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Kappa Kappa, #250, Area 18 ,Alief, Katy, Fort Bend

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Texas State Organization Volume 36 Issue 2 December 2013 Mission Statement: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education. Vision Statement: Leading women educators impacting education worldwide. Editor: shirlhawes@gmail.com

Kappa Kappas Meeting Saturday, December 7, 2013 Julie Comardo s home 16410 Pecan Dr. Sugar Land 77498 281-253-3885 9:30 a.m. Meeting Program: Holiday Happiness Hostesses: Laneisha, Shirl, Jamye, Marjorye, Pat, Laura Save the Date: Our next meeting is January 25. Upcoming meetings: February 22, March 22, April 26, and May 10

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Member Spotlight Mary Milner is recently retired after 39 years of teaching. After spending 25 years in first grade, including 15 years in first grade reading recovery, she can safely state that first grade is never boring! Now that she is retired, she can enjoy such varied hobbies as reading, cooking, sewing, gardening, and scrapbooking. She enjoys traveling to Europe either with her daughter Carly or husband of 44 years, Jim, along with playing the piano and learning new things. Her favorite vacation destination is London or Paris. She loves chocolate and Mexican food and delights in making chicken enchiladas with cream cheese. A big dislike is being allergic to dairy!! She enjoys her two cats, named Louie and Sweetie Pie. A favorite movie is Pride & Prejudice with Keira Knightley. Her one desire is to be a positive inspiration to someone. Her sister is the one person she most admires. When she was a freshman in college, she wanted to be an art history major but her mother said she had to major in education so she could get a job upon graduation. After 39 productive years in the classroom, it sounds as though her mother gave good advice. Presidents Message We hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. We cant wait to see all of you this Saturday. Our meeting is called Holiday Happiness, so get ready for fun, great food, and lots of hugs. (A hug is a perfect gift: one size fits all and its easy to exchange.) Since we havent met for 2 months, we will also conduct a little business. Please respond to the evite, so the hostesses will know how much food to prepare. If you called any former members who responded with maybe during Annie Calling, this is a great meeting to invite them to attend. DKG is the gift we give ourselves. Please join us and give yourself the gift of fellowship and relaxation! Julie and Shirl Member News Mary Milner: Jim and I spent 2 weeks in the UK in October. First we flew into London and caught a flight to Edinburgh. We spent a day and a half sightseeing in Edinburgh, including touring Edinburgh Castle which is amazing! Then we rented a car and drove from Edinburgh across the Scottish Highlands to the western coast. We drove to the Isle of Skye, where we spent several days. Then we drove a different route through the Highlands back to Edinburgh. We took the train to London where we rented a car and drove to Oxford. While there, we went to Stonehenge and Blenheim palace, and we walked around in "old" Oxford. Then we went back to London for several days. It was an awesome trip! Amanda Castro and her teammates from Schiff Elementary captured third place in the Literacy Council of Fort Bend s annual Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee. Congratulations! Shirl Hawes: Hawseys birth mom and sister spent the week here at Thanksgiving. We ate too much food, went bowling, made cards, and kept warm in front of the fireplace. I will be teaching a Zentangle course every Tuesday starting in January for Katy Community Education, so I am busy getting ready for class!

Kappa Kappa birthdays October 5-Paulette 8-Kathy S 8-Laura O. 8-Laneisha D. 15-Georgia N 22-Angie November 4- Cindy 11-Limaris 12-Kappa Kappa 18-Nita B 30-Pat S December 11-Monica B 20-Teresa T

Webwatcher: Laneisha Davis 85th Texas State Convention Lubbock Convention Center Lubbock, TX June 19-21, 2014 New ASTEF/Road Scholar Travel Adventure Colonial and Revolutionary Virginia: Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown - Embark on a journey through Virginia's "Historic Triangle" with no less than a dozen historians and other experts. MAY 1823, 2014 | 5 NIGHTS Kappa Kappa Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma Meeting Minutes September 21, 2013 Opening: The regular meeting of the Kappa Kappa Chapter was called to order at 9:45 on September 21, 2013 at Julie Comardos home by Julie Comardo. Expanding the Vision: Elinor presented the Rosey Award Birthday Certificates, read a poem and presented a certificate to Shirl for receiving the Alpha State Achievement Award. Really Good at That! Each DKG member and guest had the opportunity to share with the group something they do well. Treasurers Report Pat reminded members that membership dues are $75. Pat also issued a treasurers report. She stated our chapter funds are getting low and we need more money to pay for different expenses such as president expenses at convention. The chapter discussed having a raffle to raise money. We discussed raffling off a Kindle Fire HD which cost a total of $169.00. Cindy and Limaris agreed to create the raffle form for the chapter. Nita donated $200.00 to the Charlotte Hearne Teachers Grant in memory of her mother. Committee Reports Early Career Educators- Kathy S. gave out 7 gift bags with gift cards included to new teachers. She spoke about possibly putting little gifts in their boxes throughout the year to show support. New Business Barbara asked if any members would be interested in donating their time at the Quit Show on Oct. 31-Nov.3. There are 4 hour shifts with compensation of 7.50 an hour. There are several different duties you can sign up for. Pat suggested using the money from your shift towards your raffle tickets. October Luncheon will be held on Oct. 26 at the Houston Racquet Club to honor the state president. Members with 25 or more years of service will also be honored. Shirl asked all members to start thinking about a future president for the chapter as well as a new location for future meetings. Shirl stated the new president needed to be selected by March. Annie Calling- Shirl asked current members to start calling former members to come back to join the Kappa Kappa Chapter of DKG. Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 11:00am by Julie. Minutes submitted by: Tisha Jones

Kappa Kappa Officers 2012-2014 Co-President Julie Comardo and Shirl Hawes First Vice President - Teresa Toliver Second Vice President Elinor Nichols Recording Secretary Tisha Jones Corresponding Secretary Kathy Spiech (Hearne Grant and Molly Och awards) Treasurer - Pat Sebastian Parliamentarian Georgia Nemeth GHACC Luncheon Julie, Shirl, Georgia, and Elinor attended the Greater Houston Area Coordinating Council Luncheon held at the Houston Racquet Club. Shirl introduced the TSO State President Nancy Newton. She also received a certificate and rose for 25 years of membership. To represent Nancys theme of Expand the Vision, we wore our favors: bejeweled glasses.

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Editor: Shirl Hawes, 5518 Fulbrook Shores Trace, Fulshear, Texas 77441, 281-346-1750, shirlhawes@gmail.com