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Moving Forward with the 3 Rs
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Mississippi State Organization has over 900 members who are educators, specialists, administrators or other key women in education. Mississippi State Organization is comprised of three districts (Northern, Central and Southern) and 36 chapters. Conventions and district meetings are held to support the professional and personal growth of members and to focus attention on current educational issues and concerns.
Mississippi State Organization Convention
April 28-29, 2023
Sheraton Flowood Hotel & Conference Center
Image by Janet Berg
Plans are underway for the MSO Convention April 28-29. The location is an outstanding, family-friendly hotel with a great swimming area, lazy-river inner-tube ride, and an excellent golf course. Our convention is late enough in April that the weather should be warm enough for the wonderful outdoor activities for the whole family! Start planning to attend now!
Proposed Revised By-Laws and Standing Rules
The By-Laws Committee has diligently worked to update our By-Laws and Standing Rules. Please read through these proposed revisions and give Dr. Joanna Alston your feedback by October 31, 2022.
By-Laws and Standing Rules Draft
By-Laws and Standing Rules Draft
New Study Highlights Pandemic's Mental Health Toll on Educators
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash
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MSO's Educational Excellence Committee recommends this article published by ASCD discussing the toll of the Pandemic on the mental health of educators.
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Recognizing MSO Members
2022 STAR of Mississippi
In one’s lifetime, there are people who come into your life who always make you smile when you see them. Their spirits are uplifting, positive, always encouraging. Our candidate for the 2022 Mississippi Star is one of those people.
Our star being recognized today answers the call for service in both her professional and personal life. Her response for assistance to me as well as past presidents has always been “Whatever you need” or “How can I help?” Once told the need, she immediately gets to work on finding the answer to the question or planning ways to assist.
When the infamous pandemic reared its ugly head and changed the ways business always been conducted, our Star quickly part of the solution to keep going forward. As Chair of the Leadership Development Committee, she and her committee faced the huge task of training incoming chapter officers during a pandemic. She immediately flipped the 202 Chapter Leaders Retreat to a virtual event and even added a first-ever October “follow-up” to make sure officers were given every opportunity to be successful. Despite the bumps and problems of the pandemic, many chapters went on to have a successful biennium, as evidenced by those who earned Honor Chapter status for 2020-2022.
This is only one of the many ways Dr. Betsy Sullivan has served the MSO community over her many years of membership. Betsy continues to answer the call for service within the DKG community, her school, her family, and her community. From setting up drives for newsletters to encouraging committee chairs to step outside the box in communicating with members, Betsy serves the Mississippi State Organization with humility and enthusiasm. Betsy is a true Star of Mississippi!
Our star being recognized today answers the call for service in both her professional and personal life. Her response for assistance to me as well as past presidents has always been “Whatever you need” or “How can I help?” Once told the need, she immediately gets to work on finding the answer to the question or planning ways to assist.
When the infamous pandemic reared its ugly head and changed the ways business always been conducted, our Star quickly part of the solution to keep going forward. As Chair of the Leadership Development Committee, she and her committee faced the huge task of training incoming chapter officers during a pandemic. She immediately flipped the 202 Chapter Leaders Retreat to a virtual event and even added a first-ever October “follow-up” to make sure officers were given every opportunity to be successful. Despite the bumps and problems of the pandemic, many chapters went on to have a successful biennium, as evidenced by those who earned Honor Chapter status for 2020-2022.
This is only one of the many ways Dr. Betsy Sullivan has served the MSO community over her many years of membership. Betsy continues to answer the call for service within the DKG community, her school, her family, and her community. From setting up drives for newsletters to encouraging committee chairs to step outside the box in communicating with members, Betsy serves the Mississippi State Organization with humility and enthusiasm. Betsy is a true Star of Mississippi!
Alpha Alpha
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One of Alpha Alpha's service projects was collecting shoe box gifts for children in New Mexico. We collected 43 shoe boxes and they will be delivered before Christmas to the children by a local missionary.
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Sigma
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In order to share the vision, Leading Women Educators Impacting Education Worldwide, and strengthen our profession, the local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, Sigma Chapter, established Supporting Early-career Educators (SEE) as its annual project. Education is a challenging career, and retaining quality teachers is an issue worldwide. John F. Kennedy said, “In each one of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefits for everyone and a greater strength for our nations.” Sigma Chapter members believe that we truly can make a difference with our support. SEE encourages members to be creative in support of early-career educators with a variety of strategies. Sigma Chapter has adopted four first year teachers in the Picayune and Pearl River County School Districts. Members will support these new teachers throughout the school year with encouragement, goodie bags, and more. In October, SEE teachers were showered with bags of classroom supplies. Sigma Chapter is helping to reduce the teacher shortage by supporting early-career educators in our community.
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Congratulations, Amy Rutland, Omega Chapter President !
We are pleased to announce that our fellow sister, Amy Rutland, was recently recognized as the District Teacher of the Year for the Brookhaven School District. Amy was Valedictorian of her high school class at Topeka Tilton Attendance Center. She holds an A.A. degree in science from Copiah-Lincoln Community College, both a B.S. and M.S. degree in Science Education with a Biology emphasis from The University of Southern Mississippi. Amy has been teaching Brookhaven High School for 32 years. She has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Copiah-Lincoln Community College and a Polymer Science Coatings Lab Researcher. Congratulations Amy!
We are pleased to announce that our fellow sister, Amy Rutland, was recently recognized as the District Teacher of the Year for the Brookhaven School District. Amy was Valedictorian of her high school class at Topeka Tilton Attendance Center. She holds an A.A. degree in science from Copiah-Lincoln Community College, both a B.S. and M.S. degree in Science Education with a Biology emphasis from The University of Southern Mississippi. Amy has been teaching Brookhaven High School for 32 years. She has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Copiah-Lincoln Community College and a Polymer Science Coatings Lab Researcher. Congratulations Amy!
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