The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Eta State – North Carolina, Region VII Chi Chapter – High Point & Thomasville, S Guilford & NE Davidson Counties

Keyn tes for Chi _______________________________________________________________________ Vol. 68, No. 6 March 2018 _______________________________________________________________________

GREETINGS CHI SISTERS,

Tuesday, April 24 we will gather for the Spring

Banquet, Initiation, and Induction for Beta Omicron,

Beta Xi, and Chi Chapters of Delta Kappa Gamma.

On this evening we will hear from our past Eta State

NC President, Shelia Groves and be introduced to our

Alice Armfield Grant-In-Aid recipient from High

Point University. We’ll welcome five new Chi sisters

and install our officers for the new Biennium.

We continue to remember our New Year's

Resolutions: 1. Take better care of myself; by

enjoying time in nature, walking, talking and laughing

daily 2. Learn something new; by taking part in a

variety of Convention sessions and by participating in

the summer Leadership Seminar 3. Share with

others; by taking part in the Convention project

through monetary donations for Region VI students,

teachers, and families still feeling the effects of

Hurricane Matthew. Make checks and money orders

payable to United Way of Roberson County. Give

your donations to me by Wednesday, April 25, to be

taken to convention.

Spring sweet glorious Spring!

Up Coming Dates:

*April 1 Early bird registration deadline for Eta

State Convention April 27-29, Charlotte.

Registration increases $10 after April 1. If you can't

go for the entire convention think about going for just

Saturday. One day registration is only $20 by April 1.

Go with another “Chi sister”. Register at

www.ncdkg@org 2018 State Convention

Registration.

*May 1 deadline for Lucile Cornetet Individual

Professional Development Awards

Working Chapter members who need financial

assistance to participate in professional development

opportunities not sponsored by DKG should consider

applying for a Lucile Cornetet Individual Award for

Professional Development. The Award is granted to

educators to participate in professional seminars,

workshops, lecture series, national board certification

(initial certification only), on-line courses, and other

non-degree programs. For more details and to apply,

visit www.dkgef.org and click on the “Apply” tab.

*June 22 Summer Leaders' Training (Time and

Location in Greensboro TBD) for new chapter

officers. It’s important that all officers be present!

*July 1, 2018-2020 Biennium begins

Mary B. Gordon, President

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Spring Banquet

Tuesday,

April 24, 2018 6:00 to 8:30 PM

Green Street Baptist Church 303 N Rotary Drive High Point, NC

Menu Something Special Chicken

Cran-Orange Pork Tenderloin Garlic mashed potatoes

Baked Apples, Whole green beans, and Belgium glazed carrots

Garden Salad Bar Yeast Rolls and Butter

Coffee, Tea, Water Assorted Desserts

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Treasurer’s Report

The bank figures as of March 20, 2018:

Community Checking $3542.91

Business Money Rate Savings 1322.19

Nancy Tucker, Treasurer

Member News

Happy Birthday to:

April: 10 – Julia Ebel 18 – Renee Faenza 22 – Taylor Peele

May: 01 – Sarah Finch 04 – Mary Gordon 05 – Karen Jobe 06 – Pat Davis 14 – Chaynel Blake-Nichols 23 – Sylvia Eaglin 30 – Heidi Cadmus

Martha Alley's sister, Janet Wooten passed away on

March 14 in Statesville. Please keep Martha and her

family in your thoughts and prayers.

Judy Gecinger and her husband have been traveling.

After a week in Williamsburg, VA, they celebrated

their daughter’s 50th

birthday with family at Kingston

Plantation in Myrtle Beach, SC. Then it was off to

Washington, D.C. for a week.

Betty Mayer’s oldest grandson, Kyle Mayer, a senior

at Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Arkansas

has been named a 2018 National Merit Scholarship

Finalist. Congratulations.

Membership News

Five deserving educators have accepted our invitation

to membership. Our prospective new members are:

Susan Fleenor – High Point Central H. S.

Darla Mintz – Thomasville Primary School

Gayle Brookbank – retired

Lyn Chandler – retired

Michelle Petersen – retired

These ladies attended a lovely membership

information reception on Wednesday, February 21 at

Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. They

also participated in a joint orientation session with

two other High Point DKG chapters on Thursday,

March 22 at GTCC.

We look forward to welcoming these professional

women as Chi sisters. Initiation will be held at our

Spring Banquet. Please plan to attend and meet our

newest members.

Betty Mayer, Membership

Educational Law and Policy

Thank you for taking the time to complete the 2018

Educational Law and Policy Issues Survey. Please

click HERE to complete the survey, if you have not

already done so.

