DKG Xi Chapter Florida 2022-2024 Biennium March 7, 2023

XI GRAM
DKG Xi Chapter |Spring 2023 | Vol. III

President’s Message
Xi Business
Meetings &
Dear Sisters, 
Notifications
As 2023 begins, we are experiencing many
Save the Dates: challenges both professionally and personally.
Changes in education and educational policy
Special Event are creating stressful environments for
Broward Center for educators and students.
the Performing Arts
The Mikado We are fortunate to belong to Delta Kappa
3/12/23 Gamma and avail ourselves to their myriad of
The lecture is resources and programs. This newsletter
scheduled for 3 pm contains articles and websites from DKG Zoom
followed by the programs to help overcome some of these
performance at 4 challenges. The resources from Chalk Talk I
pm. and II, and the Legislative Virtual Rally with
Legislators provide strategies for us in our
professional and personal lives.
Xi General Meeting
March 14, 2022 Sadly, several of our members are dealing with
4:30 p.m. stressful situations in their personal lives with
themselves or family members. Please let us
Hawthorne Village
know what we can do to help.
Club House
7101 East Tropical
Way Paula and Pam
Plantation, Fl. 33317

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Updates From Paula

Take time to explore the updated dkg.org website. The new format is
easier to use and locate information/resources/documents. To access
many of these resources, you must log in with your six digit member id.

Listed below are several articles and Zoom webinars:

Article by Dr. Debbie LeBlanc, International President 2022-2024:

The DKG 2022–2024 Administrative Board revisited the DKG Strategic Plan
2015–2025 to focus on four goals: Support Members, Provide Global
Opportunities, Develop Leaders, and Build Resources (financial and
human).

Dr. Debbie LeBlanc (2022). “DKG Vitality, Relevance, and Sustainability:

The Society’s Strategic Plan.” Collegial Exchange, 89(2): 7-8.

FL DKG State Legislative Committee Presented:

Chalk Talk I: Helping Teachers Strive and Thrive Through Listening &
Storytelling-Zoom (12/8/22)
Speaker - Karen Gross karengrosseducation.com
Dr. Vivian Posey summarized this webinar in Florida Rays, Spring 2023, Vol
68(4): 9.

Gross, Karen. Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the School Door-Strategies and

Solutions for Educators, Pre-K-College. NY:Teachers College Press, 2020.
(Available at Broward County Library)

Chalk Talk II: Creating a Sense of Belonging in DKG - Caring,

Connecting, Communicating - Zoom (1/17/23)
Roxanne Berger, Florida DKG State President (2021-2023) referred to this
article in her President’s Message in Florida Rays, Spring 2023, Vol 68(4):
3.

Richter, Kammie (2002). “ A Century of Existence: Seven Possibilities for

Action to Assist the Growth of Our Society.” Collegial Exchange, 89(2):
9-15.

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Updates from Paula Continued

One of the suggestions in the article is Juliet Funt’s Take a Minute Videos
(www.julietfunt.com) Website includes a Busyness Quiz

Funt, Juliet. A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and

Do Your Best Work. NY:Harper Business, 2021. (Available as ebook and
audiobook at Broward County Library-Hoopla)

DKG Virtual Rally with FL Legislators - Zoom (1/24/23)

Dr. Vivian Posey, Chair, Legislative Committee article:

Posey, Vivian. “Advocating for DKG Members: The Legislative

Committee Meets with Florida Legislators!” Florida Rays, Spring
2023, Vol 68(4)1.

Recommended legislative websites from Zoom presentation:

thefloridachannel.org
leg.state.fl.us
myfloridahouse.gov
flsenate.gov

Recognitions

The Spring 2023 issue of Florida Rays includes an article “Hand in

Hand – Mentor a Member” featuring Barbara Van Diepen. Xi
member, Bea Wilbur is mentioned as receiving the “Unsung Hero”
Award.

Congratulations to Sharon Wallen, member of Pi Chapter (District V)

as a 2022-2024 International Speakers Fund Presenter. Her topic is:
The POWER of Unconditional Love on Learning.
“International Speakers Fund Announces Additional Presenters.”
DKG News, Jan/Feb 2023, Vol 80(1):15.
Thank you to Sharon Quinn and Jane Spence for their diligence in
planning our programs and theater excursion.

