Located in Roanoke County and Salem City, Virginia, Lambda is a fully affiliated chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa.   Alpha Delta Kappa is an international honorary organization for women educators dedicated to educational excellence, altruism, and world understanding.

Lambda chapter was organized February 25, 1961. Members have been involved at the local, district, state, regional and international levels.

 

Virginia Lambda has been recognized as a “Seven Pearl” chapter for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2018,  and 2019.

 

 

Lambda’s Logo and Theme: 

Out of Many Notes: Harmony

 

   • Cardinal District Theme: Spreading Sunshine

 

   • State of Virginia Theme: Toward New Horizons

 

   • Southeast Regional Theme: Capture the Moment

 

   • International Theme: Energy - Share the Love

 

PURPOSES:

              -To give recognition to outstanding women

              educators who are actively engaged in teaching,

              administration, or some specialized field of the

              teaching profession.

 

              -To build a fraternal fellowship which will add to

              their effectiveness in the promotion of excellence

              in education.

 

              -To promote high standards in education and to

              assist in strengthening the status and

              advancement of the teaching profession.

 

              -To promote educational and charitable projects

              and activities, to sponsor scholarships, to further

              and maintain worthy standards in the field of

              education, and to cooperate with worthy

              community programs relating to education and

              charities.

 

              -To contribute to world understanding, goodwill

              and peace through an international fellowship of

              women educators united in the ideals of

              education.