Kay Tucker Chairman, Ed Law and Policy

Chi sisters wait to greet prospective members.

Mary Ann Hart with her nominee,

Michelle Peterson

Susan Fleenor, Lyn Chandler, & Gayle Brookbank fill out information sheets

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Registration Open for

International Convention

Plans are being shared about convention speakers,

state photo times, tour hours, and registration for the

International Convention in Austin, Texas, this

summer (July 16 – 20, 2018). Check out the details on

the convention page of the DKG website. Registration

is now open!

Rising Star Nominee

Karen Jobe

Chi Chapter is pleased to nominate Karen Jobe for the

Rising Star Award. Karen is moving into the office of

President for Chi next year after being initiated into

Delta Kappa Gamma in 2014. During her time with

Chi she has readily taken on new positions. She has

planned programs of interest, enjoyable socials and

developed our electronic invitations. Even with

volunteering at her church, planning a daughter's

wedding, keeping up with three grandchildren, and

her many duties at school, she made Chi a priority.

Karen has many leadership skills as evidenced by

numerous positions she has held professionally

through her sixteen years of teaching. In addition to

raising two daughters, she has completed her Masters

of Education. At present she holds the position of

Grade Level Chair for the Kindergarten of her school,

which consists of ten classrooms. She has

successfully held this position numerous times.

Through the years she has worked as a mentor to new

teachers in her building both on and off her grade

level. She has been an active, contributing member on

the Parade of Excellence Committee and the

Multicultural Committee for her school. As the

Assessment Representative in her building, she will

be training the kindergarten teachers on the NCK-3

Formative K Assessment.

Golden Key Nominee

Betty Mayer

It is with pleasure Chi Chapter nominates Betty

Mayer for the Golden Key award. Betty is a behind-

the- scenes, unassuming individual. She works

tirelessly and meticulously to increase our

membership and to encourage actively- teaching

members as well as retired members. She seems to

have found the key to membership growth for our

chapter, an area that plagues chapters across this state.

She facilitated Chi's initiation of seven new members

in 2017, and five new members are being prepared for

initiation in 2018. Betty organized Chi members to

help a newly-initiated chapter member shelve 1200

books at her new school library in two days. She has

coordinated visits to reserve members in their homes,

organized and helped to deliver “Welcome Back”

bags to actively-employed members, had Gift Bag

lotteries at meetings to promote chapter spirit, and

helped to deliver “Thank You” bags to eighteen new

teachers. She works closely with the president and

other chapter chairs. Betty's focus on the various

aspects of membership makes her the “backbone” of

our chapter.

Betty exhibited these same leadership and

organizational skills while teaching. She was

Chairman of High Point Central's Mathematics

Department for ten years and a volunteer mathematics

tutor for The Academy at Central for two years. She

won Teacher of the Year and the Excellence in

Mathematics Teaching Award. She also sat on

Guilford County Schools Business Advisory Board

for Science and Mathematics. She continues her

relationship with students as a private tutor for

advanced mathematics students.

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Society Name Change

among Constitutional

Amendments

Do you think changes in the Constitution at the

International Convention are not of interest to you?

Then, you need to read your Mar/Apr 2018 DKG

News. One of the proposals up for adoption is a

change in the name from The Delta Kappa Gamma

Society International to Women Educators

International (DKG). State organizations will be

named by geographical areas and each chapter will be

named by the state organization. These changes and

more are part of a rebranding of the organization

proposed to allow the organization to promote itself

based on who we are, not who we were, while

honoring our past. Read all the changes in the DKG

News.

Sylvia led a discussion on

Chi Chapter Standing Rule changes.

Minutes CHI CHAPTER-Delta Kappa Gamma

Saturday, March 3, 2018 The Claddagh Restaurant, High Point, NC

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

The following 19 members were present: Mary

Gordon, Karen Jobe, Kayla Mabe, Nancy Tucker, Sylvia

Eaglin, Sarah Finch, Betsy Hodge, Betty Mayer, Kathy

Smith, Martha Wade, Ann Wyche, Martha Alley,

Renee Faenza, Judith Gecinger, Ann Harris, Mary Ann

Hart, Linda Millen, Anne Sheffield, and Kay Tucker.

President Mary Gordon read "Expectations" from the

Apples and Chalkdust book.

A quorum was established.

Members read the Chapter Collect.

President Mary Gordon explained $20 convention

drawings. Members who are going to the ETA state

convention for the first time were placed in the

drawing. Three member's names were drawn to

receive $20 towards their convention fee.

