Junior Beta Club

The purpose of the GMC Jr. Beta Club is to promote scholarship, leadership, and good citizenship at GMC. Students are approved for membership because of their worthy character, creditable achievement, and commendable attitude. The membership of this organization is made up of students in grades 7 through 9.

Junior Beta Club Activities

Junior Betamembers sponsor service projects each year such as raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Club members also assist with various service projects in our community such as planting flowers at the Georgia Veterans Cemetery, serving as ambassadors for the Flower and Craft Show at Central State Hospital, planting seedlings for Baldwin County’s Arbor Day festivities at the Georgia War Veterans Home, assisting at Baldwin County’s Special Olympics, and helping with local elementary schools’ field day activities.

Each year Junior Beta members have an opportunity to attend the Georgia Junior Beta Convention in Macon, Georgia. This is a two-day convention that gives our members a chance to meet hundreds of other Junior Beta members from schools throughout Georgia and participate in activities ranging from academic contests to quiz bowls to talent competitions. The State Convention provides the opportunity for members to interact, share project ideas, and showcase their academic and leadership abilities. GMC Prep students are regular participants in various convention competitions, and two club members were recognized as state winners in the areas of English and Photography during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years. The State Convention is a fun-filled two days that our members look forward to each year.

GMC Junior Beta Club requirements are as follows:

Students must have an average of 90+ in the four academic subjects (English, Social Studies, Math, Science) at the end of the first semester in the 7th grade to be inducted into GMC Jr. Beta Club.

The student must maintain an average of 89.5+ the following semesters in order to remain in good standing in the club. If the student’s average falls below 89.5, he/she will be placed on probation for the following semester. If the 89.5 average is not attained at the end of the probationary period, he/she is removed from membership with the club.