Eta Zeta Press

Texas State Organization

Five Star Award Newsletter

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

Volume 51, Issue 5
Eta Zeta,Chapter 174, Dallas, Dallas County
Area 9,Texas State Organization, Texas

DKG Vision Statement: Leading Women Educators Impacting Education Worldwide

February 2015

Delta Kappa Gamma promotes professional and personal growth of women

educators and excellence in education.

Aundrea Wright Young, Editor

aundrea_wright@sbcglobal.net

Whats In Your Bag?

Got DKG?

Sandys Stylus
The signs of February are the signs
of love. They are everywhere!
Everyone is expected to show, give,
and receive gifts of love and acts of
kindness. What a perfect time to show
love to our Early Career Teachers! Whats In Your Bag:
Got DKG? I am speaking of the bag we hope that you
will stuff with things teachers can use and a chapter
brochure that contains a Prospect Card. Please answer
the call from Mary Bixler or one of her committee
members by saying that you will donate a bag for our
February meeting. The more bags we donate, the more
bags (love) Early Career teachers will receive. We are
looking forward to an exciting program on February 23,
2015. This program is one that promises to educate us
and strengthen our understanding of our beloved DKG.

Lead Program Facilitator:

Mary Bixler
Eta Zeta Chapter 1st Vice President

Date: February 23, 2015

Time: 5:00 p.m. Eat & Socialize
6:00 p.m. Meeting
Location:

Highland Park Cafeteria

1200 N. Buckner Blvd.
Dallas, Texas 75218

Inspiration/Meditation: Diana Gonzalez

Hostesses: Johnnie Cunningham, Charlenta
Govan, Kathryn Hons
Facilitators: Sandra Foster Brown, Cynthia
DeVies, Seretha Merchant, Mary Bixler, Judy
Bryant, Leigh Taylor, Melanie Moseley,
Sandra McMillen

Hopefully you have read our Area

Coordinators Newsletter. You will find some
suggestions to help us do our part to meet the
membership challenge. You will also feel the presence
of Nancy Newmember. We must not miss an
opportunity to let our new members know that they
are wanted and needed. Olga Math, Susan Odeski,
LaDelle Rose Smith and Barbara Uskovich, we are so
proud to have your membership in the great EZ. You
have just as much clout as Ola Oldmember!
Committee chairs. a.k.a., Leading Ladies, need your
talents and skills.

Eta Zeta Press wants to know.We are looking

forward to hearing from you!
Contact: Aundrea Wright Young,
Communications Chair
By Mail: 4625 Hazelhurst Lane
Dallas, Texas 75227
By Email: aundrea_wright@sbcglobal.net
By Phone: 214-577-3179
Please submit information for publication by 3/19/15
for the upcoming issue.

Mark your calendars for the 86th Texas State

Convention, June 25-27, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas! Make
your hotel reservations and your transportation plans now!
Do not miss these opportunities for personal and
professional growth. You will not want to miss the Alamo or
an opportunity to stroll on the famous San Antonio
Riverwalk.
EZ Ladies, I applaud you for your efforts to continue
moving forward. Thank you for all you do to educate,
inspire, and encourage the officers and members of our
chapter.

Eta Zeta Chapter Programs for

2014-2015
Expand the Vision: Educate,
Inspire, Encourage

Monday
August 18

Monday
September 22

Monday
October 27

A sister by heart,

Sandy

Monday
November 24

Eta Zeta Chapter President

Monday
January 26

Monday
February 23

Monday
March 23

Saturday
March 28

Program: Welcome to a New Year of Eta Zeta in DKG!

Time: 6:00 PM Eat, Socialize, Meeting
Location: St. Luke United Methodist Church
5710 R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75223
Hostesses: Executive Board & Beverly Leonard, Seretha
Merchant, Jean Stoner, Carol Lipton
Program: Shelter from the Storm: A Human Rights
Initiative
Time: 5:00 PM Eat and Socialize 6:00 PM -Meeting
Location: Highland Park Cafeteria
1200 N. Buckner Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75218
Hostesses: Diana Gonzalez, Sandra Woodruff, Mary Bixler,
Maria Viera Williams

