Northwest Rankin Beta Club By-Laws
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I. A 90% grade-point average is required in order to join and must be maintained to retain your membership.
II. You must be registered through the Google Form to be officially enrolled in Beta Club. New members (including all freshmen) are required to pay a $35.00 membership fee, and returning members are required to pay a $25.00 membership fee. This money goes to the National Beta Club and includes a club shirt. This must be turned in by the deadlines that will be posted on the website & Remind.
III. Meetings are the third (3rd) Thursday of every month from August to May at 7:45am in the NWRHS Lecture Hall. Beta Club reserves the right to change the meeting dates due to the availability of the Lecture Hall or holidays. Three (3) absences are allowed throughout the year; excused absences must be pre-approved. Email Maahi Patel to pre-approve excused absences before the meeting.
IV. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors must complete and submit fourteen (14) service hours plus two (2) tutoring hours, (freshmen ARE NOT required to tutor) totaling 16 hours. Seniors are required to attain a minimum of eight (8) service hours plus two (2) tutoring hours, totaling 10 hours.
V. Service hours must be through Beta Club or be pre-approved by the service chair via email. You can only be credited 5 service hours per project unless otherwise specified.
VI. In order to receive credit, all tutoring hours must be obtained by tutoring an RCSD student with an RCSD employee as the adult witness unless otherwise pre-approved by the sponsor for special cases and non-academic courses. You may tutor a person in your class IF your teacher approves. You cannot tutor a sibling under any circumstances.
VII. Service hours and tutoring hours are SEPARATE, and must be obtained from SEPARATE projects.
VIII. All deadlines are FINAL. No exceptions or extensions will be made.
IX. Hours turned into Beta Club cannot be submitted to other clubs or organizations. Beta Club hours WILL count towards the Distinguished Service Award, but YOU must turn in those hours.
X.If all of your required hours are NOT submitted by the deadline in May (date to be determined), seniors will NOT graduate with Beta Honors, and underclassmen will NOT be reinvited to the club the following school year. Half of your service and tutoring hours are due in December (deadline TBA), with a penalty of probation and an extra hour if this is not met.
XI.Failure to adhere to the ideals of Beta (achievement, character, leadership, and service) may result in removal from the club.
XII.If you fail to fulfill the above requirements, you will be allowed ONE appeal for readmittance to Beta Club. You may only submit ONE appeal for the entire duration of your membership. You must speak to the sponsor to begin the process.
XIII.You are FULLY RESPONSIBLE for ensuring that your membership with Beta Club is maintained.