Kappa Phi Happenings Kappa Phi Chapter, No, 261, Area 9, Carrollton, TX

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Texas State Organization Carrollton-Farmers Branch

www.kappaphitexas.weebly.com smprice@hotmail.com Vol.37, Issue 5 January, 2016

DKG Mission Statement: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes

professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.

News Editor; Susan Price 5100 Aztec Dr. The Colony, TX 75056

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DKG Vision Statement: Leading women educators impacting education worldwide

Kappa Phi January Meeting

Birthday Celebration & Orientation

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Date: Thursday, January, 2016 Time: 5:00 Place: New New Buffet

3822 Belt Line Road Addison, TX 75001

Orientation by our own, illustrious – Dorothy Carroll

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January 2016

I hope that you have had a wonderful Christmas

season with family and friends and that you are

ready to begin a new year. I have not been very

good about making New Year’s resolutions in

past years, but this year, I have my list of

resolutions. I am going to be walking and

exercising more and eating healthier foods.

Now that I have sent this to the whole group,

maybe I will keep my resolutions and get back

in shape!

Our Christmas dinner and auction was lots of

fun. I would like to extend my appreciation to

Susan Pharr for hosting the party in her lovely

new home. It was a great way to start the

Christmas season. If you were unable to come,

please know that you were missed.

By now you have received a note from our

treasurer letting you know that we have not yet

reached our goal of $1000.00 for our two grants

in aid. If you can help us reach that goal, it

would be appreciated. One thing that we have

discussed is that we might use the money that

we raised at our Bunco evening to help. Also,

if there is enough interest, we might try another

Bunco (or Pokeno) evening in March since we

don’t have a meeting scheduled that month.

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President’s Letter

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Gamma Society International Our own award winning website http://kappaphitexas.weebly.com/ links you to http://www.dkgtexas.org/ and to https://www.dkg.org/

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Presidents Letter cont:

It is never too late to bring a friend to a meeting.

January would be a particularly good time to bring

someone since Dorothy will be presenting our

orientation that evening. Dorothy has a way of

making information that we have heard before seem

new and interesting. Thank you, Dorothy for all of

your hard work and for the time that you put into our

special celebrations and orientations.

Last, but not least, our nominations committee

(Barbara Taylor, Vicky Herr, and Susan Pharr) are

working on completing the slate of officers, which

will be presented for a vote in February. Please

consider taking on a leadership role during the 2016-

2018 biennium. I have found that there is always

someone willing to answer questions and to help

when needed. We have a small, but a strong chapter.

Let’s keep it going with a new dedicated group of

officers.

I hope that you have a very Happy New Year!!!

Debbie

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Experience the HEART in Frisco 2016

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December 2015 Meeting

Many thanks to Susan Pharr for opening her home

for out Meeting/Auction.

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DKG SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL

KAPPA PHI CHAPTER

TREASURER’S REPORT

December, 2015

Balance November 31,2015 $11,043.93*

*Deposits

Bunco - $60

World Fellowship - $8.93

Total $68.93

Available Cash 11,112.86*

Withdrawals

#1076 Dues 2015-2016 $1,471.40

Fee 25.00

#1078 World Fellowship 44.87

Balance November 2015 $9,571.59*

*(Includes $5,786.68 designated for scholarship money)

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Money Matters from Treasurer Pat December/January

Of course the main focus of the treasury this month is the

auction. We had a lovely time. Thanks to Susan Pharr and the

members who attended and participated in this fun event. As

you know, the purpose of this event (other than the great

fellowship) is to fund our Grant-in-aid scholarships. We have

given two $500 scholarships for the last few years and would

love to do that again this year, but we have a little way to go.

The initial deposit was $642. Since then, I have received a $50

donation. I am hoping to receive contributions from other

members who were not able to attend. As we hear so often, no

amount is too small. It would be wonderful if every member

did their part and participated.

My address is:

Pat Bielamowicz 2101 Columbia Dr. Richardson, TX 75081

Happy 2016 to all!!

Pat B

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FYI: Legislation and Our January Meeting.

I have contacted Bill Barnes (from Haslet, TX). He is the

TRTA Legislative Coordinator and Chairman of the State

Legislative Committee of TRTA. He will come to our

FEBRUARY meeting to speak with us. I heard him speak

at our September TRTA meeting, and he can tell us lots

about our retirement program and the legislative issues. .

Debbie

MEMBER FOCUS

I’m Stille* waiting for Photos from Strickland!

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January 4 Sarah Eaton 25 Sally Saar

February 3 Ida Ribbik

Future Meetings Feb 4th Legislative Update

April 7th

Initiation/Game Night

May 5th Founders Day/

Grants in Aide Recognition

Newsletter Articles and Info Due Dates February NL – Jan 21

April NL – March 24th

May NL – April 21

Please contact Susan Price if you know of a Kappa Phi member who may need a thinking of

you type card, a cheerful note, or a note of congratulations for self for family member. *Yes, I know there is a typo above. Hope it gets attention and brings

in PHOTOS.

Cora McFarland Scholarship

Laura Harbin encourages all members to consider

applying for the Cora McFarland Scholarship.

Applications must be postmarked no later than

March 1. Please see/contact Laura for additional

information and application forms.

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Area 9 Coordinator, Cathy Criner shares

information with Kappa Phi at the December

Auction. It was wonderful to have her share

with us as well as her supporting our auction

endeavors.

