{"id":50813,"date":"2020-01-31T14:32:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T20:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=50813"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:27:31","slug":"searcy-high-beta-club-attends-beta-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=50813","title":{"rendered":"Searcy High Beta Club attends Beta Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Searcy, AR (LP) \u2014 Beta Club is the largest national educational club offered to students. At Searcy High School, students are invited to this club based on their academics in school. The Beta members at Searcy get a chance every year to participate in the state\u2019s Beta Convention. Beta Convention in Arkansas takes place at the Hot Springs Convention Center, where students from all over the state come together for two days. Here, students get to compete in different categories or can even run for office positions for Arkansas\u2019s Beta. If students do well in their competitions they have the chance to move forward to the national convention. This year\u2019s national convention will take place in Fort Worth, Texas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Searcy High Beta members at Beta Convention.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While only select people get to go to Beta Convention, senior Morgan Maples was lucky to be one of those students to experience it. \u201cI had never gone before and it seemed like a lot of fun. Since it\u2019s my senior year I want to participate in as many high school events that I have the opportunity for,\u201d explains Maples.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the Beta members of Searcy High school, attending the convention earns them points that goes towards receiving a Beta cord they can wear at their graduation. \u201cI wanted to participate in Beta Convention because I\u2019d heard how fun it was and wanted to experience it,\u201d says senior Breanna Borst. \u201cBeta Convention is also worth 200 points and I needed to finish up my Beta points.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At Beta Convention, there are a handful of competitions that students can choose to compete in such as test taking, quiz bowl, art, poetry, and talent. Members spend an entire day working or turning in their entries to later attend the awards show to see if they had placed. \u201cThe competition I got was taking an academic science test,\u201d states Maples. \u201cIt reminded\u00a0 me a lot of the science portion of the ACT. Every member competing in an academic event all took their test in the same room, so there were hundreds of students testing in the same are. It was kind of overwhelming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beta members with their awards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Borst chose to enter into the creative writing competition the convention had to offer. \u201cI had to write a narrative from a prompt within 90 minutes. I didn\u2019t place, but it was still fun,\u201d says Borst.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though they both may not have placed, the two enjoyed the two day trip in Hot Springs. \u201cMy favorite part of Beta Convention would simply\u00a0 be having fun with my classmates and teachers. We had a lot of laughs and inside jokes come from that weekend,\u201d explains Borst.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beta Convention is a great way to meet other members outside of school, bond with fellow classmates, and partake in activities that students love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Searcy, AR (LP) \u2014 Beta Club is the largest national educational club offered to students. At Searcy High School, students are invited to this club based on their academics in school. The Beta members at Searcy get a chance every year to participate in the state\u2019s Beta Convention. Beta Convention […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,134,230,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-about","category-contest-entries","category-education","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50830,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50813\/revisions\/50830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}