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DKG Practice/Program

• Collegiality: Zeta Chapter members willingly engaged in the project to support colleagues who were
actively engaged in transitioning to virtual learning environments.
• Professional/Personal Growth: The project allowed members to advance professional and personal
knowledge in creating digital resources that could be used within classrooms and provided
opportunities for enhancing children’s literacy through read-alouds.
• Philanthropy: The project gave members great joy in providing service to the community.
• Global Emphasis: Zeta members were caught in the wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and remote
learning became a stark reality for many. We empathized with teachers, students, parents, and our
local community. We sought solutions to helping each other through the new normal.
• Leadership: As educators, Zeta members rose to the challenge of discovering new ways of doing
things—engaging in Zoom meetings and continuing our work to stay connected and strong. We
continue to support educational excellence and early-career educators.
Schools will transition back to in-person learning; our read-aloud project continues as an ongoing
program of work. As DKG Zeta Chapter members, we strive to become better persons and perpetuate
our work as educators.

Dr. Avis M. Masuda is a retired teacher-education professor from the University of Hawaii at Hilo. She is a member and second vice president of Zeta
Chapter in Hawaii State Organization. ammasuda@hawaii.edu

Dr. Michele M. Ebersole is a teacher-education professor at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. She is a member and first vice president of Zeta Chapter
in Hawaii State Organization. mebersol@hawaii.edu

O Delta Kappa Gamma

By Helen Sims Smaw

O Delta Kappa Gamma, O Delta Kappa Gamma,
You are Love: You are Faith:
Love reaching out the breadth of Earth, Faith reaching down to depth of heart,
Revering life and human worth; Expressed in music, verse, and art;
Bearing Candle, Book, and Rose, Planting Grace and reaping Peace;
And heeding calls that dreams disclose. Fulfilling dreams of Joy’s increase.
Caring, steadfast Love unfurled Patient, vibrant Faith unfurled
Reaching out to bless the world. Reaching down to bless the world.

O Delta Kappa Gamma, Love reaching out, all excelling.
You are Hope: Hope reaching up, yea compelling.
Hope reaching up toward Wisdom’s height, Faith reaching down, while inspiring.
Enhancing Courage, Vision, Light; Delta Kappa Gamma crying,
Sharing Beauty, Life, and Truth Daring, persisting till humankind
With docile children, eager youth. Emerge reborn in heart and mind.
Ardent, radiant Hope unfurled Entire being, strong, unfurled
Reaching up to bless the world. Ever reaching to bless the world.

Helen Sims Smaw of Alpha Psi Chapter of North Carolina State Organization has been an active member of DKG for more than 50 years. A
gifted teacher and editor and a prolific author, poet, composer, and musician, she has served her chapter as chair of the music committee and in
numerous other roles and has participated in programs at the regional, state organization, and international levels. smawtalk@gmail.com

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