Beta Tau Chapter 67 of the Del ta Kappa Gam ma Societ y In ternat ional Area V I

Alpha Sta te , Texas

The October meeting at Casa Navarro was very enlightening. I had never visited Casa

Navarro, home of José Antonio Navarro. Zeta Beta’s Clementia “Clemmie” Rodriquez’s

presentation was very informative. Did you know?

Along with Stephen F. Austin, José Navarro is considered one of the founding fathers of Texas.

He is one of three Mexican signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. He was the sole Hispanic representative at an 1845 convention that led Texas to

statehood. Alamo hero James Bowie was his nephew.

These are just a few bits of info about Mr. Navarro. If you were unable to attend the

October meeting, add Casa Navarro to your list of historical places to see in San Antonio.

For more information and pictures from the October meeting see pages 4 and 7 in this

month’s Dialogue.

The November 12th meeting will take place at the DoSeum, San Antonio’s Museum for

Kids, located on Broadway. Quoting from the DoSeum’s website, “For the safety of all

our visitors, all children must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older, and all

adults must be accompanied by a child 10 years or younger.” Arline and Loretta have

arranged a free tour of the Doseum for our Beta Tau membership at 5:00 o’clock. Regular admission fee is $11 with educators receiving a $1 discount.

In other news, our new chapter bylaws, finally, receive a 2/3s vote for approval. A copy

of Beta Tau’s revised bylaws was sent to Mandy Story, Texas State Organization bylaws

committee chair, for approval. Keep your fingers crossed!!

Remember this issue is a November-December issue and our Silver Scholarship Tea will

be on Sunday, December 8th at 2:00 p.m. in the clubhouse at the Independence Village in

Stone Oak. The purpose of the Silver Scholarship Tea is to raise funds for Beta Tau’s local scholarships. These scholarship monies support scholarships for our current

members and for future educators seeking their degrees.

If you are interested in applying for a professional development scholarship for yourself or

know a deserving young lady worthy of our chapter’s support, fill out the application on

page 6 and submit to Brenda Krueger, scholarship chair.

Have a blessed and thankful holiday season.

Volume 24, Issue 3

November-December 2015

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Beta Tau Dialogue

November Meeting Info 2

December Meeting Info 2

Save The Date 3

Clemmie Rodriguez 4

Galápagos Islands 5

2018 International Convention 5

Scholarship Application 6

Photos 7

Birthdays 8

Beta Tau Chapter

San Antonio, Texas

Beta Tau Dialog

Rose Bradley - Editor debra_bradley@sbcglobal.net

2102 Copper Hill San Antonio, TX 78232

210-884-0082

Rose’s Reflections by Debra Rose Bradley Beta Tau President

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Let’s Tour The Doseum

San Antonio’s Museum for Kids!! November 12th at 5:00 p.m.

2800 Broadway Across From Lion’s Field

Admission & Parking Free!

After the tour, dinner and a business meeting will be at La Madeline - 4820 Broadway.

Silver Scholarship Tea

December 6th, 2015

2:00 p.m.

CLUB HOUSE at independence village

At stone oak

20550 huebner road

San Antonio, TX 78205

All Monies Collected At the Silver Scholarship Tea Support Beta Tau’s Scholarship Program

If you signed up to be a hostess, with Cynthia Kosub, don’t forget to bring your item. Not sure if you signed up to bring a dish contact Cynthia at cynkosub@gmail.com

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The DoSeum, San Antonio’s Museum for Kids

Thursday, November 12, 2015

5:00 p.m.

Business Meeting

2800 Broadway

San Antonio, TX 78209

Dinner: La Madeleine

4820 Broadway

San Antonio, TX 78209

“Silver Scholarship Tea”

Initiation of New Members

Sunday, December 6, 2015

2:00 p.m.

Clubhouse at Independence Village

at Stone Oak

20550 Huebner Road

San Antonio, TX 78258

“Happy 80th Birthday Beta Tau”

World Fellowship/Joint Meeting with Epsilon Beta

Saturday, January 16, 2016

11:00 a.m.

Business Meeting

The Silo Restaurant

434 N. Loop 1604 W

San Antonio, TX 78232

210-483-8989

DKG Girl Scout Badge – Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas

San Antonio Coordinating Council

Humane Society Awareness Project

Saturday, February 13, 2016

10:00 a.m.

Sally Cheever Girl Scout Leadership Center

811 N. Coker Loop

San Antonio, TX 78216

210-349-2404

Lunch: Alamo Cafe

Pioneer Teacher and Master Educator Awards

Salad and Dessert Supper

Thursday, March 10, 2016

5:00 p.m.

