Photo Gallery: 2020 - 2022 Biennium
Potluck Dinner Meeting with Induction of New Members and Installation of New Officers: May 18, 2022
Program Meeting: April 12, 2022
Over thirty chapter members and four prospective members gathered at Winters Mill High School to hear a very interesting program presented by Jillian Childs. The program was all about bats: their physiology, their contributions, bat conservation, and much, much more.
March 26, 2022: A field trip to the Johns Hopkins' Evergreen Museum in Baltimore
March 10, 2022: A Program about Diversity, Celebration of Life Ceremony, and Easter Basket Donations
February 10, 2022: Chair Yoga and Donations to the WHS Food Pantry
In Loving Appreciation for Our Currently Working Members: Panera Gift Cards and a Poem
November 16, 2021: Winter's Mill High School Open House Meeting
The evening's meeting was electric because we had a full house, a fabulous speaker, with lots of passion and energy and a great show of community support. Several guests attended from Linton Springs and Taneytown Elementary Schools. The evening's speaker was Katie Speert, founder of Together-We-Own-It.
Spirited Tales, October 16, 2021, New Windsor, Maryland
Our Fall, 2021 Field Trip took place as a Walking Ghost Tour of New Windsor. This was a follow up to our March 2020 meeting in which Frank Batavick was our guest speaker. The rainy weather cleared up just in time for a wonderful Autumn walk around this delightful town. The moon came out and the evening was just beautiful.
October 6, 2021: Honoring our Working Members
An in-person dinner was held at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Westminster. Our chapter supplied the fried chicken and our retired members brought sides, desserts and beverages to treat our working teachers. Each current educator stood as membership chair, Laura McClelland announced her name. Then Laura handed out a "golden apple" to each standing member, symbolic of our chapter's appreciation for all they do to help their students succeed, especially during these difficult and unusual times in the classroom. For our community service focus, members contributed supplies for the Boys and Girls Club of Westminster.
May 13, 2021: Induction of New Members
After more than a year apart, Omicron Chapter sisters finally reconnected and gathered in person under a pavilion at a local park for an outdoor picnic and induction ceremony which were held on May 13th. The weather was lovely. The thirty sisters who attended were thrilled to see each other and to watch six key women educators be inducted into our chapter along with an honorary member who could not attend in person. Each inductee was introduced to the audience by their nominating sister. Membership chair, Laura McClelland, officiated over the event and didn’t let the breeze stop the candles from staying lit (she brought ones that were charged by batteries). Each new member signed the chapter’s membership registry, then received their membership pin from Laura, and were given a membership certificate by president, Jo Anne Stevens and a long stem red rose by 1st vice president, Maria Shanabarger. Assisting with the ceremony was Lisa Macurak who, as a current middle school social studies teacher, provided a brief orientation to the new inductees on the history of Delta Kappa Gamma. Welcomed into the Omicron chapter were Kathryn Berling, Janice Cermatori, Annie Martin, Stacy Nolan, Andrea Rowinski, Noreen Strylowski, and Peggy Altoff.
Virtual Program Meeting on April 14, 2021
Twenty-three members attended our meeting featuring Sykesville Attorney, Robyn Weisse who presented information on Estate Planning.
Twenty-three members attended our meeting featuring Sykesville Attorney, Robyn Weisse who presented information on Estate Planning.
Virtual Program Meeting on March 11, 2021
Twenty-nine sisters attended our meeting featuring Greg Padrick whose specialties are acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, acupressure, and Chinese Dietary Therapy.
Twenty-nine sisters attended our meeting featuring Greg Padrick whose specialties are acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, acupressure, and Chinese Dietary Therapy.
Fifteen Omicron Sisters have been teaching in hybrid mode since January. To thank and support our valiant sisters, Valentine Care Packages were assembled and distributed to their homes in February, 2021.
Virtual Program Meeting on February 3, 2021
Twenty-nine sisters attended our meeting featuring Debbie Scheller, owner of A Likely Story book shop in Sykesville. Debbie delighted Omicron sisters with a slide show that featured over twenty wonderfully fascinating fiction and nonfiction books. As a bonus, Debbie provided us with a discount code (DKG) for 15% of the purchase of books in her shop.
Twenty-nine sisters attended our meeting featuring Debbie Scheller, owner of A Likely Story book shop in Sykesville. Debbie delighted Omicron sisters with a slide show that featured over twenty wonderfully fascinating fiction and nonfiction books. As a bonus, Debbie provided us with a discount code (DKG) for 15% of the purchase of books in her shop.
Virtual Program Meeting on November 17, 2020
Twenty-four sisters attended our meeting featuring guest speaker, Beth Halley, from the Samaritan Women Organization. Beth gave an informative presentation about Human Trafficking.
Twenty-four sisters attended our meeting featuring guest speaker, Beth Halley, from the Samaritan Women Organization. Beth gave an informative presentation about Human Trafficking.
Back to School Goody Bags were assembled and distributed to our working sisters who will begin the 2020-2021 school year teaching virtually. Thanks to our chapter president, Jo Anne Stevens for supplying the goodies and writing the poem and list of essential computer teaching gear.
Omicron Chapter Virtual BINGO - July 21, 2020
Two games were won by Jo Anne Stevens and one game was won by Elaine Bowen
Two games were won by Jo Anne Stevens and one game was won by Elaine Bowen
This page last updated June, 2022