister Talk” can be viewed online. Taylor has completed all requirements for an English Major and upon completion of student teaching will have completed requirements for an Elementary Education Major as well. In January, Taylor will begin student teaching in a 4th grade classroom.
Eta State News
Convention Plans Taking Shape
From the pre-conference session and
registration to the general sessions and new
officer nominations, plans and details are
taking shape for the next Eta State Convention
to be held in Chapel Hill, April 24-26, 2015. Hotel registration is now open and members
are encouraged to make their reservations
early at the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel. Be
sure to mention DKG Eta State to get the
special $119 room rate (plus taxes). Links and
phone numbers are on the Eta State website.
Click the convention link on the main page or
go to
http://deltakappagamma.org/NC/2015%20Con
vention.html.
Bring a BT to the Convention
By: Tammy Cullom, BT Support Chairman
In Tammy Cullom’s article In the December Eta Data, she challenges each chapter to sponsor a beginning teacher to the April 2015 convention. A special workshop session just for the beginning teachers will be presented. They will share stories, laugh, reflect and receive prizes.
Delta Kappa Gamma News DKG Fine Arts Gallery DKG fine Arts Gallery has 2 new works of art. You can see the two on page 6 of the Nov/Dec DKG News or to see many works of art, go to the Fine Arts Gallery listed under Library at www.dkg.org . New submissions will be accepted until February 1st. Presenters Needed For Regional Conference
Workshop presenters for the Southeast Regional Conference in Savannah this summer are needed! Let’s have a good representation of Eta State sisters presenting! Session strands include Technology, 21st Century Teaching and Learning, Personal and Professional Growth, and DKG Society. Sessions may be scheduled on Thursday, Friday or Saturday so you can indicate which day you will be available to present. Find the proposal form at https://www.dkg.org/ content/2015-breakout-session-proposal-form. Applications are due January 10, 2015. Email them to Becky Sadowski, SE Regional Director, at [email protected]. The SE Regional will be held at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort and Spa, July 15-18, 2015.
Hope to see you there!
UPDATE YOUR EMAIL WITH DKG If you have changed your email address, please update with DKG International. Go to the online Change of Address form www.dkg.org/content/change-address-form-27-word-interactive
) and update your membership record.
Local Delta Rho Scholarship Information The local application can be found at www.deltarhosanfordnc.weebly.com
Delta Rho Beginning Life with Books Spelling Bee
March 25, 2015 Lee County Civic Center
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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
International Website: www.dkg.org
Eta 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
LEROY (Leadership Experiences
Relevant to Others and Yourself)
A leader’s number one goal is to develop future leaders, not followers.
“Happy Holidays” from Leroy the Leadership Guy
A leader’s number one goal is to develop future leaders, not followers.
“Happy Holidays” from Leroy the Leadership Guy
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