Business Meeting

NEISD Community Learning Center

8750 Tesoro Dr.

San Antonio, TX 78217

210-407-0140

“Mission(s) Accomplished”

UNESCO World Heritage Designation

Saturday, April 16, 2016

11:00 a.m.

La Fonda at Alamo Heights

8633 Crownhill Blvd

San Antonio, TX 78209

Founders’ Day Luncheon - April 30, 2016

2:00 p.m – 4:00 p.m. (Location TBA)

Fall Area 6 Workshop - September 17, 2016

Uvalde, Texas

(Location TBA)

SAVE THE DATE

BETA TAU MEETINGS 2015-2016

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Clementia “Clemmie” Rodriquez holds a B.S. in biology and chemistry; M.A. in biological

sciences; M.A. in child psychology and guidance. She

received the Texas and National Outstanding Biology

Teacher award. Then twenty years later, she received the

Texas and National Outstanding counselor award. Her

peers and colleagues nominated her for both awards.

After 40 years in education, she retired and continues to

serve her community with her involvement as a mentor

and reader at several elementary schools; active in her

church as an Eucharistic Minister; and volunteers at the

Northside ISD school museum. To date she is a 10-gallon

donor of blood and platelets.

Clemmie makes presentations statewide on the book,

“José Antonio Navarro – In Search of the American

Dream in Nineteenth-Century Texas.” She is a member of the Casa Navarro Museum board, PDK member for 35

years, active member of Delta Kappa Gamma Zeta Beta

Chapter for 38 years and has edited seven cookbooks.

Thank you Clemmie for taking your time and sharing your

knowledge of Casa Navarro at Beta Tau’s October meeting.

Lola Hill Introduces Clementia “Clemmie” Rodriguez

Door Prize Winner!

Clemmie signs a copy of the Navarro book for Suzette Price.

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87th Texas State Convention

Frisco Convention Center

Frisco, Texas

June 23-25, 2016

2018 International Convention in TEXAS!!

Texas will be the host for the 2018 DKG International Convention to be held in Austin, Texas. WOW! What an

opportunity for our state and all the wonderful DKG chapters in Texas. The convention site is the JW Marriott and the

dates are July 16-20, 2018.

If any Beta Tau members are interested in helping with this endeavor, please contact the convention chair JoAnn

Brooks, at joannbrooks@verizon.net.

Just returned from a fabulous trip to the Galápagos Islands.

I snorkeled with beautiful fish, sea lions, sharks yikes!!,

stingrays and sea turtles.

This is a beautiful place that I hope continues to be

protected! Mother Nature is awesome!

Galápagos

Islands

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Beta Tau Chapter

Educational & professional development

Scholarship Application

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

Texas State Organization

Name and address of institution or title of professional development you plan to attend, including dates:

Personal Data

Name:

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Last First Middle

Mailing Address:

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Street City Zip

Telephone Home: _____________________________________________________________

Telephone Cell: _____________________________________________________________

Email: ___________________________________________________________________________

Current Professional Assignment:

__________________________________________________________________

Provide a statement of purpose and/or area of professional development, including specific goals.

I state all the information included in the Beta Tau Scholarship application is true and complete.

SIGNATURE of Applicant Date

CONVENTION PHOTOS

To See More Photos From The

86th TSO Convention Click Below:

2015 Convention Photo Album

Leaving Casa Navarro and Headed to Pico de Gallo for Lunch

Suzette Price, Scotta Williams, Kathy Jeffcoat, Arline Patterson, Frances Fair, Cemmie Rodriguez, Carolyn

Dahlgren, Jeanette Pierce, Lola Hill, and Jane Kernaghan.

See Anyone You Recognize?

The mural at Pico de Gallo tests your knowledge of Mexican-American history and San Antonio’s Latin culture heritage.

Tech Tip Time

Arline Patterson demonstrated several helpful apps

at the October meeting.

If cursive writing is not taught in school, how will students read handwritten historical documents?

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Mission Statement

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes

professional and personal growth of women educators and

excellence in education.

We’re on the Web!

http://deltakappagamma.org/

TX-betatau/

Vision Statement

Leading Women Educators Impacting Education Worldwide

BETA TAU OFFICERS

PRESIDENT Debra Rose Bradley

1st CO-VICE PRESIDENT Loretta Huddleston

1st CO-VICE PRESIDENT Arline Patterson

2nd VICE PRESIDENT Cynthia Kosub

TREASURER Scotta Williams

RECORDING SECRETARY Kathy Jeffcoat

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Marilyn Weinecke

PARLIAMENTARIAN Dorothy Bankhead

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