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Updates from Paula Continued

Communication Survey

To improve our communication with members, Paula will send a

survey to everyone to select your preferred method of
communication. Examples are: email, text, phone call, chapter
website, Signal, or USPS mail.

Committees

Scholarship

Elaine Aaron and Katrina Fossella will share the grant application that they
created at the next chapter meeting.

World Fellowship

Risa Katz will share information about three of the World Fellowship
recipients.
Also, from Risa Katz, Chair of World Fellowship:

The World Fellowship program was set up to supplement

successful international students that meet the Delta Kappa
Gamma fellowship requirements. The Fellowship Committee in
turn selects those recipients for Society grants.
Our Chapter donated $150 dollars towards the World Fellowship
fund giving us the Platinum certificate. In return, we received the
list of recipients. After going through the list of students
achieving degrees from Masters and Doctorates in various fields
of study, we decided since we are an educational organization,
we would choose those in the field of education plus 1 nurse due
to the dire shortage of nurses.
We will also take pleasure in corresponding with the recipients
through mail and hopefully learn more about them personally,
about their country and their goals. We can also acknowledge
them during the holidays. It is also possible we can invite them

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World Fellowship continued

to a Zoom session. (That would definitely be a treat). Looking

forward to reaching out to them.
I am pleased to say that I have had some wonderful communication with
our World Fellowship recipients. At the board meeting, we decided to
choose three recipients who are all studying in the field of education. I
contacted Victoria Eastman, World Fellowship Chairperson to give her
the names. She got the ball rolling by emailing them letting them know
that we would be in touch. I reached out to all three and immediately
received a response from two. They shared their experiences with
other chapters that they connected with since this is the second year
that they are recipients. I also mentioned the possibility of zooming
with them. They were extremely interested since they did so in the past
with their other chapters. As I was reading all their information, I
noticed that one was celebrating her birthday. So I sent out a card on
behalf of our chapter. Looking for to future correspondence with these
ladies.

Membership

We are counting on our teachers currently in the schools to help identify a

few good women educators.

Rules

Barbara Sabin has updated two chapter rules. She is waiting for more
information from the state about additional changes.

Communication

Neena Grosvenor has created a professional online yearbook for our

chapter. She will share the new yearbook at several chapter meetings.

Programs

Sharon Quinn and Jane Spence have scheduled a lecture and show to the
Broward Center for the Performing Arts to see The Mikado on 3/12/23. The
lecture is scheduled for 3 pm followed by the performance at 4 pm.

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Programs continued

Our birthday meeting (3/14/23) will feature Dr. Annejeanette Washington

Collins, FL Middle School Social Studies Teacher of the Year. Dr. Collins
teaches at Ramblewood Middle School.

Sharon and Jane are working on the Founder’s Day meeting for May.

Upcoming Dates to Remember

March 12—Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. 4 pm, 3 pm for a

lecture

March 14—Chapter Meeting at Clubhouse 4:30 pm, possibly hybrid

by Zoom 77th Birthday meeting, Guest Speaker—FL
Middle School Social Studies teacher of the year and
Necrology ceremony for Alyce Marshall

April 28-30—FL State DKG Convention in Lake Mary

May—Founder’s Day Meeting. TBD. May be a group meeting with

other Broward Chapters

DKG International Conferences

July 11-16, 2023 Detroit Michigan at the Westin Book Cadillac

July 18-22, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona at Sheraton Wild Horse Pass

July 26-29, 2023 Tempere, Finland at Tampere Hall

September 22-23, 2023 Florida DKG State Fall Executive Board

Meeting and Workshops Orlando Marriott
Lake Mary

DKG International Convention  Summer 2024  

National Harbor, Maryland–Gaylord National, DC Area

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Carol-Ann Lansdale

Carol-Ann is a retired media specialist who is an active Xi member. 