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Strickland update... Strickland...the work carries on thanks to the devoted

volunteers who rise to the challenges! We will continue our

service and we would like to provide for the teachers some

school supplies to kickoff the New Year. Last year, we had a

great collection of pencils, paper, erasers, dry markers, art

supplies etc. that was laid out "garage sale" style with a note

to take what you need. There was not a problem with the

materials being sought after! Please bring what you can in

the way of supplies to our January meeting. They will be

collected and sent on to Strickland. With many thanks for

your help.....

Grant-in-Aid Progress...believe it or not, the time has come

again to look for perspective candidates for our grant-in-aid

selection. That process will begin in January. Again, it is

for two $500.00 grants given to talented high school seniors

who seek a degree in education once they graduate. Our

auction provides the funding, so the hope is we will be able

to carry on the tradition through your support. I will keep

you posted on the selection process.

Vicky Herr

From Your AC… Dear Precious Ladies of Area 9

3 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

May 2016 be an outstanding year for each and every one of you.

Let’s talk about what is going on in our Area

Frisco chapter – Nu Delta - There will be another meeting on

Saturday, January 16th to continue working on the establishment

of this new chapter in our area. I hope each one of you can catch

the excitement that this brings to our area! As far as I know, there

has never been a chartering of a chapter at a convention. This is

history in the making! Whoop! Whoop!

Wylie chapter - Nu Gamma - There will be two informational

meetings in Wylie. One will be on Thursday night, Jan. 21st and

then one on Sunday, Jan. 24th! If you know of someone in the

Wylie area that is teaching and needs to be a part of DKG, please

let us know! This is another exciting adventure we are on! This

chapter will be chartered on Sunday, May 1st!

It can’t get any better than this…..oh wait a minute it sure can!

THE STATE CONVENTION IN FRISCO!

Ladies, please sign up for the Friday night, DKG night with the

Frisco RoughRiders! You go to the TSO website and there it is on

the main page. You must order your tickets by February 1st

if you want to enter the door prize drawings! There will be gift

cards given away every 30 minutes during the game. If you have

never been to a minor league baseball game, they are so much

fun. It is worth every penny!

Also, please remember there are deadlines coming up! The

following are due by February 1st:

● Chapter Presidents Report

● Chapter Necrology Report

● TSO Achievement Award Nomination

● Golden Rose Award Nomination

You can find all the forms on the TSO website.

Your chapter president is very excited this year because their

report will be filled out as one report and not many!

I cannot say it enough….

PLEASE, PLEASE, GET YOUR RESERVATIONS IN FOR

THE CONVENTION.

We are so lucky to have another convention in our “own

backyard!”

You are truly amazing women and I am loving getting to meet

you and discover so many wonderful things about Area 9. Keep

on being that wonderful role model that you are!

Cathy Criner

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THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL

KAPPA PHI CHAPTER

Minutes for December 3, 2015

The Kappa Phi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International met for our annual Christmas auction on

December 3, 2015, at the home of Susan Pharr.

Fifteen members and one guest were in attendance. A brief business meeting was conducted prior to the auction with

President Debbie Moss presiding.

Minutes of the September, 2015 meeting were approved as submitted.

Treasurer Pat Bielamowicz informed us that a donation to the auction had been received from Jan Waggoner.

Debbie asked that we let her know if anyone needs a hard copy of the yearbook.

Vicki Herr reminded us that grant applications are due in January.

Second Vice-President Dorothy Carroll informed us that we have nine prospective members.

Barbara Taylor informed us that the Nominations Committee will be preparing a new slate of officers in January.

She encouraged members to volunteer for various positions.

Vicki Herr encouraged us to read the current DKG Bulletin.

The business meeting was adjourned and the auction commenced.

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Debbie Moss, President Laura Harbin, Recording Secretary

New DKG publication, Collegial Exchange

Have you checked out it out? There are many good articles such as “What Are Our

Teenagers Really Doing Online?” and “Courageous Female Literary Characters”

as well as articles highlight Nancy Drew and is DKG a sorority or what? However

the article “Strengthening DKG and the Profession, One Educator at a Time: An

EEC Award” by Pascal E Baily had a tip that could be implemented by our own

Kappa Phi chapter. The idea is an “award that chapters could implement with little

effort and reward as each chapter was able - just some way to show educators they

are positively recognized for the great work that they do in the classroom.” Non

members could even be considered for this award, but I would think we could

easily honor one of our own. This would be one way to highlight key women

educators and also another way to introduce DKG to future members as well as to

the local community.

Plus link to Lone Star News:

http://www.dkgtexas.org/uploads/4/2/8/3/42835841/winter2015_lsn.pdf

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December 2015 Christmas Auction At Susan Pharr’s

AC- Cathy Criner, Marilyn & Debbie Debbie, Sally, Barbara & Chris Pat, Barbara, Myrtle & Dorothy

Laura shares devotional Auctioneer Extraordinaire, Nancy Wonderful helper, Vicky Susan w/ items new & old

Prez Debbie M gets our attention Laura & Chris as meeting progresses Tina, her guest & Cathy Criner – our AC

1. Graphics courtesy of Microsoft Word non-commercial use graphics.

2. Photos courtesy of Susan Price

3. Graphic courtesy dkgtexas.org/graphics