Chapter Meetings and Programs
Note: Meeting dates and locations are subject to change as necessary because of COVID-19 health and safety concerns and regulations. Thank you for your flexibility.
2020-2021 Education Excellence Committee Programs
Thursday, September 10, 2020, 6:00 pm – Zoom meeting
Program: Getting familiar with Zoom and "Name Story"
Speakers: Graciela Esquivel and Luisa Hernandez
Music: Name song lead by Deborah Tamminga.
Purpose: #1, 6 and 7
Thursday, October 8, 2020, 6:00 pm – Zoom meeting
Program: “Women”-- Celebration of women’s suffrage and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment • Celebrating Epsilon Kappa’s 62nd Birthday • Induction and Remembrance
Speaker: Patti Belknap current TSO State President
Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Song lead by Deborah Tamminga
Purpose: #1, 2, 3 and 6
Thursday, November 12, 2020 6:00 pm – Zoom meeting
Program: Unveiled Truth*
Speaker: Gail Goolsby, recipient of the 2020 Educators Book Award
Goolsby’s book, Unveiled Truth: Lessons I Learned Leading the International School of Kabul, tells her story of living and working in Afghanistan for 7 years. The author is a DKG member who currently lives in Wichita, Kansas. A question and answer session will follow her presentation.
Purpose: #6 and 7
Saturday, December 12, 2020, 10:00am – Zoom
Program: Celebrating Christmas Traditions* Silent Auction, Sharing Stories, Singing Carols
Music: Christmas Caroling lead by Deborah Tamminga
Purpose: #1 and 4
Thursday, February 11, 2021, 6:00pm – Zoom (This is a date and time change)
Program: Capturing Kids Hearts (CKH) – is a program that helps the entire school community build relationships and helps the students be aware of their behavior and classroom/school expectations. www.ckhfoundation.org
Speaker: Michelle Brooks, 3rd grade teacher, Georgetown ISD
Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Song lead by Deborah Tamminga.
Purpose: #2, 6 and 7
Thursday, March 11, 2021, 6:00pm – Zoom (This is a date and time change)
Program: Number Talks
Speaker: Mandy Partida, STEM K-5 Georgetown ISD
Purpose: #3 and 7
Thursday, April 8, 2021, 6:00pm – Zoom
Program: Epsilon Kappa Archives, Induction of New Members, Presentation of Outstanding First-Year Teacher Award
Speaker: TBD
Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Song lead by Deborah Tamminga.
Purpose: #1, 2, 3 and 5
Saturday, May 1, 2021 – Postponed to May 2023
Program: Founders’ Day Celebration*
Speaker: Becky Sadowski, DKG Int’l President Event Sponsored by Coordinating Council of Austin
Purposes #1 and 2
Included are the purposes fulfilled under each meeting and we recognize that we are all "Key" women educators and the purposes of our Delta Kappa Gamma Society.
Purpose:
1. To unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship;
2. To honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinctive service in any field of education;
3. To advance the professional interest and position of women in education;
4. To initiate, endorse, and support desirable legislation or other suitable endeavors in the interests of education and of women educators;
5. To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to non-member women educators;
6. To stimulate the personal and professional growth of members and to encourage their participation in appropriate programs of action; and
7. To inform the membership of current economic, social, political, and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society.
2020-2021 Education Excellence Committee Programs
Thursday, September 10, 2020, 6:00 pm – Zoom meeting
Program: Getting familiar with Zoom and "Name Story"
Speakers: Graciela Esquivel and Luisa Hernandez
Music: Name song lead by Deborah Tamminga.
Purpose: #1, 6 and 7
Thursday, October 8, 2020, 6:00 pm – Zoom meeting
Program: “Women”-- Celebration of women’s suffrage and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment • Celebrating Epsilon Kappa’s 62nd Birthday • Induction and Remembrance
Speaker: Patti Belknap current TSO State President
Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Song lead by Deborah Tamminga
Purpose: #1, 2, 3 and 6
Thursday, November 12, 2020 6:00 pm – Zoom meeting
Program: Unveiled Truth*
Speaker: Gail Goolsby, recipient of the 2020 Educators Book Award
Goolsby’s book, Unveiled Truth: Lessons I Learned Leading the International School of Kabul, tells her story of living and working in Afghanistan for 7 years. The author is a DKG member who currently lives in Wichita, Kansas. A question and answer session will follow her presentation.
Purpose: #6 and 7
Saturday, December 12, 2020, 10:00am – Zoom
Program: Celebrating Christmas Traditions* Silent Auction, Sharing Stories, Singing Carols
Music: Christmas Caroling lead by Deborah Tamminga
Purpose: #1 and 4
Thursday, February 11, 2021, 6:00pm – Zoom (This is a date and time change)
Program: Capturing Kids Hearts (CKH) – is a program that helps the entire school community build relationships and helps the students be aware of their behavior and classroom/school expectations. www.ckhfoundation.org
Speaker: Michelle Brooks, 3rd grade teacher, Georgetown ISD
Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Song lead by Deborah Tamminga.
Purpose: #2, 6 and 7
Thursday, March 11, 2021, 6:00pm – Zoom (This is a date and time change)
Program: Number Talks
Speaker: Mandy Partida, STEM K-5 Georgetown ISD
Purpose: #3 and 7
Thursday, April 8, 2021, 6:00pm – Zoom
Program: Epsilon Kappa Archives, Induction of New Members, Presentation of Outstanding First-Year Teacher Award
Speaker: TBD
Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Song lead by Deborah Tamminga.
Purpose: #1, 2, 3 and 5
Saturday, May 1, 2021 – Postponed to May 2023
Program: Founders’ Day Celebration*
Speaker: Becky Sadowski, DKG Int’l President Event Sponsored by Coordinating Council of Austin
Purposes #1 and 2
Included are the purposes fulfilled under each meeting and we recognize that we are all "Key" women educators and the purposes of our Delta Kappa Gamma Society.
Purpose:
1. To unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship;
2. To honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinctive service in any field of education;
3. To advance the professional interest and position of women in education;
4. To initiate, endorse, and support desirable legislation or other suitable endeavors in the interests of education and of women educators;
5. To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to non-member women educators;
6. To stimulate the personal and professional growth of members and to encourage their participation in appropriate programs of action; and
7. To inform the membership of current economic, social, political, and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society.
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webmaster: Kathy Mihalik
Updated: January 2021