Carol-Ann has done it all in DKG, but now prefers to do the task of
being Treasurer because she knows how to do it all.  A few weeks
ago, a state chairperson reminded chapter presidents of a report that
was due and she was the only one in the entire state to have met the
deadline with months to spare.  Carol-Ann is a person who is
disciplined in her activities.  I have not heard the tape she has
“worked out” to for the last few decades every morning, but she
enhances that with Silver Sneakers a few mornings a week.  Even
though I had been in Xi for many years, the first time I really felt I got
to know her was when she invited us to meet at Cardinal Gibbons
Media Center after she had retired. Her daughter-in-law Marlena is
the Tech in the revised name–Technology Center.. There were no

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In the Spotlight continued

books in the center and she described what the school did to give
students the ability to research, read and function without books. 
Wow!

Carol-Ann recently went to Alaska with her daughter and  they plan to
go to the British Isles in 2024. She has a close relationship with all
her children and grandchildren. 

 I was fascinated when on a Zoom meeting sharing session in the

last year or so, she told us about how she and her husband would
become camp counselors in the summer so their children could have
the experience of attending summer sleepover camp.  I also loved
another sharing session when she spoke of her French Canadian
heritage and the holiday customs handed down through the family.. 

Personally, I’m not sure Paula and I could be effective co-presidents

without Carol-Ann, Barbara, Pat, and Neena’s guidance.  I have the
utmost respect for all she has done and all that she brings to our
chapter.  

Neena Grosvenor

Neena is a true lifelong learner.  Whenever she sees a new program

that can do amazing things she believes would benefit something she
wants to do, or one that would benefit the chapter, she learns how to
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use it.  She wanted to learn Spanish, and takes a Spanish class and
spends time online or on the phone speaking Spanish with a couple
of friends who live in Spain.  She will hopefully get to use her
language skills on a long trip to Spain this summer.  She sews, she
paints and has a myriad of other skills.  
 
She was an exceptional English teacher at Western High School,
before earning her Master's in Media at Nova Southeastern
University.  Luckily, Western had three campuses when she finished
her degree and she managed the tenth-grade center with skill and
energy.
When Cypress Bay opened and Western no longer needed three
centers, she moved on to Silver Lakes where she wrote a number of
grants that added state-of-the-art technology, books, and even a
garden to the school.  You all know her rise to further heights at the
county office where she shared her knowledge with media persons
across the county.
 
Some of you may not be aware, but Xi has nominated her for the
Sara B Ferguson Award from the state DKG organization this Spring. 
She has served Xi well for almost 25 years and has also been active
at the district and state levels—a requirement of the award.  Keep
your fingers crossed for her when we go to the State Convention in
Lake Mary at the end of April.  Whether or not she wins the award
this year, she is a winner to us in every way possible.  She is one of
the go-to people when you need to know anything tech.  

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Barbara Sabin
 

Barbara is a perfectionist who has had a life of service to her family,

her church, and other community groups.  I’m not certain that
Barbara has ever forgotten a thing she ever learned about
parliamentary procedure, Xi’s chapter rules or procedures or how to
do ceremonies and “stuff”.   If she is even slightly unsure, she knows
exactly where to find the information. This is a gift very few of us
share, but we benefit from this every year.  She is very giving and
when we said we had no one willing to take on the task of doing the
meeting minutes, she volunteered to become the Secretary, as well
as, the Parliamentarian.  When the State Parliamentarian had each
chapter turn in its rules and procedures, hers were deemed perfect! 
Thank you, Barbara.   
 
Barbara and “her Jim” love to travel and yearly, we have heard about
her adventures.  This year was a trip to Rome to see the sights, then
boarding a ship to do a leisurely sail back to Fort Lauderdale from the
Mediterranean.  They visit relatives around the US and have been
included in vacation rentals in the Keys and elsewhere with the kids.  
 
Barbara started out teaching in Illinois before coming South to the Ft.
Lauderdale area.  She remembers when the area was a much
sleepier town than the megalopolis we are now part of on the
Atlantic.    

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Revised 3.9.2023

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March

20 Renee S
22 Xi Chapter

April

11 Betty L
19 Elaine A
20 Jane C

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