Mayor Bill “Kaipo” Asing said the teachers do all the hard work. “I have the easy part,” Asing said. “All I do is sign the papers.” Asing thanked Alpha Delta Kappa members for their efforts at a proclamation celebrating October
Mayor Bill “Kaipo” Asing said the teachers do all the hard work.
“I have the easy part,” Asing said. “All I do is sign the papers.”
Asing thanked Alpha Delta Kappa members for their efforts at a proclamation celebrating October as International Alpha Delta Kappa Month.
Dora Hong, a retired principal from Kapa‘a Elementary School who returned as a mentor principal for Kapa‘a schools, said the Kaua‘i Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa will celebrate its 26th anniversary.
In Hawai‘i, the Alpha Delta Kappa chapter will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2009. It was formed in 1959, the year Hawai‘i became a state.
Hong said there are more than 1,500 chapters of Alpha Delta Kappa in the world. Kaua‘i’s chapter has 37 members, Hong said.
“Our major mission is dedication to excellence, altruism and world understanding,” Hong said.
Additionally, Alpha Delta Kappa members contribute to the community through various service projects including the providing of scholarships to teachers for professional development.
Hong said the Kaua‘i Chapter has also done work with the American Cancer Society and the Salvation Army, while the Mainland chapters work with the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and the Susan G. Coleman breast cancer program.
According to the Alpha Delta Kappa Web site, the group is an international honorary organization of women educators who meet to give recognition to outstanding women educators who are actively engaged in teaching, administration or some specialized field of the teaching profession.
Women in education constitute a great portion of the nation’s working force and are constantly striving to serve their communities and nation in educational, cultural and charitable programs that lead to harmony, happiness and peace among all people, the mayoral proclamation said.
Some of the major goals of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators are to build a fraternal fellowship among educators adding to their effectiveness in promoting excellence in education, to establish high standards of education, to promote educational and charitable projects and activities enriching the lives of individuals everywhere and assisting these individuals into happy, constructive and fulfilling lives.
Alpha Delta Kappa was founded in 1947 by Agnes Shipman Robertson, Marie Neal, Marion Southall and Hattie Poppino, visionary women who saw a need to recognize and support the professional efforts of outstanding women educators, the Web site states.
Leah Aiwohi, a teacher at Kaua‘i High School, is the president-elect for the Kaua‘i Chapter and was one of the Alpha Delta Kappa members on hand to accept the proclamation.
