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President’s Message
Sisters, Tis’ the season! The holidays are approaching, and there seems to be some excitement in the air. I hope you are all enjoying every minute of it as we celebrated Thanksgiving, a precious time for celebrating family and friends. Speaking of celebrating, at our October meeting, we spent time reflecting on who we are as a chapter. The strengths of our chapter were echoed in phrases such as “diversity of educational areas,” “kind and supporting,” “active members,” “dedication,” and “thoughtful.” “Outreach” and “philanthropy” were also used to describe our chapter. We have so many things to celebrate! As we near the holiday season, I encourage and chal-lenge us all to give back and continue to be committed to our profession. Commitment and giving back are themes for our December meeting. Our next meeting is only a week away, and I look forward to seeing you all. The December “Christmas Auction” is always one of my favorite events of the year. We get to fellowship and have fun, all while raising money for our scholarships for beginning teachers. The Monroe group is hosting this won-derful annual tradition at Cuthbertson High School and we will begin at 9:00 that morning. Please bring some of your favorite goodies to auction as we join together to support our new educators. I encourage you to also invite a friend who you might like to see join our sisterhood. As we strive to increase chapter membership, this is a great event to introduce friends to Delta Kap-pa Gamma and allow us to meet potential members. Let us all share our pride in our organization through this event! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and look forward to seeing you on December 3 at 9:00! In Sisterly Love,
Kim
Inside this issue:
Upcoming Events 2
Hotel Registration 2
Eta State Message 3
Eta State Scholarships 3
AZ Committees 4
AZ Dues Due 5
Educ. Law Update 6
Volume 61 , Issue 3
November 2016
From A to Z The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International—For Key Women Educators
Alpha Zeta Chapter
Eta State
North Carolina
Region VIII
Mecklenburg and Union Counties
PRESIDENT:
DR. KIM
SCHROEDER
EDITOR:
DEB CHRISTENSEN
Send in your Alpha
Zeta News!
Please email any information
you’d like to share with your
sisters-for example; weddings,
births, graduations, celebra-
tions, conferences attended,
special recognitions, etc.
Please email your information
to Deb at the email listed
above.
December Meeting Information
When: Saturday, December 3, 2016 Time: 9:00 am Where: Cuthbertson High School, 1400 Cuthbertson Rd, Waxhaw, NC 28173 Cost: $6.00 per person RSVP: Contact Lisa Stephens by email at [email protected] or by phone at 260-414-2093 Hostess Group: Monroe Program: Grant in Aid Auction. Bring your items and money to bid!
December 15, 2016—Deadline for submissions to Collegial Exchange January 1, 2017—Arts and Humanities Gallery submission window opens (be preparing now!) January 10, 2017—Eta State News deadline January 15, 2017—Deadline to apply for the Eta State News Editor position; application is now online. January 25, 2017—Workshop Proposals for the 2017 Eta State NC Convention due February 1, 2017—Deadline for applications for Lucile Cornetet Individual Professional Development Awards February 1, 2017—Scholarship Applications due for both Eta State and DKG Internation-al February 4, 2017 — Alpha Zeta Chapter Meeting at 10:00 am April 1.2017—Alpha Zeta Chapter Meeting at 10:00 am April 28 - 30, 2017—Eta State Convention, Hilton Wilmington Riverside, Wilmington, NC July 19-22, 2017—Southeast Regional Conference, Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle Beach, SC September 30, 2016-NC DKG Educational Foundation grant applications due
Schools for Africa Fundraiser
At the October meeting, water bottles were distributed to everyone and this was for an important fundraiser.
After you’ve drank the water, keep the bottle and cut a hole in the side for change. Collect your dimes and then turn in your full bottle at a later meeting and all the money will go to Schools for Africa.
So keep hydrated and save your change for a good cause.
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Mission
Statement The Delta Kappa
Gamma Society
International pro-
motes profession-
al and personal
growth of women
educators and ex-
cellence in educa-
tion.
Elevator Speech
Delta Kappa Gam-ma is an interna-
tional honor socie-ty of women edu-cators, which en-
courages and sup-ports professional
growth through legislative efforts,
conferences, workshops, and offers scholar-
ships to members and future educa-
tors.
Theme
“85 Years and Be-
yond: Advancing
Key Women Edu-
cators for Life.”
Breakout sessions presenters for the 2017 convention in Wilmington are being sought.
The proposal form is online on the convention webpage.
Proposals are due January 25, 2017. Send them to First Vice-President Connie Savell at
mcdpm59@ gmail.com or 206 N. Roxford Road, Kings Mountain, NC 28086.
Proposals should fall into one of the four focus strands—Technology, Teaching and
Learning, Personal Growth, or DKG Society.
Workshop Proposal Form is Online
Upcoming Events
January
13 Peggy Harris
23 Katie Perry
December
4 Helen Rose
18 Stephanie Ferron
Happy Birthday!
Eta State President Sheila’s Message
@SheilaVGroves1
https://www.facebook.com/groups/EtaState/
Something to think about…
Early in October, Hurricane Matthew moved up the coast of North Carolina bringing damaging winds and
flooding to our eastern counties. Regional Directors and Chapter Presidents reached out to members in the
affected areas offering help. Delta Kappa Gamma Emergency Fund money was made available to those
who were eligible. DKG sisters from other states contacted me to ask if we were ok.
That’s genuine spiritual fellowship!
Thinking about others and supporting important causes, like the Emergency Fund, are part of our Society.
State and chapter initiatives give assistance to a variety of projects and individuals. During this month of
“Thanksgiving” consider making a contribution to an Eta State Fund or the NC DKG Educational Foundation.
The benefits are many, for the receiver as well as the giver.
How will we pay it forward?
