August/September 2019 Kappa Kapers – Volume 49, Issue 1 Page 1 Encourage Always • Serve Intentionally • Advance Professionally Kappa Kapers Delta Kappa Gamma International Society for Key Women Educators Florida (Mu) State, Kappa Chapter August/September 2019 Volume 49, Issue 1 Published 5 times per year August – September 2019 Dear Kappa Sisters, Our meeting on May 4, 2019 at the Pinellas Technical College was engaging and rewarding. The Founders’ Day Program presented by Angie Wright-Nash was a great reminder of Kappa Chapter’s heritage. Phyllis Omilak and Lael Wilson presented Camye Dudovitz the Grant-in-Aid Award. Phyllis and Lael spoke highly of Camye and are excited to mentor her as she continues her journey as a woman educator. The members in attendance were reflective as Barbara Corbett led us in a Memorial Service celebrating the lives of Emily Miller and Cornelia Gause. Our June Planning meeting was successful. This committee came in strong with engaging discussion about outreach, District III meeting, and budget. This second year of this biennium is going to be exciting. Plan to attend the September 28 th meeting at the University of South Florida, Sarasota Manatee Campus. Dr. Mona Jain arranged a wonderful setting for Kappa Chapter to meet. Come ready to meet with your committee and talk about what your committee wants to do this second year. The August 4, 2019 New Member Recruitment and Orientation Tea was well attended. We had five potential members and six Kappa Sisters enjoying tea and getting to know one another. Nicole Sierra completed her New Member application. As Membership Chair, Angie Wright-Nash will present Nicole’s application for membership at the September 28 th meeting. Another good reason to attend September 28 th meeting! (Continued on Page 2) OFFICERS & STAFF President: Victoria Eastman [email protected]Vice-President & Newsletter Editor: Angie Wright-Nash [email protected]Secretary: Fay Murphy [email protected]Treasurer: Fran Marinari [email protected]Jamie Rozek-Potter [email protected]Parliamentarian & Immediate Past President: Deborah Thomas [email protected]
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9/20-21/2019 2019 Florida State Fall Executive Board Meeting/Workshop Orlando, FL 3/7/2020 District III Meeting Lakeland, FL 9/18-19/2020 2020 Florida State Fall Executive Board Meeting/Workshop Orlando, FL
2019-20 Kappa Kapers Submission Deadlines
Submission Deadline Publication Date Meeting Date
9/6/2019 9/14/2019 9/28/2019
10/25/2019 11/2/2019 11/16/2019
1/3/2020 1/11/2020 1/25/2020
3/6/2020 3/14/2020 3/28/2020
4/24/2020 5/2/2020 5/16/2020
9/4/2020 9/12/2020 9/26/2020
Publication dates are based upon when the newsletter will be e-mailed to members; hard copies will be mailed within an estimated 4-5 business days after publication date.
Deadlines and publication for the Kapers around or immediately following holidays are more relaxed – thanks for understanding! - Angie
A word (or Two) from the lady who wears MANY hats …
Do you take care of you? No, I mean it. Do you make a concentrated effort to take care of yourself? Do you keep up with your doctor’s appointments? Do you try to eat healthy? Do you take time for yourself? Are you kind to yourself? Do you make sure that the voice you hear most – the one inside your head – says nice things to you? Do you get enough rest? Do you drink enough water? Do you “let it go to voicemail” when you’ve had enough?
When we held Edcamp 2019 in Pinellas County, one of the benefits of it not being as well-attended as I’d have liked was our ability to have a final “table session” that included all attendees. We had it later in the year than we should have scheduled it – already into “Testing Season” (I’m looking at the dates for next year to see if we can remedy that and have it earlier, when teachers aren’t quite so burned out). We devoted this final session to Teacher Self-Care, and it was QUITE the animated session, with the participants being excited to talk about how they take care of themselves, what they do to relieve stress (lots of GREAT wine recommendations!), and
discussions about book clubs, arts and crafts, and places to work out.
I had an epiphany over the summer about the necessity of self-care, when I realized that I need to start taking better care of myself, if I want to be able to care effectively for others. I’ve heard a lot, over the past few years, that “a DKG woman never says ‘no’,” and I understand that dedication and support it. Just realize that when you’re saying “yes” to everyone else, you still need to be putting yourself first – you can’t pour from an empty pitcher.
