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. 63, No. 2 September 2012 _______________________________________________________________________

DEAR CHI SISTERS,

As your president, I was very thrilled to see all

of you at dinner and for the meeting. If you

were unable to attend the meeting, we missed

you and would love to see you at our October

meeting. Please feel free to invite a friend or a

prospective member to this joint meeting with

Beta Omicron and Beta Xi. We will be hosting

two special guests; our Eta State president,

Linda Little, and our new regional director, Dr.

Angela Kern, will be visiting with us. The

program promises to be an outstanding one:

Tyronna Hooker, the 2011-2012 North Carolina

Teacher of the Year, will be our speaker. Each

chapter will be having a business meeting

following the general meeting.

Thank you for being willing to contribute

your time and talents to our projects and

programs. Your help is very much appreciated

in providing refreshments for our October

meeting, volunteering for Kids Voting,

providing school supplies for beginning

teachers, and attending our session for making

pin holders.

Sylvia Eaglin and I will be attending the

Fall Executive Board Meeting scheduled for

Saturday, September 22, at Elon University. In

the November chapter newsletter, we will share

some the important Eta State business that

might affect our chapter. In the afternoon, we

will have an opportunity to become more

acquainted with our new regional director, Dr.

Angela Kern.

North Carolina Eta State President,

Linda Little, wrote about the Delta Kappa

Gamma Social Network in her September

message, posted on the Eta State website. I feel

that some of our members might be interested in

finding out more about this network that

International has launched. Our President wants

us to be aware of this connection to chapter

members all over the world.

Follow each of these steps:

1. Go to www.dkg.org

2. Click on 'DKG Network'

3. Click on 'log on'

4. Enter your email address

5. Use a password you can easily remember

and start or join a group to discover meaningful

networking.

I hope to see all of you at our October meeting.

Sarah Finch, President sgfinch@triad.rr.com

October Meeting

Tuesday, October 2 High Point Public Library

6:00 Refreshments 6:30 Meeting

Tyronna Hooker, NC Teacher of the Year

Remember: Refreshments to Library by 5:15,

Check for dues, Beads For Life Sale, Invite a Friend!

School Supplies for THAT

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Treasurer’s Report

Below are the latest bank figures for Chi Chapter:

Interest Checking $ 2,356.07 Money Market Shares 840.01 Shares 26.87 Share Term Certificate 1,000.00

The certificate renewed on 9/5/12 at 0.750%. It matures on 9/5/13. Interest to date for 2012 is $7.52.

Dues should be paid at our first meeting or mailed to:

Nancy Tucker, Chi Chapter Treasurer 4139 Waterview Road High Point, NC 27265

no later than October 15, 2012.

Active dues are $85 and Reserve dues are $35.

Nancy Tucker, Treasurer

Member News

Happy Birthday to:

October: 01 – Anne Sheffield 02 – Kathy Smith 08 – Susan Sumpter 16 – Betsy Hodge 19 – Nancy Tucker 19 – Kitty Winklosky 25 – Judy Gecinger 29 – Phyllis McCoy

November: 01 – Vicki Hayes 02 – Martha Hayes

In Memoriam

Our chapter mourns the loss of our friend and sister

Nell Hedrick (11/6/1919 – 9/21/2012)

Please contact Sarah for information regarding the funeral service.

Educational Excellence

Committee

Hello ladies! I am excited to report that our first round of sales with the Bead For Life program brought in $733 to go to the women and children of Uganda! We will be featuring this jewelry at our meeting on Oct 2 at the High Point Public Library and I will also have several more sales at my home before Christmas. GTCC will also be hosting Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, author of A School for My Village, on November 7, 2012 at noon in Koury Auditorium on the Jamestown Campus. I still have 2 copies of the book if you are interested in reading it. Mr. Kaguri will also be at the library in downtown Greensboro on November 7, 2012 at 7pm. Our website is really taking shape. If there is anything that you would like added to the website just let me know. I look forward to seeing everyone at the Oct. 2 meeting.

Tonya Welch, VP

Tonya demonstrating our Chi Website

Beginning Teacher Support Chi members donated many school supplies to beginning teachers during the month of September. Items included office supplies, such as pens, pencils, notebook paper, post it notes, as well as teacher oriented goodies like stickers, bulletin board items and certificates. The new teachers were very appreciative to receive these items. Thanks to GTCC for donating shoulder totes for these teachers and to the members that contributed to the supplies. Bags were distributed to the following local schools: The Academy at Lincoln, Thomasville Primary, Central High School, and Oakview, Montlieu, and Trinity Elementary Schools.

Christin Frank, Beginning Teacher Support

Christin with New Teacher Bags

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Membership News

We are happy to welcome Mrs. Kitty Winklosky as

a new member of Chi. She was a previous member

of DKG and decided to affiliate with our chapter.

Retired from Guilford Schools, Kitty has been an

educator for over 30 years. She was awarded a

Master’s Degree in Education with a concentration

in reading.

In August the Membership Committee delivered

gift bags to all Chi members who are still involved

in teaching. We hope that you have gotten off to a

good start.

Remember to invite a prospective new member to

the October 2nd

meeting. Let me know ahead of

time the name of your guest so I can make name

tags and recognize them during the meeting. A copy

of the Recommendation for Membership Form can

be found at website www.dkg.org (go to Forms -

Membership – form 11) or contact me. There is

also a copy of the Chi Chapter Brochure on our

website with important information about our

chapter. This would be a good pamphlet to print

and give to prospective members.