Program: Education: The Good, the Bad & the Confusing

Time: 5:00 PM Eat and Socialize 6:00 PM- Meeting
Location: Highland Park Cafeteria
1200 N. Buckner Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75218
Hostesses: Elia Pardo, Marca Lee Bircher, Yvonne Manuel, Bradley Sue Howell
Program: Honor and Welcome Eta Zeta Members!
Time: 5:00 PM Eat and Socialize 6:00- Meeting
Location: On The Border
3130 Knox Street, Dallas, Texas 75205
Hostesses: Cynthia DeVies, Heather Hawthorne, Melanie
Moseley, Aundrea Young
Program: Stand Up and Speak! Do You Dare?
Time: 5:00 PM Socialize 6:00 PM -Meeting
Location: Highland Park Cafeteria
1200 N. Buckner Blvd. , Dallas, Texas 75218
Hostesses: Lisa Bagley, Arlene Delgado, Debbie Duke,
Kendra Perkins
Program: Whats in Your Bag? Got DKG?
Time: 5:00 PM Eat and Socialize 6:00- Meeting
Location: Highland Park Cafeteria
1200 N. Buckner Blvd. Dallas, Texas 75218
Hostesses: Johnnie Cunningham, Charlenta Govan,
Kathryn Hons, La Tonya Hadnot
Program: Young Artists Making a Kinder World
Time: 5:00 PM Eat and Socialize 6:00- Meeting
Location: Highland Park Cafeteria
1200 N. Buckner Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75218
Hostesses: Elizabeth Johnson, Kalva Scott, Jane Walker,
Tobizena Williams, Mary Claire Welch

Dallas County Coordinating

Council Luncheon
Lakewood Country Club
1912 Abrams Road, Dallas, Texas 75214

Supporting Early Career Educators

Monday

Who knows what an Early Career

Educator needs?

May 18

I Do and So Do You!

June 24-27
2015

Please bring small items such as post-it notes,

index cards, pens, pencils, etc. to fill various
handbags for our new educators.

Program: Happy Birthday and Founders Day!

Time: 5:00 PM Eat,and Socialize 6:00- Meeting
Location: On the Border
3130 Knox Street, Dallas, Texas 75205
Hostesses: Patricia Webb, Chelsea McNair, Norma Matthews, Barbara Stoddard

86th Texas State Organization

Convention
Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, Texas

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down

jungles, but to irrigate deserts. C.S. Lewis (Quote found
at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/
topic_teacher.html)

By: Heather Hawthorne

By: Mary Bixler

My, my, my, how

the time does fly! Just
over a year ago, I began
my teaching career. I mean the one I
get paid to do.

DKG has promoted

mentoring for early career
educators for several
years. In 2012, they made
it, the second international service
project at the International Convention in
New York City with the acronym SEE
Supporting Early-Career Educators.

I really began teaching the year

my daughter was born. Of course,
there was a lot of learning on my
part as well. Then two years later
came baby number 2, a son. There
was much learning that year as well
as figuring out how to take care of a
toddler and a newborn. A newborn
the experts told me wouldnt live
more than a year and to expect much
less than that. It was really rough.
Then 14 months after the second
came a third, another boy. And with
it my husband suggesting I do
something with all that time at
home. While I wasnt ready to do
anything, luckily, the suggestion was
for school and not a job.

Problems with funding for education,

focus on testing, and diverse student
populations make being a teacher
challenging. Studies have shown that
almost half of the new teachers leave
within the first five years. Those new
teachers who receive mentoring in the
first five years are more likely to continue
their teaching profession.

Eta Zeta members have acted as

mentors since this project began. They
have made phone calls and visits to early
career teachers; helped with lesson plans
and bulletin boards; given advice about
classroom management and teacher/
parent conferences; and donated
supplies and materials. Since August
2014, Sandra McMillen, Diana Gonzalez,
Arlene Delgado, and Elizabeth Taheri
have submitted documentation for 14
hours of mentoring and $700 in materials
donated.

By the time my youngest was

about two, I thought maybe, I could
take one night class and see how it
went. I felt if the class time was near
bedtime for my children, maybe it
would be okay. What I didnt realize
was the class I signed up for required
observation hours. At the time, I was
pretty isolated. Our neighbors were
not right next door and most of the
residents in the area were either
elderly or didnt speak very much
English.

Perhaps you have reached out to

an early-career educator or you know
someone who would benefit from a
phone call or visit. DKG is keeping track
of mentoring hours, so please let us know
when, where, who, how, and how long
you helped an early-career educator.
We will send the data in to be counted.

