WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
THE JACKSON HERALD
PAGE 11B
School
New inductees to EJCHS Beta Club.
EJCHS Beta Club inducts 51 new members
By Keely Crow,
East Jackson Journalism
The East Jackson Beta Club now
boasts a grand total of 137 members —
51 of those being new inductees from
their induction ceremony on Sept. 5, a
record number of new members into
the program.
East Jackson’s Beta’s 2023-2024
officer team is as follows: Sarah Gid-
dens (President), Ahnyx Middlebrooks
(Vice President), Courtney Cameron
(Secretary), Grecia Avellaneda-Cas-
tro (Treasurer), Keely Crow (Histori
an), Selah Wheeler (Senior Outreach
Coordinator), and Leila Huss (Junior
Outreach Coordinator). The Beta offi
cer team led the induction ceremony in
the East Jackson auditorium alongside
their team of dedicated sponsors, Lin
da Frederick (Executive Sponsor), Erin
Pettus (Co-Sponsor), and Myra Hill
(Co-Sponsor).
The John W. Harris Educator of Ex
cellence award is designed to honor
Beta Sponsors who are committed to
Beta Club growth. Due to the passion
ate effort it takes to earn this award, be
ing named an Educator of Excellence
is the highest honor a National Beta
sponsor can receive. In fact, only 179
of over 20,000 sponsors received the
honor this year. Those sponsors come
from only 68 of over 8,500 clubs across
the country and beyond.
“I always look forward to so many
new people learning about Beta and
falling in love with serving their com
munities. It really is the start of a life
long adventure for those who embrace
it,” Frederick said. “This is a big year
for us because we are helping EJES
Beta get started with our Beta Buddies
program. That will help establish the
Beta philosophy of leading by serving
others throughout our Eastside Com
munity.”
BETA does roadside cleanup and
volunteers at I-serve ministries on
Saturdays. In addition, many students
earn their ten community service hours
by volunteering at animal shelters and
assisted living facilities, and helping
construct a butterfly garden on the East
Jackson campus. Last year, East Jack-
son Beta members logged over 6,000
service hours helping the community.
CHS Food Science class has special guest
Photos by Amy Flint
Commerce High School’s food science class had a special guest speaker recently, Superintendent Joy
Tolbert. Tolbert formerly taught Family and Consumer Sciences at CHS prior to moving into an admin
istrative role. The students enjoyed watching Tolbert demo her famous “Joy Cookies” and enjoyed the
finished product.
3 JCSS students earn
National Merit honors
Three high school se
niors from the Jackson
County School System
have earned themselves
a place in the National
Merit Scholarship Pro
gram.
East Jackson Com
prehensive High School
seniors Charlie Wheeler
and Samuel Suarez have
both been named Na
tional Merit Scholarship
Program semifinalists,
while Jackson County
High School’s Justin
Smith has received a
Letter of Commenda
tion.
Wheeler and Suarez,
as semifinalists, now
have the opportunity to
continue toward being
one of 7,140 scholar
ship honorees that will
be awarded a combined
nearly $28 million in
scholarship money.
The National Merit
Scholarship Program is
based on PSAT scores,
and semifinalists are the
highest-scoring entrants
in each state, and the top
16,000 in the nation. A
Commended Student re
ceives a Letter of Com
mendation after scoring
in the top 50,000 of
the nearly 1.3 million
students who take the
PSAT exam.
Smith
Wheeler
Suarez
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Commerce High School students gave the Joy Chocolate Chip cookies a “10 :
rating.
Commerce High School students enjoy sampling Joy Cookies.
