Officers 2011-2013
New Jersey
Alpha Zeta State
President
Roxanne T. Adinolfi (Sigma)
736 Mill Street
Moorestown, NJ 08057
856-234-4405/609-760-6860
rxadinolfi@comcast.net
First Vice President
Barbara Smith (Omicron)
40 Mulberry Drive
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
609-276-6092
no1hunya@aol.com
Second Vice President
Mary Conover (Pi)
59 Cottage Gate Circle
Sewell, NJ 08080
856-553-6314
curtmare@comcast.net
Recording Secretary
Sharon Long (Iota)
88 La Pierre Avenue
Lawnside, NJ 08045
856-547-4243
lillong@aol.com
Corresponding Secretary
Carol Schwartz (Gamma)
16 Llanfair Lane
Ewing, NJ 08618
609-883-8539
cbsrosered@gmail.com
Treasurer
Ellen Hahn (Beta)
58 S. Perdue Avenue
New Castle, DE 19720
302-328-4347
ekhahn@juno.com
Parliamentarian
Eileen Smith (Beta)
214 E. Third Avenue
N. Wildwood, NJ 08260
302-388-6948
smith.eileenwilson@gmail.com
Immediate Past President
Claire A. Swanson (Alpha)
82 Heritage Court
Towaco, NJ 07082
973-316-2462
cswanson5@optimum.net
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Greetings!
 I hope you all had a chance to read the first edition of the Alpha Zeta State newsletter. If you didn't, please remember that it is available on the state website. Since the newsletter went out, more things have happened, so keep reading and discover the latest from Alpha Zeta State. If this issue was forwarded to you by someone else, please join our e-mail list so that you will get your own copy next time. Sincerely, Jan Paxton
Alpha Zeta State Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Webmaster
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Apply for your stipend now!
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 Stipends AvailableThe Scholarship and Stipends Committee is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the Stipend Award. At the September state meeting, money was transferred into the Stipend Account, thus making it possible to award stipends during mid-year.
Members interested in making application should access the Society state web site (About Us -> Scholarships -> Stipend) for the criteria and specifics. Questions may be directed to Dr. Marilyn Gonyo, Scholarship Chair at mgonyo1063@aol.com.
Applications must have a postmark of no later than December 30, 2011 to be considered. |
From the November 2011 Broadcasting the Buzz - From the International Communications Committee  Chapters are BUZZING about the new contemporary initiation ceremony recently released by the International Membership Committee. Change does not usually find people singing its praises, BUT WOW! Members are emailing their accolades of approval on a daily basis.The traditional initiation ceremony used over the years has emphasized the Founders, symbols, key pin and other protocols that bind DKG members together with a common purpose and is still a very impressive and appropriate ceremony. Now that our Society is well established, we can focus less on the past and more on bringing together qualified and diverse women educators. The contemporary initiation focuses more on the needs of educators serving in a broad spectrum of educational fields, emphasizing the pursuit of worthwhile projects that make a difference in communities around the world. Your chapter may continue to use the traditional initiation ceremony, but the committee hopes you will check out the new contemporary initiation ceremony which is available at www.dkg.org, under Membership Committee, see Resources section.
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| Alpha Zeta State Strategic Action Plan |
 The first meeting of the Alpha Zeta State Strategic Planning Ad Hoc Committee met on November 19, 2011, in Bordentown. The ad hoc committee was created by State President Roxanne Adinolfi in response to a request from international to develop a Strategic Action Plan for AZS. The committee is composed of a past chapter president and retired teacher, Kathleen Coe; immediate past state president, teacher, and AZS representative for SAP- DKG, Claire Swanson; past state president, state expansion chair and university professor, Dr. Mary Lee Batesko; teacher, state initiation chair, and member of one of the largest chapters in AZS, Amy Weinstein; current chapter president and teacher, Pam Watkinson; 2nd Vice President, state membership chair and retired teacher, Mary Conover; and AZS president, university supervisor, and educational consultant, Roxanne Adinolfi, ex-officio. The committee members viewed the strategic action plan process through varied lenses based on diversity and experience. They also reviewed multiple Strategic Action Plans from other states, cross-referencing and comparing the plans to find exemplars, including that of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.
Alpha Zeta State's committee agreed to focus on five major areas important to the sustainability and viability of New Jersey's chapters: membership, finance, society impact on education, communication/technology, and leadership development. These five core areas may be expanded by additional concerns identified by the state's membership in a survey to be shared in January, 2012.
The survey is being implemented to provide the data necessary for the committee to advance its charge: to draft a strategic action plan for Alpha Zeta State. Following compilation and review of the information from the member survey, state members in the determined focus areas, with the direction and assistance of the SAP committee, will be asked to create objectives, timelines, and responsible parties for meeting goals and objectives to move Alpha Zeta State forward. "Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now."
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 Are you using the Schools for Africa materials?
Each newsette includes information and a lesson plan on one of the countries in Africa. Newsette number 7 features FOCUS ON Mali... information on this country and materials for a chapter program with an accompanying powerpoint and notes
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Discover what is new at CTAUN
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 The "save the date" information is out - the next CTAUN Conference at the UN will be held on February 3, 2012. The conference statement is "Education is a human right." More information will be available at Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development. ~ Kofi Annan
From the latest DKG@UN:- What's Going On? is an award-winning series of ten videos produced by the UN Works Programme, administered by Carmel Mulvany.
- Nicholas Kristof's Blog - By following Kristof's blog (www.nytimes.com/ontheground) readers can find out how to help those in need he writes about...
- Girlup.org. The Girl Up Campaign is sponsored by the UN Foundation. The website describes agencies Girl Up works with to support programs for adolescent girls as part of the UN Adolescent Girls Task Force.
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Approved Chapter Sales for Convention
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Check out the chapter sales that have been approved for this year's convention!  Sigma is coordinating the sales. The information that has been received to date is on the state website ( ) and you can check back there to see more ordering information, pricing and images as we get closer to convention. Gamma has some cool bling, Beta is making sure our lunches are cool, Epsilon is providing us with lots of little things, and there are many more! All the information for convention will be posted on the website under Program -> AZ State Convention and will include any documents you could need as well as registration information when it becomes available.
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 Babette Wise, Personal Growth and Services/Awards Chairperson, has sent an e-mail to chapter presidents giving them the directions for submitting names for the Rose and Key recognition awards. All of the information and the forms are on the state website (Programs & Events ->Awards) Make sure your chapter makes its nominations before the February 1, 2012 deadline. |
| Alpha Zeta State's Newsletter |
The next newsletter deadline is January 9, 2012. That may be next year, but it is approaching quickly! The focus for this issue is Convention, State Business, Scholarship, Bylaws, etc.Instructions for Submitting Copy for the Alpha Zeta State Newsletter - Revised August 2011 - are now posted on the website. Download the instructions or view them online Please submit all copy electronically in Microsoft Word to Email address for the newsletter: aznews201113@optimum.net [This is a NEW address.] Loretta Kachmar-Will <Otis104@comcast.net>
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Please pass all of this good information on to your sisters! Soon we will be able to make News Between the News go out to everyone whose e-mail is registered with DKG Society International, but right now we are counting on you to pass it on.
Jan Paxton
Alpha Zeta State Webmaster Alpha Zeta State Delta Kappa Gamma Society International 11 Fine Road High Bridge, New Jersey 08829 |
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