I hope to see some of you at the Fall Executive Board Meeting, and ALL of you at the Kappa Meeting the following week. Until then, I hope this finds you healthy and happy – and taking good care of yourselves.
o 4 lb. boneless chicken breast boiled with 2 bay leaves. Cut in bite size pieces.
o 5 stalks of celery o 3 tsp celery seed o 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper o 1 cup pineapple tidbits (in pineapple juice),
drained o Green grapes o Bag of slivered almonds o 1 can of mandarin oranges (light syrup) drained o 1 jar Primal mayo avocado*
May use a small jar of Hellman’s mayo but I made this salad Whole 30 by using Primal mayo.
Sarah’s Summer Spinach Salad Submitted by Jamie Rozek-Potter
• 1 bag of fresh spinach • 16 oz package of strawberries (you may a few have extra) • 1 small red onion (use quantity as needed) • Small container of crumbled feta cheese (use quantity
as needed) • Lg handful of pecan halves (sugar-coated is fine) • Salad dressing (strawberry-poppyseed or another vinaigrette)
Also needed: Large, flat serving tray & tongs
Instructions: Spread the spinach on the serving tray. Top with thin slices of red onion and strawberry for color and flavor. Sprinkle with handfuls of feta cheese and pecans. Drizzle with the salad dressing, OR place a bowl of the dressing in the center of the salad with a spoon for people to dress salad individually.
Bits & Pieces DKG-Florida State Organization Fall Executive Board Meeting/Workshops. Are you READY?? They will be collecting school supplies at the meeting for those in the Panhandle area who are still in need due to the devastating impact of Hurricane Michael – so please, contact Angie (in Pinellas) or Victoria (in Manatee) if you have items to donate and cannot attend. Hope to see you in Lake Mary! Kappa Directory. Please remember to contact Karol Gotte if you have any corrections for the Kappa Directory. Her e-mail address is [email protected]. FLDKGEF. The Florida DKG Educational Foundation has added a new grant opportunity, in addition to the already established FLDKGEF Professional Development Award. Please see the next page for the September 2019 issue of the Educator Express, but be aware that applications for both the award and grant are available now at www.fldkgef.org. There is an FLDKGEF membership meeting on Friday night at the upcoming Fall Executive Board Meeting, and a breakout session on Saturday morning. The deadline for applications is February 1, 2020 and recipients will be announced in April 2020.
District III Meeting. The District III Meeting is coming up in March 2020, and will be held in Lakeland, Florida this biennium! Kappa is committed to create the program and a table favor, so we will need all hands on-deck at the January meeting to help assemble the favors for the meeting, which will have a baseball theme. More on this at the upcoming meetings!
The ribbon-cutting dedication of Dr. Mona Jain Middle School was held on August 8, 2019 in Bradenton, Florida. Dr. Mohinder “Mona” Jain has been a member of Kappa Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma for 40-plus years. With her family, she came to Manatee County 1964. She had been a teacher and administrator in the American, British and Indian systems of education since 1961. In subsequent years, she taught biological, health, and physical sciences at Bayshore High School in Bradenton. Later, with the help of scholarships from Kappa Chapter, Mu State, DKG International, Mona earned a Ph.D. at the University of South Florida, and then went on to become a medical doctor. Over the years, she has been very involved in the community, in many organizations. She is a human rights activist. One of Mona’s proudest moments is serving on the Governor’s Commission on Education, and the executive board of the Florida Commission on the Status of Women. She is a founding
member of the Women’s Resource Center of Manatee and the Manatee Commission on the Status of Women. One of Mona’s former students, who spoke at the dedication, said that in high school she was not getting any academic support from home. Mona, a positive, no-nonsense mentor who saw her potential, encouraged her to dream and to push harder. That young lady eventually went to college, and is now a successful business woman. She is one of many that Mona’s caring and sincerity touched over the years. Mona recently retired as director of Family Health Services for Manatee County Head Start. Mona’s husband, Kailash, is owner of a fine jewelry business in Sarasota; her daughter, Dr. Anila Jain, is a physician and child advocate in Manatee County. Mona is one of the women featured in the book, They Dared to Dream - Florida Women Who Shaped History, by Doris Weatherford.
