ABOUT US
NSPDK'S MISSION STATEMENT
"To Foster a Spirit of Sisterhood Among Teachers and to Promote the Highest Ideals of the Teaching Profession"
NSPDK'S PURPOSE AND PHILOSOPHY
As a professional organization of well-trained and effective educators in all components of the learning spectrum, NSPDK is dedicated to training youth and adults to develop and enhance those skills, abilities, attitudes and ethics that will prepare them to function successfully in a democratic society.
The Y. E. S. (Youth, Education, Service) program guides us in the work we perform. We provide workshops for teacher development and mentoring; parent workshops on the new trends in education and how to help children succeed with the Common Core Standards.
The Purpose of our sorority is:
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To stimulate personal growth among teachers
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To foster a true spirit of sisterhood
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To promote the highest ideals of the teaching profession
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To encourage the development of the potential of our youth
NATIONAL HISTORY
The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. (NSPDK) is a nonprofit educational sorority founded by eight educators desiring to establish a sisterhood among teachers and promote the highest ideals of the teaching profession.
NSPDK was the idea of Gladys Merritt Ross, who, on Good Friday, March 30, 1923, convened a group of young teachers from Jersey City Normal School in Jersey City, New Jersey to discuss the idea of forming a sorority.
Eight members of those present concurred, and Newark attorney, J. Mercer Burrell, incorporated the new organization on May 23, 1923 - which is now recognized as the official Founders Day. Because the original members were all minors, their parents or guardians, Dr. G.E. Cannon, Mr. J.L. Merritt, Mrs. Lottie Cooper and Mrs. Estelle Morris became trustees.
The eight founders (pictured right) are Gladys Merritt Ross (Mother Founder), Julia Asbury Barnes, Ella Wells Butler, Marguerite Gross, Florence Steele Hunt, Edna McConnell, Gladys Cannon Nunery and Mildred Morris Williams.
REGIONAL HISTORY
The Southwest Region is one of five (5) Regions of National Sorority of Phi Delta, Kappa. Inc. The Southwest Region chapters are in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
Anita O'Neal
Southwest Regional Director
History of Gamma Tau Chapter
Fourteen (14) San Antonio educators were formally brought together to charter the Gamma Tau Chapter in San Antonio, TX on December 6, 1974. Gamma Tau Chapter was the 75th chapter chartered by the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Incorporated with Southwest Regional Director, Ann Williams leading the Chartering Ceremony.
Charter members were Creola Trotter(1st Basileus of Gamma Tau Chapter), Marjorie Williams, Phillis Harris, Barbara Miller, Bessie Bryant, T. Bernice Evans, Mildred Lamkin, Gwendolyn Williams, Ester Turner, Marjorie Newton, Betty Greenwood, Irene Thompson, Florence Brown, and Mattie Gray.
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