Neither my parents nor my

husbands parents were available
during the day, and we couldnt
afford childcare.

societies. I also managed to have

enough credits in a single semester to
make the Presidents List.
During my last semester of
school, the principal at my childrens
school approached me about taking a
teaching position in the spring
semester. It was my dream job with
my kids, a Gifted and Talented
teacher, and working with people I
knew, respected, and liked. I had
completed much of my teaching
internship at my kids school and I
was familiar with procedures, faculty
and staff, parents, and the students.
Graduation came and I began my
new career in January 2014. I
quickly fell into the routine of the
class schedule and became familiar
with my students. Oh, what
personalities they had!

I persevered, however, through

61/2 years of night school, summer
sessions, driving to Denton from
Southeast Dallas (think between
Seagoville and Balch Springs) after
dropping kids off at school, seminars,
workshopsyou know the drill. All
to get the classes and credits I
needed in a timely manner in order
to graduate before it was time for me
to retire. It was slow going when I
had two little ones at home and
could only take classes at night.
Many semesters were spent taking
one or two classes. Eventually, of
course, all three children were in
public school and I had larger
amounts of time I could spend in
college courses. I had worked my
way up to a full course load and
studied diligently. My children would
probably say I didnt give them a lot
of time and I didnt do things with
them (play dolls or games or
whatever) and thats true, but, I feel
if youre going to work at something,
you should do your best. My kids
were healthy, clothed and fed, and
for the most part happy. And I began
to receive invitations to join honor

Naturally, I had some wobbles,

but, what really kicked my tail was
the paperwork and procedures. For
the most part, I took it all in stride.
It would get dome when it got done.
But some things just cant wait and
students are looking to you to make
sure everything is taken care of in a
timely manner. My own kids of
course stayed late after school with
me, and they were real troopers.
Sometimes it worked out for

For the most part, my first year of

teaching was a great experience. As I
said, I was lucky enough to be in the
same building as my children. I had
some awesome, experienced teachers
to help guide and encourage me; the
administrative team was always
supportive and helpful where
possible; and the students were
fantastic. The tough part of teaching
isnt usually the students - its the
paperwork, red tape, and hoops, you
have to jump through, just to do your
job.

everyone I stayed to work and my

kids had their activities.
Something youre not warned
about while youre taking classes is
that you are put on committees - lots
of committees. You are in charge of
whatever activities the previous
teacher sponsored as well. Whether
you know anything about them or
not. Any semblance of free time you
might have is taken up with
planning for a committee or going to
another committees meeting. Fire
drills, evacuation drills, lockdown
drills (and occasionally a lockdown),
and severe weather drills also hinder
with the precious little real teaching
time you have.

Best Websites
for Teachers
Best for Young Readers:

The other irksome thing was

(and still is to some degree) teachers
dont collaborate the way my pie-inthe-sky ideals led me to believe. I
thought we were all working toward
the same end preparing our
students for their future. Apparently,
more than a few are just drawing a
paycheck and are somewhat
poisonous to the morale and peace of
a workplace. You are told these
things by professors and classmates
that have worked in schools in other
capacities, but, you want to believe,
it will be different for you and where
you are.

scholastic.com/stacks

Best for Finding Books:

scholastic.com/bookwizard

Best for Craft Projects:

crayola.com/educators

Best for Science:

nsta.org

Best for Moviemaking:

powtoon.com

Eta Zeta Birthday

Wishes

TSO News

February Birthday Wishes

You Can Use

February 20

Check out our new website which is

DKG approved and ready to roll.

Sandra Woodruff

Go to http:/www.dkgtexas.org
and save in your bookmarks.

Its Beginning to Look Like Convention?

All clipart used from Microsoft Office.com found within

Microsoft Word, Publisher, and Excel for Office 2013.

Dallas-Fort Worth
School Psychologists
Meet for Winter
Conference

I woke up with Red on my

Mind
By Evelyn Hamilton
On Friday February 6, 2015, I woke
up with red on my mind. I selected my red
dress that I was going to wear. Red and
gold are our colors and I love to wear red
to special Eta Zeta activities. However,
Friday I wore red because I wanted to be a
part of reminding all that heart disease is a
womens issue.

Yvonne Manuel, Ph.D., member of

Delta Kappa Gamma, Eta Zeta Chapter,
organized the Winter Conference for
Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Association of
School Psychologists as acting President
of the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional
Association of School Psychologists, 2014
-2015. DFW RASP is a National
Association of School Psychologistsapproved provider of Professional
Development Hours. The 2015 Winter
conference held January 30th was the
second of three conferences to be held
during the school year. This conference
was held at the Arlington ISD Mac Bernd
Professional Development Center and it
featured Mrs. Annette Chastain, MSW,
Conscious Discipline Program Certified
Instructor. Mrs. Chastain is a Licensed
Clinical Social Worker from The
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs,
Oregon. The morning session was entitled
Building Blocks for Safety, Connection
and Problem Solving. The afternoon
session was entitled Fostering SelfRegulation Skills in all Children.
Participants were able to earn professional
staff development hours for the sessions
attended. There were over one hundred
Licensed Specialists in School Psychology
and Psychology Interns in attendance.