Kappa Chapter Meeting Saturday, September 28, 2019
University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee Campus
8350 N Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34243
Directions from Pinellas to Manatee: Follow I-275 S to US-19 S in Terra Ceia - take exit 5 from I-275 S>>> Merge onto I-275 S > Keep right to stay on I-275 S > Keep left to stay on I-275 S >
Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 5 for US-19 S toward Palmetto/Bradenton.
Follow US-19 S and US-41 S to your destination>>> Continue onto US-19 S > Continue straight onto US-19 S/US-41 S/S Tamiami Trail > Use the left 2
lanes to turn slightly left onto US-41 S/S Tamiami Trail > Keep right to continue on US-41 S/1st St/S Tamiami Trail > Use the left 2 lanes to
turn left onto US-41 S/14th St W > Turn right > Turn right > Turn left > Destination will be on the left
The meeting will be held Registration 9:30 a.m. Breakfast 9:45 a.m. (serving begins)
Please RSVP to Fran Marinari or Victoria Eastman via phone, text or e-mail no later than Monday, September 23rd!
There will be a delicious breakfast provided by a professional chef, and there will be a donation basket to defray costs and support the chapter. Come enjoy a Saturday morning with your Kappa Sisters!
PINELLAS TECHNICAL COLLEGE MEETING: 14 MEMBERS AND 3 GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE: DEBORAH THOMAS, VICTORIA EASTMAN, ANGIE WRIGHT NASH, KAROL GOTTE, FRAN MARINARI, JUDY SHOSTROM, JOAN SACKETT, DIANA BUELL, PHYLLIS OMILAK, LAEL WILSON, BARBARA CORBETT, MARY KAY KROUSKOS, JUDY COOK, FAY MURPHY; GUESTS: NICOLE SIERRA, CAMYE DUDOVITZ, CAMYE’S MOTHER, PAULA WINSTON.
At 10:10 a.m. Angie Wright Nash presented a Founders’ Day Program. DKG is 90 years old this year. Twelve women were founders of DKG: Annie Webb Blanton; Mamie Sue Bastian; Ruby Cole; Mabel Grizzard; Dr. Anna Hiss; Ray King; Sue King; Dr. Helen Koch; Ruby Terrill Lomax; Dr. Cora Martin; Lalla Odom; Lela Lee Williams. Let us live the legacy that these visionary women started. Angie read the inspirational poem, “Just One.” It was announced that Angie would be the chair of the Communications and Marketing for FL State DKG from Kappa Chapter.
The meeting was called to order at 10:20. The Minutes were accepted as printed.
The Treasurer’s report: Fran Marinari reported that 10 people still have not paid their dues to DKG. The Balance Forward is $3,573.35; Money Market is $1,818.94; GIA CD is $20,000 and the Scholarship CD is $3,075.17. Fran also explained that BB+T has merged with SunTrust. We can get up to 1.65 interest on a CD at Acheiva. We can have our checking account and all other accounts in for one bank fee. She will discuss all of our accounts with Acheiva and roll them over to Achieva in June/July if it will benefit the chapter. Fran will report in Sept. There was consensus at the meeting for this to take place.
The Grant-In-Aid was awarded by Phyllis Omilak and Lael Wilson to Camye Dudovitz who is going to be teaching in Bradenton after her graduation.
A Memorial Service was conducted by Barbara Corbett for Emily Miller and Cornelia Gause.
A skit to spark interest in being on the Nominations Committee was presented by members.
Angie introduced a potential new member, Nicole Sierra. Deborah Thomas spoke of Legislative issues.
The PIG Gift, which is for Grant-in-Aid, brought in $55. Schools for Africa totaled $68.74 for this year’s donation.
June 14 will be the Planning Meeting at Victoria Eastman’s home. August 4 will be the New Members’ Tea at Victoria’s. September 28 is our first meeting of the 2019 – 2020 year in Manatee County.
It was announced that Mary Westendick and Katherine Kelly have their birthdays this month. Do send cards.