Please read through this issue of your membership newsletter, The Kadelpian, to see what KDP offers you today. A few items you might want to check out include:

Money-saving benefits
Ninety-nine-year-old retired teacher renews her membership
Orlando is a great place for Convo
Community colleges connect with KDP
Summer reading recommendations
Gifts keep on giving
Alumni Chapters important to KDP members

I want your membership in and affiliation with KDP to have value and meaning. That’s why Headquarters staff members and I continually seek to better our services. If you have ideas that you’d like to share with us about these services, be sure to submit them through Question of the Quarter in this issue.

•	Recognizes and rewards the characteristics of honor in education
•	Promotes the ultimate chapter experience for institutional members
•	Provides the opportunity to serve humanity
•	Promotes the continuing growth of scholars/practitioners
•	Provides a reasoned voice on critical issues facing education

We have a collaborative that meets several times a year to network, share information, and train on various issues. Your articles in The Educational Forum are timely and contain much information that each of these professionals need to have available to them.

Linda De Zell Hall, Education Specialist, Region IV Education Service Center Houston, TX

[The greatest benefit in being a KDP member is] . . . Knowing that I am part of an organization that gives me support so I can become a great teacher.

– Rebekah Dellos

The New Teacher Advocate always has interesting articles in an easy-to-read format; it gets the ideas flowing!

– Nadine Galasso, NJ

Portable Pointers

Would you like ideas for your classroom delivered right to your desk? Then, Ideas to Go is the answer to your prayers. This new monthly e-mail contains useful tips from KDP members and National State Teachers of the Year (NSTOYs) that you can put to use right away. And, it’s delivered electronically—right to your computer. A different topic is featured each month, with 3–4 related suggestions. In the first two issues of Ideas to Go, members have enjoyed tips on motivation and classroom management. Ideas to Go is also printer friendly, so you can make file copies or share with others.

Be sure you receive Ideas to Go each month. Visit KDP’s Web site at www.kdp.org/forms/addressform.php to update your e-mail address (and other contact information, if necessary) or call us at 800-284-3167.

KDP Connects with Community Colleges

An increasing trend across the nation has recent high school graduates and career-transitioners beginning their college course work at community colleges. Some community colleges now offer the initial courses required for teacher certification, framing a feeder program to four-year institutions. Seizing the opportunity to provide an honor society experience for students and faculty at these institutions, KDP launched and approved charter chapters at Camden and Broward community colleges. Read more about the community college initiative.

Benefit Updates

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Members of KDP qualify for great car rental benefits through National Car Rental! These benefits are:

•	Up to 20 percent off
•	Unlimited mileage
•	A wide selection of vehicles including luxury cars, SUVs, and minivans
•	Coupons for rentals throughout 2005

Come One, Come All . . .
. . . to Convo 2005. Maybe you’ve heard all about Convo and already are making plans to attend. Or, maybe you’ve heard it mentioned, but don’t really know what it is.

Convocation is the largest professional development conference in the country for individuals in the education field. Hosted by KDP every two years, this conference attracts the nation’s top education students as well as many of the country’s most prominent educators. During the three-day convention, attendees can hear today’s most respected and recognized leaders in education address timely, need-to-know issues—during both keynote addresses and smaller, topic-specific workshops.

Convo is the perfect occasion to meet and network with educators from around the globe while also having fun! Convo 2005 is in Orlando, Florida—a city packed with great attractions, restaurants, and shopping. So mark you calendars for November 3–5 and register right away. It’s an event you don’t want to miss!

If you register before May 1, you’ll save $25! The KDP Web site is chock full of information, including an online registration form. Visit www.kdp.org/conference/convo.php for your official Guide to Convo and to save your place at this prestigious event.

For All Teachers, Pleasure or Professional:
http://surfaquarium.com/newsletter/summer_reading2003.htm
http://oak.ncs.pvt.k12.va.us/profreading.html

For Elementary Teachers:
http://k6educators.about.com/od/professionaldevelopment/a/summerrdg.htm

For Students by Grade Level:
www.educationworld.com/summer_reading
www.randomhouse.com/teachers/calendar

For 6th-Graders to Adults, Books Everyone Should Read Once:
www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/lifelist.cfm

What service could Kappa Delta Pi offer that would increase the value of your membership? Send your suggestions to karena@kdp.org. Indicating whether you’re a student, teacher, or administrator would help us serve you better.

Can student chapters and local alumni chapters work together to build membership and serve the community? “Yes!” according to the KDP collegiate chapter at the University of Texas at El Paso (Epsilon Lambda) and the Paso del Norte Alumni Chapter. Read about their successful collaboration.

Oldest Living Kadelpian!

You’re never too old to be a member of Kappa Delta Pi, and Gladyce Reichard Souers proves it. At age 99, she renewed her Society membership that began in November 1951 at Kent State University. Though she retired from teaching 34 years ago, Gladyce still champions education.

“Education is important in life,” she said during a phone interview. “You use it.”

Gladyce taught third grade through most of her career, 27 of those years at Louisville (Ohio) City Schools, and the rest at North Canton School District. Having been retired almost as long as she taught, Gladyce looks back on teaching as the best part of her life. Now living in a nursing home, the retiree celebrated her 100th birthday on February 1, enthused and outspoken about education and students, but less sure on the secret of her longevity except to say that she never drank or smoked.

When asked what advice she would give to teachers just entering the profession she replied, “Tell students what you expect from the first day of school and take it from there. Be firm in rules.” She believed in being nice to all the students she encountered and hoped they would return the kindness. However, she wasn’t afraid to say no. “When you said no, it meant no. It’s not that way anymore,” she said, referring to how schools have changed since her teaching days. “It would be if I were there . . . and then I wouldn’t have a job!” she said with spitfire and determination.