Newsletter

December 2017

NEA-Dallas Board of Directors

President Delna Bryan
Vice President Sheila Walker
VP of Teacher Affairs Hope Lee
VP of DISD ESPs Carmen Behrend
VP of DCS ESPs Lonnie Richardson
A Message from the President Secretary Vivian Bryant
Acting Treasurer Angela Davis
Dear NEA - Dallas and Dallas County Schools Members;
A Happy December to one and all! Happiest of a Winter Holiday
to you and your loved ones! The month of December is here
with the cooler weather that we have been dreaming about
since last June. We have been on our New Dawn Express Train This is the season to contribute to our
with over 153,000 wonderful students heading towards a
successful ending of Semester I at all our Dallas ISD schools.
Some will begin the month with STAAR Exams that we have all
encouraged, prepared, and taught our students to do well on
since we got in this train. Others have ACPs on which the
students will also achieve success as we start to think about
the festive holiday season that is around the corner. Still
others, on your buses, will continue to greet the students every
morning with a smile, and reward them with tokens for having
gotten good grades in school thus far.
Each year in our schools we contemplate what decorations to Come and join us for Brunch and our
put up for these days. We often have plurilingual greetings
because we are a melting pot with a myriad of students from
General Membership Update for the year!
different countries. To some, we say: ¡Feliz Navidad! To others:
Happy Hanukka! And yet to others it might be: Happy Kwanzaa! When: Saturday, December 9, 2017
Whichever the greeting, we will all go home after an exciting
time at school to an even greater celebration with our families Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
for which we are thankful for as the time draws nearer to call it
Where: NEA-Dallas Office
a close to 2017.
6500 Greenville Avenue, Suite 520
We, on this New Dawn Express Train would like to join hands in Dallas, TX 75206
unity as we heal after a struggle that is not over. It has only just
begun! We are going to come together as one family extending RSVP to: Raya Staley (214) 821-2061
our arms and inviting others in our communities to enjoy this or officemanager@logixonline.com
ride that will be a culmination of a wonderful four months as
one people.
In closing, we would like to wish you all the Best of a Glorious,
Restful and Wonderful Winter Break. Let us all be grateful for
what has been given to us abundantly!!!
Delna
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12/4/17 DCS Dissolution Committee Meeting @ 9 am

12/9/17 NEA-Dallas General Membership Brunch
12/14/17 DISD Board Meeting @ 6 pm
12/18/17 DCS Dissolution Committee Meeting @ 9 am
12/22/17-1/5/18 NEA-DALLAS CLOSED
Winter Break

1/1 - 5/18 NEA-DALLAS CLOSED

Winter Break
1/8/18 Staff Development NEA-Dallas www.NEADALLAS.com
1/8/18 DCS Dissolution Committee Meeting @ 9 am 6500 Greenville Avenue, Suite 520 www.TSTA.org
1/11/18 DISD Board Briefing @ 11:30 am Dallas, Texas 75206 www.NEA.org
1/15/18 Martin Luther King Day
DISD & NEA-Dallas CLOSED Monday – Friday
1/18/18 Elementary School Parent Conferences 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
1/22/18 High School Parent Conferences Lunch Break 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
[Closed Saturday, Sunday & all DISD holidays]
1/22/18 DCS Dissolution Committee Meeting @ 9 am
TSTA Help Center 1-877-ASK-TSTA
1/23/18 Middle School Parent Conferences
1/25/18 DISD Board Meeting @ 6 pm

Call or Email Congress Now!

Urge them to Pass the DREAM Act Malinda McKee Raya Staley
Dear NEA-Dallas members, TSTA Staff Office Manager
(214) 923-2768 – cell (214) 821-2061
As you might know, President Trump has decided to rescind DACA
malindam@tsta.org officemanager@logixonline.com
(Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), the program that protects
undocumented people who were brought here as children from
deportation. Now it’s up to Congress to pass legislation to fix this problem.
NEA-Dallas is partnering with TSTA and NEA to urge our members of NEA-Dallas neadallas1
Congress to pass a “clean” Dream Act, that will protect our Dreamers
(DACA recipients) without a lot of political add-ons. TSTA Help Center
1-877-ASK-TSTA
I’m asking for your help with this important effort. If you will click on the
www.TSTA.org
link below, it will take you to a site where you can quickly and easily send
an e-postcard to your own members of Congress urging them to support a NEAMB Signature Discount
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let me know or contact your NEA-Dallas Association Representative at
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In solidarity,
Delna Bryan, President
NEA-Dallas NEA Auto & Home Insurance Program
Brandon Watson – (512) 520-7248
bwatson@calcas.com