Please check the link listed to the right for qualifiers invited to attend 2020 Convention. This link is also in Google Classroom and posted outside Mrs. Bargo's door. PLEASE come grab your letter and permission slips ASAP. This permission slip and your $50 deposit MUST be turned in by Thursday, December 12th for you to be registered to attend.

The handout from the November 18th meeting about Convention can be find in the files/links section of the website. This is also available in Google Classroom!

If you are unable to attend the meeting after school on November 11th, please see the link titled First Meeting Parent Information for any details you may miss! There is also a link to the slideshow created by our officers. Both of these are on the right side of this page, but they can also be found on Google Classroom.

If you are unable to attend the meeting after school on November 11th, please see the link titled First Meeting Parent Information for any details you may miss! There is also a link to the slideshow created by our officers. Both of these are on the right side of this page, but they can also be found on Google Classroom.

For Remind and Google Classroom updates, please sign up for both using the following:

Google Classroom Code: swwhnb

Remind: Text @swmsbeta20 to 81010

These will be used to communicate information about upcoming meetings, service projects, convention, etc.!

Beta Induction ceremony will be next Thursday, May 16th at 6:00. Students who joined Beta this year will be officially inducted and receive their certificates and pins. Students who attended convention will also be recognized at this meeting. New officers will also be inducted. Parents and family are welcome to attend the ceremony.

Beta Club is meeting until 3:30 on Thursday, April 18th. During the meeting, we will discuss the following:

1. Service hour due date is extended to May 10th. This will allow students to help teachers in classrooms to prepare for testing for extra hours if needed! Please have hours turned in by this date.

2. Interest in 7th grade students who would like to run for office for the next school year.

3. Beta Banquet--May 16th at 6:00. Students who competed in Convention will be recognized, as well as those who qualified for Nationals. New inductees from this school year will receive their National Beta certificate and pin. 

**ANY STUDENT UNABLE TO ATTEND THE 4/18 MEETING CAN MEET AFTER SCHOOL FOR THE SAME INFORMATION TO BE REVIEWED ON 4/24 UNTIL 3:30.**

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent SWMS at State Beta Convention in January:

Parker Jhamb, Emma Cox, Avery Cole, Mykayla Tanner, Alana Carpenter, Allie Wilson, Ryleigh Wimpson, Braden Armstrong, Avery Skinner, Cari Willett, Maddox Hazel, Jordan Gilliam, Sophia Frassinelli, Nailah Nwanguma, Beatriz Antunes, Haylie Lance, Katie Elliott, Rylee Reesy, Dylan Bush, Drew Givens, William Trussell, Broderick Freeman, Aaron Noble, Ethan Hill, Julie Goodwin, Elizabeth Morrow, and Andrew Flynn.  

Originally, students were scheduled to meet on Monday, December 3rd to discuss Convention, but this meeting has been changed to Thursday, December 6th. If you are from this list and are planning on attending Convention, PLEASE plan to stay until 3:15 in Ms. Phillips' room on Thursday!

Next Monday, December 3rd, we will have a meeting in the library for Convention competitors. These students will be announced by Friday, November 30th. 

Tomorrow morning, Beta Convention Competition categories will be posted on a sign up sheet outside of my classroom (room 229). If you are planning to signing up to compete in an event, please write your name under the category in which you are interested!

If more than 50 students are interested in Convention, winners will be chosen at the school level to determine who attends State Convention. It will be held at the Galt House in Louisville from January 16-18, 2019. 

Competitors in each category will be chosen by the end of the week. Then, students must pay the Convention fee before Christmas break. Since we take a charter bus, spend two nights at the Galt House, and are also charged a registration fee from National Beta, the cost of Convention is $225. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via email or stop by my room at any time!

Beta invitations went home on Friday, November 2nd to all 7th grade students who qualified for membership. The first Beta meeting will be held on November 19th. This meeting will be for new Beta members as well as 8th grade students who joined last year. During our meeting, we will discuss requirements, service hours, and 2019 Convention specifics. Please arrange to attend the meeting from after school until 3:30!

Update on first Beta meeting: 

We will meet after next week when grades are posted! 7th grade students will be invited based on first quarter grades; SWMS Beta Club requires all As for membership. 

SWMS BETA will hold our first schoolwide meeting the week after fall break, October 11th. Current 8th grade members who were members last year are invited, and incoming 7th grade students will receive invitation letters to attend our first meeting.