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Welcome to the Gamma Chi Chapter web page! The Gamma Chi Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (DKG) consists of dedicated women educators. Located in rural Warren County, the Gamma Chi Chapter is in Region III and is part of the North Carolina State Organization of DKG. Warren County is in north central North Carolina bordering the state of Virginia and sharing two beautiful lakes with that state.

Gamma Chi Chapter received the
Order of the Rose Achievement Award and the Communications Excellence Award at the 2024 NC DKG Convention

Ten Members receive 2024 Shirley White Professional Development Grants


May 16, 2024 - Nine members received the Gamma Chi Shirley White Professional Devel-opment Grant to enable them to attend the 2024 NC DKG Convention. The awards were presented by Scholarship Chair Betsy Clark, far left. Recipients are from left Debra Clayton, Nancy Tunstall, Diane Colin, Sallye Duncan, Gail Coleman, Norma Retzlaff, Rachel Smith and Sheila Robertson. Not pictured, Robin Edwards. Also, Aimee Cooper received a Shirley White Professional Development to take a training course and receive certification. She is pictured below. The Shirley White Professional Development Grants are made possible by donations made in memory of Shirley White, a long-time member of Gamma Chi who passed away on March 29, 2024.


2024 Nancy Blankenship Award Recipients


For the 2024-2025 School Year - Two $1,000 Nancy Blankenship Grant-in-Aid Awards were presented to, from left to right, Bethany Bellamy and Lenesha Northington. Both women are non-certified employees of Warren County Schools who are working towards a degree in education in order to become teachers. Gamma Chi member Rachel Smith, right, received a $1,000 Nancy Blankenship Scholarship to obtain her National Board certification. Nancy Blankenship was a charter member of the Gamma Chi Chapter before her death in 2010. These awards are made possible by the Blankenship family in memory of their mother.

 

2024 Josephine Myrick Scholarship Recipient

Chris Skinner received a $1,000 Josephine Myrick Scholarship to obtain her National Board certification. The award is named for Josephine Myrick. Each year Myrick makes and donates a crocheted afghan for the members to raffle in order to raise money for the Gamma Chi Scholarship Fund. For her efforts, she has been named an honorary DKG member.

 

Next Meeting

6:00 p.m. Thursday, March 6, 2025
See the next Gamma Chi Newsletter for details
 

Gamma Chi Chapter
(taken May 16, 2024)
 
 

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