Beta Club
Beta Club is an academic honors program that takes a look at doing community service with a strong point of view. It was founded in 1934 by Dr. John W. Harris. He was a Wofford College professor. The Beta club motto is "Let Us Lead By Serving Others." Beta club usually honors students that have good GPAs and test scores. They also look at how a person acts. Beta club started out for students in 4th through 8th grade, in 1961. This was called The Junior Division of The National Beta Club. They expanded Beta club for 9th through 12th graders. This was called The Senior Division of Beta. There are more than 490,000 people currently in the Senior and Junior Beta Club and over 6.7 million alumni.
Believing that exemplary student effort and achievement should be encouraged and rewarded, and seeking to cultivate the ideals of service and leadership in our citizens of tomorrow, the governing body of the National Honorary Beta Club has instituted this organization for the promotion of these ideals and those stated in the Beta Creed, among elementary and secondary school students. To implement this purpose the following articles have been adopted. This is the preamble of the Beta club constitution.
Faith, a student also working on this package, interviewed Mrs. Gay, one the Beta club teacher's and asked her a few questions. One question that they asked her was “Why is it important to join Beta?” It's important to join Beta because you can earn more scholarships. It counts as high school credits. You have to maintain a “A” “B” average in all classes especially your core classes. You have to complete 10 hours of community service. This can be in school or out. You could get hours by staying after school to tutor other kids or help out teachers. We have to events coming up and that his Operation Christmas Child and in the spring we are going to be doing Pennies for Patients. For Operation Christmas Child you can donate things in a shoebox and they go to kids that can’t afford things like toys or shoes. For Pennies for Patients you donate money to kids with cancer. We need Beta club members. If you think you can do this come join Beta club.
Believing that exemplary student effort and achievement should be encouraged and rewarded, and seeking to cultivate the ideals of service and leadership in our citizens of tomorrow, the governing body of the National Honorary Beta Club has instituted this organization for the promotion of these ideals and those stated in the Beta Creed, among elementary and secondary school students. To implement this purpose the following articles have been adopted. This is the preamble of the Beta club constitution.
Faith, a student also working on this package, interviewed Mrs. Gay, one the Beta club teacher's and asked her a few questions. One question that they asked her was “Why is it important to join Beta?” It's important to join Beta because you can earn more scholarships. It counts as high school credits. You have to maintain a “A” “B” average in all classes especially your core classes. You have to complete 10 hours of community service. This can be in school or out. You could get hours by staying after school to tutor other kids or help out teachers. We have to events coming up and that his Operation Christmas Child and in the spring we are going to be doing Pennies for Patients. For Operation Christmas Child you can donate things in a shoebox and they go to kids that can’t afford things like toys or shoes. For Pennies for Patients you donate money to kids with cancer. We need Beta club members. If you think you can do this come join Beta club.