Sheila
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Eta State Scholarships Available
Eta State NC awards scholarships annually. This year the Scholarship Committee will be awarding the $4000
Gilbert-McNairy Scholarship and $1,000 in additional scholarships or grants depending on applicant requests
and qualifications.
Learn more about the process and download the ap-plication from the forms page at http://www.ncdkg. org/
forms.html.
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Communication/Publicity/Newsletter
Deb Christensen
Sylvia Little-Sweat
Frankie Ritch
Stephanie Ferron Scholarship
Helen Rose
Beverly Christopher
Jane Clawson
Sara Miller
Tommie Wall
Parliamentarian
Frances Davis
Finance
Lisa Stephens
Judy Cline Educational Excellence Committee
Linda Klein
Jean Davis
Peggy Harris
Phyllis Medlin Membership Expansion/Nominations
Rachel Clarke
Grace Faris
Manetta Latham
Diana Sweezy
Alpha Zeta Committees
Convention Hotel is Filling Quickly
Eta Sate NC 2017 Convention is still five months away, but
the convention hotel is filling quickly! Make your reservations
now!
The Hilton Wilmington Riverside Hotel will be the site of the
convention April 28-30, 2017. Make your room reservations
at http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/ groups/personalized/I/
ILMNCHF-DKG-20170427/index.jhtml? WT.mc_id=POG.
Deadline for the group rate is March 27, 2017.
Leadership Development/Beginning Teacher Support
Kathy Glasheen
Mercedes Cass
Joy Hilder
Diane Maye World Fellowship/Global Awareness/DKG/UN Relationships
Peggy Griffin
Kathleen Perry Fine Art/Impacting Personal and Professional Pride
Joyce Reed
Louise Napier
Alice Coleman
Janie Collins
Margaret Kinney US Forum/Educational Law and Policy
Sarah Harrison-Burns
Taura Napier
Amee Odom
Wilmington’s historic Bellamy Mansion
Buy a Brick, Pave the Way
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Build DKG memories by buying a paving brick in honor or memory of
someone or to celebrate your chapter as part of the “Pave the Way for
DKG Memories” project to raise money for Headquarters. Bricks may be
engraved with up to three lines of 18 characters each. The cost per brick is
$125.
Forms can be found on the Eta State NC website at http://www.ncdkg. org/
uploads/8/0/8/5/ 80859646/ 2016pavetheway.png.
Mail forms and payments to Eta State NC Treasurer Ruth Jones at 3607 Wyneston Road, Greenville, NC
27858.
Applications for the Lucile Cornetet Award for Professional Development—Individual will be
due Feb. 1, 2017. This money can be used for conferences, seminars, national certifications
(and renewals) or any non-degree seeking programs. Learn more on the DKG Educational
Foundation website.
Individual Professional Development Funds Available
Alpha Zeta Dues Due!
Did you pay your dues? If not, they must be paid by the December meeting. Our dues are $76.00. Make checks payable to Alpha Zeta. If you can’t attend the meeting, mail your check to: Lisa Stephens 5728 Verrazano Drive, Waxhaw, NC. 28173
We continue to support and collect
items for Bright Blessings. Here are
a few items on their wish list:
Shampoo
Body Wash
Deodorant
Bar of soap
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Lip Balm
Bright Blessings
Pocket-size Tissues
Washcloths
Small Hand Lotion
Small Fleece Blankets
Stuffed Animals
Filler Paper
Spiral Notebooks
Composition Notebooks
#2 Pencils
Crayons
Ruler
Calculator
Blue/Black Ink Pens
Highlighters
Small Puzzles
Activity Books
Please no hotel samples or peanut prod-
ucts!
Bring your donations to the meeting!
LaRue Perry
In the updated member directory, there was an error in the mailing address for LaRue Perry. Please update your directory with this correct address. 2615 Selwyn Ave., Apt 104 Charlotte, NC 28209
Alpha Zeta Member News
Time to Introduce Yourself
By: Susan Phipps, Chair, Educational Law & Policy Committee
Now that the election is complete and next year’s “long session” of the NC General Assembly is still a couple
months away, this is the perfect time to contact your state Senator and Representative. Fort your state Sena-
tor and Representative. For some, this will be a new person, so it is even more important in this case to
make an early contact. We would like each member to introduce herself to both representatives and share
your vision of what an excellent NC education system would look like.
The best way to make this contact is by calling their local offices in your area to make an appointment to chat
about the importance of a strong public school system in North Car-olina. Another good way is to email your
representatives.
To find out who represents you, go to the NC Legislature website and at the top of the page click on “Who
Represents Me?” Click your county on the map and there is your representative. In your email, try to have a
clever subject line to make sure the email is opened and read. To review DKG’s important educational is-
sues, go to ncdkg.org. click on “Leadership” and then “Committees” to choose the Educational Law & Policy
Committee. There you will find a White Paper about our issues and other important information.
Once our Senators and Representatives go to Raleigh in late January, it is harder to get an appointment with
them due to many committee meetings and floor sessions, not to mention a lot of travel time on your part to
get to Raleigh. Early bird gets the worm! Yum! Go for it!
Important Websites
www.dkg.org
www.ncdkg.org
www.alphazetanc.weebly.com
The winter edition of Eta State News is now available. Enjoy the news from North Carolina.
http://www.ncdkg.org/uploads/8/0/8/5/80859646/esnwinter2016color.pdf
http://www.ncdkg.org/uploads/8/0/8/5/80859646/esnwinter2016bw.pdf (B & W copy)
Eta State News
Tech Tip
Research has shown that teens have difficulty discerning fake news from
real news. Help the teens you know understand how to tell the difference.
Here’s suggestions from FactCheck.org: http://
www.factcheck.org/2016/11/how-to-spot-fake-news/. This may not qualify
as a true tech tip but it seems timely!
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