PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE I enjoyed seeing those of you who were at the August meeting and appreciate the work of each committee. I hope that each of you will want to become more involved in helping accomplish the activities that we have planned for our chapter this year. As you share the work of committees, be thinking of the committee on which you would like to work next year. ALPHA PI OFFICERS 2006-2008 President - Martha Scarbrough First Vice President - Vicki Young Second Vice President - Alice Huskey Secretary - Linda Jernigan Treasurer - Joyce Hiebert Parliamentarian - Carmen Morrell ALPHA PI MEETINGS 2006-2007 August 14.………4:30 pm………..Manchester Central High School September 11.…. 4:30 pm ……….. Tullahoma Robert E. Lee Elementary School November 13.…. 4:30 pm ……….. Manchester Administrative Plaza, Community Room February 12 …… 4:30 pm ……….. Tullahoma Robert E. Lee Elementary School .March 12 …….. 4:30 pm ………. Manchester Central High School April 28 ………10:30 am ……………….TBA DUES REMINDER Member dues, active $70 and reserve $25, may be paid at the September meeting and must be paid by October 31. ACTIONS TAKEN AT à International scholarships were raised from $5000 to $6000. à Educators who have been retired no more than two (2) years may now be inducted into the society. ALPHA PI WEBSITE: The new Alpha Pi website is almost complete. Please look over the pages at: http://www.deltakappagamma.org/TN-alphapi/ And email Vicki Young if you see any errors. Please pay special attention to the September meeting link and the Delta Kappa Gamma song. You will need Shockwave (a free download if you click on the link near the bottom of the homepage) to view the song video. Watch for new additions throughout the year! ??? MEMBER MYSTERY ??? Who is the member that --- A---prefers chocolate pie, caffeine free sodas, and Good Housekeeping magazine, is a Virgo, and sang with a country music band while in high school? B---prefers oatmeal cookies, Eric Clapton, and the Tennessee Titans, is a Leo, and skied in the AEDC 4 th of July water ski shows? C---prefers football, apples, and Italian Cream cake, has archaeology as a hobby, and dated a non-English speaking soccer player while touring Chile, South America? D---prefers any music but country, maple trees, and Oprah magazine, has a cat named Tiger, and was a clerk/typist at the University of Kansas? E---prefers gardenias, music from the 60’s and 70’s, and shopping at Cold Water Creek, does cross stitch, and once appeared on the “Captain Bob and Bobo” Show at Fair Park in Nashville when she was four years old? DISCOVER THESE MEMBERS AT THE
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AGENDA September Meeting 4:15 Snacks and Getting Re-acquainted CONGRATULATIONS--- --- to REBECCA BINGHAM for receiving the Teacher of the Year honor from the Coffee County Board of Education for grades 5 - 8 --- to SARAH KING on the birth of baby daughter Olivia Katherine, born August 2, 2006, weighing 7 lbs 15 oz and 20 inches long ---to DOROTHY PEDIGO for receiving the Teacher of the Year honor from the Coffee County Board of Education for grades 9 - 12 --- to CAROL PREISER for receiving the Lena Saine Excellence in Teaching Award for 2005-06 at the 2006 Awards Day ceremony in May at Coffee County Central High School COMMITTEE CORNER The Literacy/Special Project Committee is getting information about Coffee County participation in the September 23 activities for the Governor’s Imagination Library Week. As activities, locations and times are known, you will be given more information. The Scrapbook Committee requests that you bring news items about our members and activities in our members’ schools. XI STATE NOTES NOMINATION FORMS for state office or state elected committee are due by October 31, 2006. GOVERNOR BREDESEN’S BOOKS FROM BIRTH PROGRAM was approved as the Xi State literacy project. The week of September 18-24 has been designated by the Governor as Imagination Library Week. Saturday, September 23, 2006, is the date of the statewide sign-up of children for the Books from Birth program. THE TRENT LOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL in Pascagoula, MS, as a state project was approved. The school was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Xi State members have contributed over $12,000 that has been sent to the school for library books and teacher supplies. Monetary donations to this project may be made at any time and sent to Xi State Treasurer Linda McCrary. See the Xi State Website for more information. SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE is June 25-30 at the New Orleans Riverside Hilton. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! JULY Lucy Deal - July 31 Hilda Hale - July 14 Becky Langford - July 17 Carmen Morrell - July 13 Joan Pockrus - July 13 Reba Walters - July 21 AUGUST Bertha Ashley - August 22 Rebecca Bingham - August 7 Suzi Boyd - August 17 Sarah King - August 18 Jennifer Ray - August 17 Martha Scarbrough - August 26 Leslie Wurst - August 5 SEPTEMBER Linda Jernigan - September 13 Vicki Young - September 15 ALPHA PI NEWS
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