President Gordon reminded members that the state

convention is on April 27 - April 29 and the

registration fee is due April 1st.

President Gordon recognized member milestones -

Kathy Smith and Martha Wade have been members

for 45 years, Sarah Finch 40 years, Anne Sheffield 20

years, and Debbie Rosenquist 15 years.

The Coordinating Council report was presented.

President Gordon announced the 2018 Grant in Aid

recipient High Point University is Madison Houser. She

graduates May 2019 with a BA in Mathematics with a

Secondary Education License.

Tri-Chapter New Member Orientation-Thursday,

March 22, 2018 5:00 PM-6:00PM GTCC South Main,

Building H-5, Room 310. All sponsors and new

members are expected to attend.

Region VII Director Mary Beth Daily will be moving to

State Membership Chair. Peggy Stuart will become

the new Region VII Director.

Sarah Finch's name will be replaced with Anne

Sheffield’s on the February 3rd minutes in regards to

volunteering to help create carts for the High Point

Museum. Then the minutes were approved.

President Gordon reviewed the High Point Museum

requests. Anne Sheffield moved that we create carts

for them. Sylvia Eaglin seconded the motion and it

was passed.

President Gordon reminded us that $18 is due to

Nancy Tucker by March 24th for the spring banquet.

Betty Mayer reported that the new member

reception was a success and recognized members

who attended and/or donated to the reception. She

announced the new members and their sponsors.

Betty Mayer reminded us that the Spring Banquet and

Initiation will be on Tuesday, April 24th at 6:00PM -

8:30PM at Green Street Baptist Church. Sponsors and

new members need to be there by 5:30PM.

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President Gordon recognized Karen Jobe as the Rising

Star Award nominee and Betty Mayer as the Golden

Key Award nominee for Chi Chapter.

Sylvia Eaglin asked for volunteers for the Reading

Connection table on Tuesday, May 8th 8:00 -9:00AM.

Linda Millen explained the process of mini grants and

announced that Karen Jobe received $69.99 and Kayla

Mabe received $60.00. Karen Jobe shared that she

bought Hot Dot books and Hot Dot pens for her

classroom. Kayla Mabe shared that she bought a

portable CD player, headphones, and books with CDs

for her classroom listening center. Sarah Finch

announced that pictures of Karen Jobe and Kayla

Mabe and a description of what they purchased with

their mini grants were in the Thomasville Times.

Kay Tucker reminded members that the Eta State

Legislative Issues Survey 2018 is due April 23rd.

The $2.00 bragging rights basket was passed around.

Sylvia Eaglin passed out Chi Chapter Standing Rules

and the explanation of changes. Each change was

discussed and voted on. Anne Sheffield moved that

the Standing Rules be approved, Mary Gordon

seconded, and the changes were accepted. Sylvia

Eaglin volunteered to type up the rules with changes

and email them to everyone.

New officers were announced. The new Co-Presidents

are Karen Jobe and Kayla Mabe, Vice President Mary

Ann Hart, Nancy Tucker will remain Treasurer,

Secretary Sylvia Eaglin, Betty Mayer will remain

Membership Chairman, and Anne Sheffield will

remain Communications Chairman.

President Mary Gordon presented the program "The

Happy Heart" explaining that members need to focus

on their health especially the heart. Members are

encouraged to exercise 30 minutes a day 5 days a

week, stretch, and meditate. Information on 9 Heart

Healthy Exercises, free fitness apps, meditation, and

yoga were available for members.

Betty Mayer announced that $85 was raised during

the meeting through fundraisers. Ann Harris won the

apple bread gift bag and Martha Alley won the

strawberry bread gift bag.

Sylvia Eaglin led us in the Delta Kappa Gamma song.

Mary Gordon adjourned the meeting.

Martha and Ann won the gift bags.

Calling All Singers!

The Charlotte Celebration is nearing. If anyone is

planning to sing in the convention chorus (our chapter gets

points for participation), Sara Massey, director, has

emailed the music for us to print and learn; I can email it

to you. I also have several black notebooks for anyone

who needs one. sylviaeaglin@gmail.com

Eta State Upcoming Events

Apr. 27-29, 2018 - Eta State NC Convention, University Hilton, Charlotte, NC July 16-20, 2018 - DKG International Convention, JW Marriott, Austin, TX June 27-29, 2019 - Southeastern Regional Conference, Crown Plaza, Asheville, NC

Contacts

Chi Website

Eta State Website

DKG International Website

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