Newsletter Co-Editors - Ricarda Piatt Roberson - piattr@faytechcc.edu, Mary Carter - carterm@faytechcc.edu NINE TO FIVE

Wow! This year has passed by so quickly. I am already

gearing up for more excitement.

Thank you for your continued support of and dedication

to NCAEOP District 9. Together, we have successfully

completed another great year. By doing so, we have

added a significant “building block” to our organization.

I hope you were able to join in on the cake and ice cream

at our 40th celebration.

Congratulations to all who have completed goals of edu-

cation, advancement, leadership, and personal and profes-

sional growth. I applaud you!

As always, I am already looking forward to another year

of experiencing the accolades and achievements of

NCAEOP District 9 and am inviting you to join me!

Hope to see all of you at our next District 9 Annual Fall

Meeting to be held on October 14, 2015, at Fayetteville

Technical Community College.

I am also looking forward to seeing all of the Board mem-

bers at our next meeting and Installation on Tuesday, June

23rd , at FTCC.

Kym Gibbs NCAEOP District 9 President

End the Year on a Positive Note. . .

2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5 V O L U M E V , I S S U E 1

Board of Directors

Kym Gibbs President, FTCC

gibbsk@faytechcc.edu

Debbie Rode Past-President, Cumberland County

drode50@gmail.com

Deborah Kitchens Vice - President, Harnett County

dkitchens@harnett.k12.nc.us

Belinda McGugan Secretary, Harnett County

bmcgugan@harnett.k12.nc.us

Deborah House Corresponding Secretary, FTCC

housed@faytechcc.edu

Vernessa Johnson Treasurer, Cumberland County

vernessajohnson@ccs.k12.nc.us

Marvin Lynne Maxwell Parliamentarian, Hoke County

mmaxwell@hcs.k12.nc.us

Tammy Lockamy Advisor, Harnett County tlockamy317@gmail.com

Laurie Pender

Webmaster, Cumberland County Lpender@ccs.k12.nc.us

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Newsletter Co-Editors - Ricarda Piatt Roberson - piattr@faytechcc.edu, Mary Carter - carterm@faytechcc.edu NINE TO FIVE

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Cumberland County Schools— Vernessa Johnson, on the birth of grandson, Josiah Troy

Smith, born July 12, 2014.

Fayetteville Technical Community College - Trina Whitfield upon graduation from Fayetteville

State University with Bachelors in Business Administration

May 2014.

Marie Callender upon graduation with honors from Kaplan University with

Bachelors of Science Degree in May 2014. Also, upon the graduation of two

granddaughters from Saint Paul’s High School and off to college in the fall.

Dayatra Brown on the birth of granddaughter, Denisse Grace, on April 24,

2014.

Moneak Perrington on the graduation of son, Marcus DeSava Perrington, on

June 13, 2014 from Pine Forest HS. Also, on the marriage of son, Tyrell Per-

rington to LaRhonda Cotton on July 14, 2014.

Kym Gibbs on the birth of granddaughter, Shaila Katherine, on September 16,

2014

Mary Carter upon graduation from Franklin University, Bachelor of Science in

Business Administration, Sept 2014.

Maggie Wright on the birth of grandson, Nolan Isaiah Norris , on December 8,

2014.

Harnett County Schools - Miriam McLamb upon graduation with a Bachelors in Elementary Education

dual Special Education

Terry Byrd & Family upon a 10 day “Tour of Israel” in Febru-

ary 2015.

Sandy Howard, Principal and great supporter of EOP, named

“Woman of the Year” by Coats Chamber of Commerce.

Tammy Lockamy, Administrative Assistant for Harnett County

Schools and 2012-2013 NCAEOP State President, retired on

July 1, 2014, with over 31years of service.

Rebecca McArtan – Retired on March 1, 2015.

Robeson Community College - Margaret Honeycutt, on the birth of granddaughter, Brinlee Rae Oxendine, 8 lbs. 5

ozs, born February 26, 2014.

If your actions inspire

others to dream more,

learn more, do more and

become more, you are a

leader." —

John Quincy Adams

Newsletter Co-Editors - Ricarda Piatt Roberson - piattr@faytechcc.edu, Mary Carter - carterm@faytechcc.edu NINE TO FIVE

P A G E 3 V O L U M E V , I S S U E 1

District 9 held its annual district meeting on Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 at

Fayetteville Technical Community College. We were honored to have

NCAEOP Vice President, Bianca Bedford, attend and share the day with us. We

also were honored to have past State Presidents Marvin Lynne Maxwell and

Tammy Lockamy. Children from the FTCC’s Children’s Center led the pledge

of allegiance and an energetic song/dance “Popcorn”. We were enlightened

about Health and Financial Wellness in breakout sessions and Laura Hamilton

presented insightful study in teamwork workshop ‘Why Are You Looking for

The Wizard?’ for a total of 4 PSP sponsored credit hours.

Our new officers for 2015-2016 were elected during our afternoon business ses-

sion. The officers for 2015-2016 will be installed at the first Board meeting of the new AEOP year in June

2015 and are as follows: Kym Gibbs - President; Deborah Kitchens - Vice President; and Laura Jessup –

Secretary.

District 9 EOP of the Year is Laura

Jessup from Harnett County and Nikki

M. Brooks principal at Deep Branch El-

ementary school in Robeson County is

our AOY. Mary Carter, from FTCC,

won the President’s Award. Our District

9 Scholarship Winners are: D9 Student

Scholarship $500.00 Aaron Epps UNC-

Chapel Hill, D9 Staples Student $500.00

Kameha T. Robinson UNC-Wilmington,

and D9 40th Year Celebration $340.00

Kelsey N. Lowery Campbell University.

Our 50/50 tickets, basket tickets and special District 9 NCAEOP vendor

scholarship brought in over $1700.00 for our scholarship fund.

Bianca Bedford and Kym Gibbs

Guest Speaker: Laura Hamilton

FTCC’s Children’s Center Class leading the Pledge

Nikkie M. Brooks, AOYwinner and Moneak Perrington, D9 Awards Chair

Laura Jessup EOP winner and Moneak Perrington, D9 Awards Chair

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Newsletter Co-Editors - Ricarda Piatt Roberson - piattr@faytechcc.edu, Mary Carter - carterm@faytechcc.edu NINE TO FIVE

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NCAEOP

NCAEOP is made up of 14 districts. At least one district meeting with in-service train-ing is held each year in addition to local unit meetings. Officer positions and commit-tee work allow members to be involved in the decision - making of the association at

the local, district , and state levels.

NCAEOP is your professional association. A giant step toward professionalism can be

made by completing the membership for on our Website.

NAEOP Membership Incentives

Four issues of the Association magazine - three is-

sues in an online format & one issue (Winter issue) in

print

Professional Standards Program (PSP)

Reduced Conference/Institute Registration Fee

NAEOP Publications

NAEOP Jewelry

Rental car discounts

Student Scholarship Programs

Awards Program

Professional Development Program - available to affiliated associations and

other organizations

TERM LIFE INSURANCE - no cost one year (qualifying new member only) $30,000

Life Insurance

Group Insurance discount available: Forrest T. Jones & Company, Inc., Profes-

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Member Listserv - an e-mail discussion group

Networking - work and career related information for individual members and

affiliated associations

*For more information regarding these incentives, visit the Website: www.naeop.org

District 9 Website:

http://www.ncaeop-9.org

www.naeop.org

Mark your Calendar!

Board Meeting and Installation June 23rd

District 9 Annual Fall Meeting

October 14th