1. The National Junior Beta Club Congratulations!!! You are in the top 10% of your grade! You are an elite group of students.

2. Agenda Officers Purpose Hour Sheets Beta Rush Your Grades and AR Points T-Shirts!

3. Officer Descriptions President: leads Beta Club meetings and induction ceremonies Vice President: leads when the president is absent; has a speaking role in induction ceremonies Secretary: keeps track of club attendance and is encouraged to produce a monthly Beta Club newsletter; has a speaking role in induction ceremonies Treasurer: leads fundraising activities; has a speaking role in induction ceremonies

4. Purpose Leadership: Beta Club members are to be leaders inside the classroom, on the court, and in the hallways. They are to be exceptional students and good examples. Social: Beta Club members come together to have fun with others who achieve at their elite academic level. Last year’s group planned several parties and a singing contest. Service : Beta Club is responsible for organizing and carrying out service projects that benefit the school. Possible projects could be canned food drives, school supply drives, baking cookies for the support staff, cleaning teacher’s classrooms, cleaning up the school etc. Fundraising: Whenever it is approved, you will be called upon to participate in fundraising activities to raise money for the club. Raising money is vital to keeping the club active and looking sharp.

5. Hour Sheets Members of the Beta Club must commit a minimum of 20 service hours to their school and 10 service hours to their community. These hours can be gained by any act of volunteering. Members cannot be paid for their help. In addition, these hours must be logged on the Hour Sheet members are provided with, and the activities must be signed by the person the students are helping.

6. Beta Rush 2012 Beta Rush will occur in February. We will examine the GPAs of the 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th grade for potential rushes. You will hand out letters to students who have a 3.0+ GPA. These students will be inducted into the Beta Club at the end of the school year if they maintain a 3.0+ GPA. Encourage them to make all A’s and B’s!

7. Your Grades Beta Club members are expected to set an academic example at AMS. You should make A-B or A Honor Roll. You should lead your class in AR points. A GPA that falls below 3.0 or poor performance in AR will lead to dismissal from Beta Club.

8. $18.00 – “Beta Guy Harvey Shirt”

9. $18.00 – “Beta Monster Shirt”

10. $25.00 – “Crewneck Sweat Shirt” Beta Club will pay for $18.00 You must cover the extra $7.00

11. $18.00 – “BETAFLY”

12. $18.00 “Zebra Beta Shirt”

13. $15.00 shorts These cannot be worn to school.

14. $18.00 – “Beta Pop”

15. $18.00 – “Beta A+”

16. $15.00 – “Black Logo Shirt” Your shirt will have the Junior Logo on it

17. $18.00 – “Property of Beta Shirt”

18. $20 Sweatshirt

19. $25.00 Hoodies These cannot be worn to school.

20. Extra Stuff You Can Raise $$ For! $5.00 “Cinch Bag”

21. Extra Stuff You Can Raise $$ For! $10.00 “Sport Sling Backpack”

22. $10.00 Beta Tote

23. Beta Shades - $5.00

24. Extra Stuff You Can Raise $$ For! $2.00 “Beta Logo Lanyard”

25. $6.00 Tumbler

26. $4.00 Key Ring

27. Charms $5.00

28. $3.00 Key Chain

29. $3.00 Patch

30. $5.00 Notebook