See you October 2nd

and don’t forget to wear your

pin to qualify for a door prize.

Betty Mayer, Membership 336-885-9651

may7171@northstate.net

Mini-Grant Info

Just a reminder Mini-grants forms were distributed

at the September meeting. Forms will also be

available at the October 2nd

meeting. The forms

need to be submitted by October 22nd

to be

considered for awards.

Carmen Snuggs-Cotton, Scholarship

Susan - the August Pin Winner

Anne with Chi’s Newsletter Award

Distributing Chi’s

New Teacher Supply Bags

at Montlieu and Thomasville

Primary

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September Minutes

Chi Chapter-Delta Kappa Gamma met on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 on the GTCC High Point Campus with President Sarah Finch calling the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. After a meditation and Chapter Collect President Finch declared a quorum was present. The minutes were approved as read in the Chi newsletter and Treasurer Nancy Tucker gave the Treasurer’s Report. The Chapter’s Committees made the following reports: Finance (Kathy Smith)- The proposed budget was approved. Communications (Anne Sheffield)- Magnets with meeting dates were passed out. Sylvia Eaglin took pictures for the updated handbook which will be handed out at the Christmas meeting. Education Excellence- Schools for Africa- Tonya Welch promoted A School for my Village by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri. He will be speaking at GTCC on Nov. 7 at noon. Global Awareness- no report World Fellowship- Sylvia Eaglin reminded members that the annual auction will be held at her house in February. Impacting Personal and Professional Growth- Susan Martz and Sylvia Eaglin promoted the new badge holder project. Workdays for sewing the holders will be held on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27 at Sylvia’s house. Plans are being made for more work days in order to make enough holders to sell at the State Convention in April. Beginning Teacher Support- Gift bags were made to be sent to new teachers at various schools. Members brought enough supplies to fill 14 bags. Scholarship- No report Membership Expansion- Betty Mayer and Betsy Hodge delivered gift bags to members who are presently teaching and also gave bags to teachers who are no longer members. They reported positive feedback from the recipients. Betty also encouraged members to seek new members by finding quality educators who may not be in traditional settings. She also wants us to bring prospective members to the general meeting in

October. Please let her know if we are bringing someone. US Forum- No report Educational Law and Policy- Forms giving permission to publish our pictures in Society publications were signed. Hospitality- Carol Blackwelder asked for volunteers to donate cookies (2 dozen each) at the Oct. 2nd meeting. Deliver them to the High Point Library before 5:30p.m. New Business 1. Julia Ebel has offered to sell her books to schools at a discount price if they will agree to buy a hundred or more. 2. Mini grants are due by October 2. 3. Jody Moser is the 2012-13 Scholarship recipient. 4. Awards received at the State Convention: Newsletter Excellence and Eta State’s Chapter Achievement Award 5. Our Chapter was listed in July’s Eta State News. 6. Nancy Graham’s husband is in Hospice, suffering from stomach cancer. 7. Kay Tucker reminded members that they could buy badges for $11 each. 8. Members signed up to help at the November 6 Kids’ Voting at the Jamestown Town Hall. 9. The Coordinating Council requested that a treasurer be added to the council. The treasurer would be responsible for delivering checks from the three chapters to High Point University for the scholarship recipient. The Chapter voiced the opinion that the Council Chairman should be responsible for disbursement. The original motion from the Council was voted down. Program-Vice President Tonya Welch introduced the Chapter’s new website. Members were able to buy jewelry from the “Bead for Life” project. President Sarah Finch adjourned the meeting at 8:25 p.m. with the singing of the Delta Kappa Gamma Song.

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Chi Officers

(Seated) Sarah Finch, President; Susan Martz, Secretary (Standing) Nancy Tucker, Treasurer; Tonya Welch, Vice-

President; Betsy Hodge, Parliamentarian

DKG in Japan

On October 14, Japan will become the 18th country to be home to a chapter of DKG! Read more about

it in DKG News at: http://publ.com/17qbUxw#/10/zoomed

Eta President’s

Message for September

See the following link:

www.deltakappagamma.org/NC/Presidents%20page.htm

Eta State Upcoming Events

April 26 - 28, 2013 – Eta State

Convention – Charlotte, NC

June 20 – 23, 2013 – Leadership Development Seminar, Peace University,

Raleigh, NC

July 10 – 13, 2013 – Southeast

Regional Conference – Gaylord Palms,

Orlando, FL

July 28 – August 1, 2014 –

International Convention - JW Marriott Hotel, Indianapolis, IND

Contacts

Chi Website

www.dkgchiweebly.com

This QR code can be scanned by smart devices to go directly to the Chi website.

Eta State Website:

www.deltakappagamma.org/NC

DKG International Website:

www.dkg.org

2012-2013 Chi Meetings

December 4 Judy Gecinger’s Home

Christmas Potluck Dinner

February 5 Sylvia Eaglin’s Home

World Fellowship Auction

March GTCC

Technology with Tonya

April Spring Banquet

Beta Omicron, hostesses

Keynotes for Chi Submissions

Information Anticipated Deadlines: Publication dates: November 20 November 27 January 22 January 29 February 19 February 26 March 19 March 26 May 7 After Eta convention

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