I am a Dear Neighbor volunteer for

the American Heart Association. On Friday
morning, I reviewed my materials on how
to contact my neighbors. I read the Know
the Warning Signs of Heart Attack and
Stroke on the back of the package. I
remembered that the signs of a heart attack
for women could be something as simple
as indigestion. I reminded myself to
re-examine the signs for women and to tell
my Eta Zeta sisters
likewise.
Friday
evening, I attended
an activity. I wore
my red dress. We
practiced CPR; learned how to use a
defibrillator, discussed eating healthy and
ate healthy food. We were reminded that
heart disease is truly a womens issue also.
Upon arrival at home, I went to bed with
red on my mind.

Surprise! Schools for Africa!

By: Joanne Szalay

By: Norma Matthews

The Texas State

Organization Convention will be
held in San Antonio from June 24
to 27. Alamo city convention
attendees will need to bring a tote
bag to facilitate the collection and
organization of convention
materials.

Look who The Delta Kappa

Gamma Society International is
partnering with!
UNICEF, the Nelson Mandela
Foundation, and the Hamburg
Society are all partners with Delta
Kappa Gamma in a huge project to
help more girls and boys get a quality
education in 13 needy countries in
Africa! We, as members of DKG and
Eta Zeta, can be very proud of this
work.

In previous years, a new tote

bag was supplied to each
participant when she arrived at the
convention. This year, members
who have attended a previous
convention are to bring a favorite
DKG Convention tote bag to reuse.

The work to provide access to

education and hygiene goes on in
Angola, Malawi, Mozambique,
Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe,
Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ethiopia,
Madagascar, Sierra Leone, and
Guinea Gissau.

New convention goers will not

have a tote bag. Therefore, the
committee is asking you to donate
a tote bag from a previous
convention for a new attendee.
Also, there will be a display of tote
bags from previous conventions at
this years San Antonio
convention. It will be interesting to
see how many styles and
convention years are represented
in the display.

At Eta Zetas January 2015

meeting, we collected $93.56 for the
Schools for Africa project. Thank you
to all who contributed!

Please bring a previous

convention tote bag to our Eta Zeta
meeting on Monday February 23.
These tote bags will be taken to
Michelle Grandinetti, the Area 9
Coordinator, who will then deliver
them to the committee. Thank you!

Clipart available from Google Images

located at http://www.google.com.

By: Ida Durham and Evelyn Hamilton

Membership Committee Chairman &
Co-Chairman

Visionary Women, a luncheon honoring

Marca Lee Bircher, Eta Zeta Member, and
Patricia Hardman, will be held Tuesday,
April 7, 2015 at the Omni Dallas Hotel.
The luncheon will benefit Juliette Fowler
Communities One Heart Fund. Marca Lee
Bircher is a retired choral/vocal music
teacher from Woodrow Wilson High
School. Her choirs, ensembles, and soloists
consistently received first division ratings
at Woodrow Wilson High School. Her
annual Broadway musicals were second to
none. Congratulations to Marca Lee
Bircher.

The Committee announced the

kickoff of Annie Calling at the January
2015 meeting. The membership committee
is in the process of compiling a list of
inactive members to call. We will start
calling on February 14, 2015, Valentines
Day. The committee wants inactive
members to know that Eta Zeta Chapter
loves and cares about them. In addition to
the Membership Committee, members
volunteering to call are Sandra Foster
Brown, Cynthia DeVies, Sharon Kraus,
and Elizabeth Taheri.
We are pleased that active members
are serving as pals to reserve members.
The pals are Bradley Sue Howell, Joanne
Szalay, Norma Matthews, Judy Bryant,
Mary Claire Welch, Carolyn Lipton, and
Evelyn Hamilton. Thanks pals.

Cynthia DeVies was the piano

accompanist for 10 Woodrow students on
February 7 at the UIL Solo/Ensemble
contest. She also played for them at
Pre-UIL. Moreover, she has judged high
school musicals for DSM High School
Musical Theater Awards this year. Sharon
Kraus and Marca Lee Bircher are also busy
judging. There are over 60 productions to
adjudicate this year. Good job Ladies!

