Beta Club
What is Beta Club?
The National Junior Beta Club is an honor organization that recognizes outstanding academic achievement, promotes strong moral character and social responsibility, encourages service to others, fosters leadership skills, and provides settings for you to develop strong interpersonal skills.
Important Dates
- October 11th (Wednesday) – Club Meeting
- October 11th (Wednesday) – field trip to DCHS to see The Outsiders play (8:30-11:00) Must return permission slip by Friday, October 6th.
- October 14th (Saturday) - Barnyard Bash
- October 18th (Wednesday) - Treats for Heroes donations due
- October 20th (Friday) – Last day to turn in filled shoeboxes. Please turn those into the library. ONE service hour will be given per box. The maximum number of hours given will be TWO (for 2 filled shoeboxes) for this service opportunity. However, feel free to bring as many boxes/supplies as you’d like.
o October 23rd (Monday) – Field of Dreams – Limited to the first 20 students that sign up. Sign up sheet posted on the Beta table in the library.
o October 25th (Wednesday) – basket assembly for Treats for Heroes (limited to 12 students)
o November 1st (Wednesday) – Campus clean-up
(limited to 20 students)
o November 3rd (Friday) – Socktober donations due.
- November 7th (Tuesday) – Induction - DCMS Gymnasium. All members be here at 5:30pm. Ceremony starts at 6pm sharp.
- November 8th (Wednesday) – last day to turn in items for Desoto Hope
- November 14th (Tuesday) – Veteran’s Day Parade (this is not set in stone)
- January 10th (Wednesday) – Club Meeting
- February 14th (Wednesday) – Club Meeting
- March 20th (Wednesday) – Club Meeting
- April 10th (Wednesday) – Club Meeting
- May 2nd (Thursday) – Service Hours Log Sheet due
Service Opportunities
Each student is required to serve a minimum of 10 hours for the 2023-2024 school year. It is the student's responsibility to keep up with their log sheet and log hours as they are earned.
Individual Opportunities
- Palmer House – Go to https://palmerhome.org/opportunities/volunteer/for more information.
- First Regional Library – contact 662-342-0102 for opportunities.
- Springhill Cemetery – contact Anna Dickerson, Director of Volunteer Northwest Mississippi at 662-449-5002
Group Opportunities
- DeSoto County Dream Center
- DeSoto Hope – See handout for details.
- Socktober - See handout for details.
- TOP Soccer – See handout for details.
- Treats for Heroes - See handout for details.
- Hunger 2 Hope – food drive and fill backpacks
- Animal Shelters – we will begin collecting donations soon
- DCMS Campus Clean Up – Nov 1 (future dates TBA)
- Union Missions – we will be sponsoring and serving a meal – stay tuned for date and sign-up sheet
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – Pennies for Patients – we will partner with student council for this
- Teacher “happy” in December and April
- Read Across America Day – February 2024 – infor to come later
- St. Jude marathon - (stay tuned for details)
- Valentine’s cards for local retirement home – February 2024
- LeBonheur – information coming soon
- Field of Dreams – we will do two of these. First one is 10/23. Second one in the spring (date TBD)
Any community service project that is presented at a meeting or by a sponsor has been pre-approved. If you have something else that you would like to do to earn service hours, those will need to be approved by a sponsor BEFORE you do it. When in doubt, please ask.
Important Announcements
All Beta members and parents are asked to sign up for the Beta Remind 101. Text @27bced to 81010. This needs to be done asap. Thanks.
Service Opportunities
Please see the monthly agendas for all current service opportunities.
REMEMBER: All service opportunities not presented or discussed at a meeting must be pre-approved by Mrs. Davis if you would like to earn service hours.
Pre-Approval Forms are located in a file next to the Beta table in the library.
Coming soon...