Blue Ridge Elementary teacher earns Delta Kappa Gamma award

Blue Ridge Elementary teacher earns Delta Kappa Gamma award
Blue Ridge Elementary second grade teacher Paula Nichols is receiving the Golden Gift Scholarship Award from Delta Kappa Gamma to attend a two-week leadership and management seminar in Austin, Texas this summer.
 
Nichols was one of only 30 women selected for this all expenses paid award. Nichols competed against women from all Delta Kappa Gamma chapters in 17 different countries.

The award application process included stating her role in the Delta Kappa Gamma society, Nichols' community involvement record and a description of how she would use her improved leadership skills. She also needed recommendations from her principal and the president of her previous Delta Kappa Gamma group.

"The seminar is conducted by experts in the field of leadership and management," Nichols said. "It is a very intense two week seminar."

Nichols is a member of the recently formed local Walla Walla chapter, Alpha Gamma. This chapter was organized last summer and met for the first time in October. Currently there are 17 members in the Walla Walla chapter. Nichols says she hopes the group will increase to 35 members.

The local chapter Alpha Gamma meets on the second Tuesday of each month for dinner at a local restaurant, according to Nichols. There are currently members from Touchet, Prescott, and Waitsburg, but Nichols said they would like to have members from Dayton and College Place.

"Each month we plan a program that is beneficial and entertaining to educators," Nichols said. "We want to be able to give a scholarship to a high school senior in the valley who is interested in going into the field of education."

Established in 1929, Delta Kappa Gamma is just for women and provides members with valuable professional and personal growth opportunities, including leadership development. Learn more about Delta Kappa Gamma online: www.deltakappagamma.net.