We are on the move. If you know of

a prospective member, call Ida or Evelyn.
The committee will give our new members
a personal call. We are certainly glad to
have them. Should a member miss two
consecutive meetings, she will be
contacted. Ida and Evelyn would like to
thank Sandra Foster Brown, Mary Claire
Welch, Seretha Merchant, Ona Calvo and
Sandra Woodruff for serving on the
membership committee.

Patricia Webb has been recognized by

Mountain View College as a 2015 NISOD
Excellence Award recipient as a result of
her outstanding contributions to the
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The Dallas Peace Center is part of the

larger worldwide movement for peace and
human rights. Congratulations to Norma
for this outstanding honor.

institution. NISOD has a 37-year history of

recognizing exceptional teaching, learning,
and leadership. On Sunday, May 24,
Excellence Award recipients will be
honored for their outstanding
achievements during the annual
International Conference on Teaching and
Leadership Excellence.
Evelyn Hamilton and Seretha Merchant
were honored on January 31st as 50 Year
members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Inc. 50 Year members are known as
Golden Sisters who have served the
community and provided service to all
mankind. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
is the oldest Greek-letter organization
established by African American
college-trained women.

Eta Zeta Members Evelyn Hamilton and

Seretha Merchant enjoy Golden Sister
status.

Eta Zeta member since 1990, Norma

Matthews, was awarded the Lifetime
Achievement Award at the Dallas Peace
Centers 28th Peacemaker Awards dinner
event on Dec. 4, 2014. Norma was chosen
because of her peace and justice
volunteer work with DKG Eta Zeta Chapter,
Peacemakers, Inc., the United Methodist
Women, the Dallas Chapter United
Nations Association, attendance at CTAUN
conferences, Dallas Peace Center, and
various interfaith groups. Norma has
spoken to numerous groups about the
value and achievements of peacekeeping,
human rights and development.

Eta Zeta Member Norma Matthews is a

Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Photography by
Aundrea Wright Young
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Cordially invites you to

Hats off to Delta Kappa Gamma

Spring Luncheon
Lakewood Country Club
1912 Abrams
Dallas, Texas 75214
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Registration

11:00 a.m.
Luncheon
11:30 a.m.

Tickets $25.00
Note:
Please purchase your ticket at the next meeting (February 23, 2015) so that we can meet
the reporting deadline. We must send only one chapter check.
If you would like to bring a guest, please give the persons name and $25.00 for a ticket to
Leigh Taylor, Treasurer.
Feel free to wear a hat.
We have two 25 Year Honorees: Norma Matthews and Joanne Szalay.

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Photo Gallery
Eta Zeta Chapter Meeting
January 26, 2015

Eta Zeta member Beverly Leonard

participates in the learning session.

Roundtable Discussions amongst

Eta Zeta members (3 photos above). Eta
Zeta members include Judy Bryant, Sandra Foster Brown, Leigh Taylor, Ona Kalvo, Chelsea McNair, Norma Matthews,
Mary Claire Welch, Seretha Merchant,
Joanne Szalay, and Lisa Bagley.

Thank you Bonne Stroman for visiting

Eta Zeta Chapter.
We learned so much!

Photography by
Aundrea Wright Young
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Got Technology
Have you read any
Dr. Seuss books?

Whats

Do you enjoy reading

to
children?

Hexter Elementary needs

you to come out next Friday
and support Read Across
Dallas ISD: Oh, The Places
Youll Go. We are looking for
volunteers to read to our
classrooms on Friday,
February 27th at 9:00am.
This is also Book Character
Dress Up Day so feel free to
celebrate along with the
students.

on the
DKG
Website?
Stay tuned for
more
information
from our
WebWatcher
Cynthia DeVies.

Please email
Aundrea Wright Young,
Library Media Specialist at
Victor H. Hexter Elementary
if you would like to volunteer
to read in a
classroom.

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She is also a certified Texas

Master Naturalist, volunteering
several times each month with
education docent work and teaching
Girl Scout badge camps at Dogwood
Canyon Audubon Center in Cedar Hill.
When not teaching, coaching or
volunteering (whew!), Lisa enjoys
camping with her husband of twenty
years, Steve, and their three boys,
reading science fiction novels, and
training for triathlons. She is so
grateful for the wonderful support and
warm welcome shes received from her
DKG sisters!

Eta Zeta Spotlight

Who Is

Lisa Bagley?

