MEMBERSHIP BASED ON CHARACTER & ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
West View’s Jr. Beta Club is a service-leadership club for honor students in grades 6-8. It was instituted and is operated to reward merit, encourage effort, and promote high ideals among students. The West View Beta Club is affiliated with the National Beta Club Membership.
The West View Beta Club was established in 1985. Membership in the Beta Club is open to any student in the school who meets the requirements established and written in the Constitution and By-Laws. Membership is based on honorable character, good mentality, creditable achievement, and commendable attitude. Students must have all A’s and B’s on the report card each 6 weeks. Any disciplinary action that requires office intervention will place the student on probation and prevent any active participation in club activities. New members are invited after the first 6 weeks of each year. We currently have about 250 active members in Beta Club.
SERVICE PROJECTS
West View is very active in school and community projects. Club members strive to provide volunteer service each month which promotes good character and leadership skills. Some of the projects include:
*Cleaning up and beautifying the school campus
*Collecting coats and clothes for Central Services
*Collecting money for Cystic Fibrosis
*Honoring local fire departments and police departments
*Collecting pantry items for The Daily Bread
*Collecting items for Toys for Tots
*Sponsoring a Calloway Kid at Christmas
*Valentines for Veterans
*Assembling boxes for Operation Christmas Child
*Collecting food and supplies for The Animal Shelter & Noah's Arc Shelter
Tennessee State Convention
Fall is an exciting time for West View Beta Club members. This is the time to compete, first with each other to earn the opportunity to attend the state convention, and then with other Junior Beta Club members from across the state. The state convention is held at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. Students compete in many categories including Arts & Crafts, Speech, Essay, Spelling, Tennessee History, Tower of Power, Battle of the Books, Talent, and Songfest. The West View club has managed to fill a trophy case with first, second, and third place trophies.
Trips
The West View Beta Club considers taking a fun, yet educational field trip at the close of each school year. This trip involves 3 days, 2 nights, 2 or 4 chartered buses, and up to about 180 students with teacher chaperones. In the past years many interesting places have been visited.
In Charleston, South Carolina, the group has visited Fort Sumpter, toured the ships at Patriot’s Point, toured Magnolia Gardens, and learned to catch blue crabs in the Low Country. In 2001, the group finished the trip by spending the day at Carowind’s Amusement Park.
Williamsburg and Yorktown, Virginia have provided a look at early government and many unusual stories about the early years of American history.
A Tennessee tour, going to Nashville and Memphis, taught Beta members many new things about their home state. This trip included a meeting with the Governor.The group has traveled to Atlanta, Georgia and attended an Atlanta Braves baseball game. Students and chaperones also enjoyed seeing the Giant Panda at the Atlanta Zoo.One of the most interesting sites we visit is Washington, D.C. The tour included the Lincoln Memorial, Mount Vernon, the Capitol, and watching the changing of the guard at Arlington National Cemetery. Students and chaperones have been treated to a private tour of the White House, hosted by Tipper Gore, wife of then Vice President Al Gore and a private tour of the Capitol building by state representative, Van Hillary. Both were very informative and friendly and posed for pictures with
the group.
2004 Tennessee Junior Beta Club Convention Winners
* Ryan Doherty, Andrew Childress, Shawn Fries, Chris Lowry -QUIZ BOWL (2nd Place out of 76 teams!)
*Rachel Sutherland, Laura Toffoletto, Megan Hennessee, Taylor Emmert -BATTLE OF THE BOOKS (3rd Place out of 60 teams!)
*Yui Matsumoto-1st place Pastels
*Yui Matsumoto-3rd place Oils & Acrylics
*Unnamed 7th grade student-2nd place Sculpture
*Unnamed 7th grade student-2nd place Watercolors
*Amy Stooksbury-2nd place Pen & Pencil Sketching
*West View Middle won 3rd place in the Arts & Crafts Sweepstakes
*Our group talent placed in the top 5 after the 1st day's competitions and performed in front of an audience of 5,000 with their performance of Dateline Rock and Roll: 1950's Medley!
2005 Spring Trip to New York City!
We are currently taking deposits for our trip to New York, NY. $150 deposit is due by January 26th. We will take deposits on a first come, first served basis in order to fill bus(es). The trip is scheduled for May 10-13. The trip is all-inclusive and contains all meals, admission to the Broadway Production of "The Lion King," admission to museums & attactions, Circle Line Boat cruise around Manhattan, 3 nights' hotel lodging, charter bus, local tour guides in NYC, night security for our group at the hotel, T-shirts, and a full time Tour Escort. You may bring money for souvenirs. The total cost of the trip is $550. A second deposit of $200 is due on Feb. 25th and the final $200 is due on April 1st.
Places scheduled to see during our trip include: The Rockerfeller Center, Times Square, Ground Zero, Wall Street & the Financial District, American Museum of Natural History & the Space Show, SONY Wonderlab, Chinatown, Central Park, The Statue of Liberty, and the observation deck of the Empire State Building. It's sure to be an exciting trip!
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