By: Lisa Bagley

DKG sister Lisa Bagley has been
an Eta Zeta chapter member since
2014. Shes taught science at West
Mesquite High School in Mesquite ISD
since 2013 and is one of the two MISD
swim team coaches. Prior to joining
Mesquite ISD, Lisa taught science for
5 years at Bryan Adams High School
in Dallas ISD.

********************************************

Although teaching is her second

career, Lisa comes from a long line of
strong female educators, with her
mother, grandmother and aunt all
career teachers. She says Ive had the
privilege of witnessing the ups and
downs of American education for
several decades through the
experiences of the women in my
family. When it was time to make a
career change, I felt I could have the
greatest positive impact as a teacher
it was a natural choice for me.

Please bring your

mobile device to the
February 23rd

Eta Zeta Chapter

meeting for an

Lisa has a passion for

environmental education, and has
served the past two years as a national
-level Advanced Placement exam
reader for The College Board in
environmental science and as
curriculum chair in environmental
science for her district.

interactive and
fun-filled learning
opportunity.
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How are SMART phones and

It would be

chapter programs connected?

Times up.

sweet to see

Have you ever attended a

you in

meeting (not DKG), watched a

TV program, read an article, or

San Antonio!

just sat contemplating a topic

Texas State

and thought to yourself, That

Organization

would make a great program?

Convention

Then, when you get to the

June 25-27, 2015

chapter survey for future

program ideas, you cant
remember? Well, whip out
that SMART phone, and record
that idea. When you get to the
planning meeting, you will be
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Delta Kappa Gamma

Eta Zeta Chapter

Minutes of the Meeting
January 26, 2015
The Chapter was welcomed by President Sandra Foster Brown. The program was introduced
by Mary Bixler, and our speaker was introduced by Mary Claire Welch. Bonnie K. Stroman, the
D.T.M. of Toastmasters International presented a program Stand Up and Speak if you Dare.
She spoke about extemporaneous speaking. She presented Laser Talks which are similar to
Elevator Speeches. The members were given an article to read. The group practiced preparing a Laser Talk on an assigned topic. The group skits were presented to the membership and
helpful feedback was provided.
Bonnie then spoke about Toastmaster International and what happens at the meetings. We
were invited to attend meetings of groups in our areas. Mary presented Bonnie with a gift
and Certificate of Appreciation from the Chapter.
The meeting was called to order by President Sandra Foster Brown at 6:45 p.m. The agenda
was approved by consensus. Sharon Krauss led the group in a Musical Interlude to the song
Getting to Know You. Heather Hawthorne gave the Inspiration Getting Back to It.
Officer Reports were then given. The Minutes were approved as received. Aundrea Wright
Young gave the Communications and Publicity Report. We received correspondence from
Community Partners of Dallas thanking us for the donation of $30.00 for the Rainbow Room.
Aundrea is looking for news writers for our newsletter. They should include a couple of paragraphs and some pictures. All articles are due by February 9th.
The members of the Communications and Publicity Committee were thanked for all their
help. We all need to help with this important committee.
Leigh Taylor gave the Treasurers Report. We have $5,896.19 in our Checking Account. We
have a balance of 1, 202.48 in Savings and $351.00 in the Pay Pal Account.
The Spring Luncheon will be March 28th. The cost is $25.00. Checks are due March 1st.
The Treasurers Report will be filed for audit.
The Educational Excellence Report was presented by Mary Bixler. The February program will
be Whats in Your Bag? We are to bring purses that are in good shape that we no longer
want. We are going to fill them and give them to new teachers.
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Norma Matthews presented a report on Schools for Africa. She is the Co-Chairman of the
Global Awareness Committee. She showed us the bucket and asked us all to contribute. The
funds go through UNICEF. The Chapter collected $93.56.
The Research Report was presented by Yvonne Manuel. She spoke about the Toastmasters
Meeting in Denton that she attended at her Church. She shared her personal goals and reasons for joining.
Joanne Szalay presented the Amenities Report. Guest Bonnie K. Stroman was introduced as
was our new member La Dell Rose Smith. The January Birthdays were announced as were
special recognitions.
Ida Durham presented the Membership Report. Annie Calling will begin. The Chapter was
asked to bring Prospective Membership Forms to the next meeting. They are in our Chapter
Brochure.
A bag was passed to collect for Missy ASTEF as she was not present at the meeting this evening.
Seretha announced that we still have umbrellas for sale. The cost is $15.00 each.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m. The Delta Kappa Gamma song was sung.

Respectfully submitted,

Ona Calvo
Recording Secretary

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