Alvin Bishop, Ben Garrison, Luke Parker, Emma Fugate and Lexie Housley pose before the 2023 Beta Club Pinning Ceremony at Rhea County High School.

RCHS Beta Club Conducts Beta Candle Induction Ceremony

October 23, 2023, Evensville, Tennessee

The National Beta Club at Rhea County High School conducted a Beta Club Induction Ceremony in the auditorium of RCHS on 10/23/23. This was the first induction ceremony since 2006-2007 school year. 168 Rhea County High School students were inducted. This was a higher number than normal, due to the restart of the Beta Club after the last instance back in 2007. Two teacher sponsors, were essential in the reboot of the Beta Club in 2023. Beta Club sponsors are Deborah Wilson and Darlene Jackson. Invitations were sent out in August 2023 and 168 students responded. RCHS principal Scotty Herrell opened up the ceremony and Micah Ruehling, associate principal was announcer for the ceremony.

There was a welcome message by Alvin Bishop. The five candles used with Beta Club induction ceremonies were lit by the Beta Club officers.

Alvin Bishop said, "Founded in 1934, the National Beta Club is the largest educational youth organization in the country. It promotes the idea of achievement, character, leadership and above all, service. Beta Club provides opportunities for community service to impact community. It is also student-led honor society."

"The outpouring of support from the student body has been incredible. I would like to thank the parents, teachers and administrators for their support along the way. I would like to express special appreciation to Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Jackson. They spent countless hours of their time along the way during this whole process."

White stands for light, purity, and faith. As members of the Beta Club, we will work to hold to these principles and accept the responsibility of membership.

The red candle, color denotes pure love and wisdom and suggests bravery.
Another objective of National Beta is to encourage fellowship and cooperation. We ask for wisdom and courage to live up to the motto of our club, Let Us Lead by Serving Others.

The blue candle, which is symbolic of truth and fidelity. This is essential in expressing loyalty to our nation, but also loyalty to our club and our school. The third objective of The National Beta Club is to reward effort and achievement. We students are here today, being recognized for that achievement.

Black symbolizes dignity and seriousness. The fourth objective of The National Beta Club is to inspire honesty, which is necessary to be a good citizen. As members of our Beta Club, we intend to grow into more trustworthy members of the student body.

The gold candle stands for warmth, friendship and loyalty.

Sponsor Deborah Wilson asked attendees to rise and take the Beta Club oath.

The Beta Club officers were as follows:

President: Alvin Bishop

Vice President: Ben Garrison

Secretary Luke Parker

Treasurer: Emma Fugate

Media Executive: Lexi Housley

Also present were the two Beta Club sponsors, Deborah Wilson and Darlene Jackson. They were involved with the distribution of beta club certificates after the club members had pinned themselves with beta club pins. Before the ceremony the National Beta Club Pledge was recited by new members. New member presentation/dismissal was done by Deborah Wilson.

The 2023 Beta Club List is below:

Name	Grade	Name	Grade	Name	Grade	Name	Grade
Karagan Alexander	10	Anna Grace Fraley	11	Colton Lowe	12	Kloe Reeves	10
Pearl Allmon	11	Emma Fugate	12	Kloe Maerki	12	Emma Reeves	12
Ginger Alvarado-Jimenez	10	Ashlyn Futrell	11	Gage Martin	10	Logan Rice	12
Elijah Anderson	11	Lillian Gardner	11	Aidyn Martin	12	Bri Riley	12
Jackson Arnold	10	Ben Garrison	12	Evelyn Martinez-Lopez	11	Sam Roberson	10
Cole Baldwin	11	Emily Girard	12	Drew Massengill	12	Ace Robinson	11
Marrick Ballard	12	Mari Gonzalez	11	Ava Massengill	12	Ashley Rojas-Salazar	12
Sheana Barger	12	Riley Graves	11	Aiden McClendon	12	Sierrya Rosenberg	11
Gavin Barlow	10	Sylvia Graves	11	Alison McSwain	10	Campbell Ruehling	11
Elmer Bautista	10	Daylee Gravett	12	Nevaeh Mears	12	Arianna Russell	10
Addy Beasley	10	Madison Gross	11	Alina Mejia Rendon	11	Alyssa Sauls	11
Colton Beene	11	Laila Grun	12	Dawson Mickel	12	Isabella Scott	12
Angel Bennett	12	Ethan Hale	12	Jake Mickel	10	Artem Serozhyn	10
Jacob Best	12	Sydney Hampton	12	Eli Mickel	10	Allie Shaver	11
Alvin Bishop	10	Emree Harris	12	Preston Moore	12	Josiah Shibley	10
Cooper Brackett	11	Brayden Harris	12	Evan James Morgan	10	Sarah Shirley	12
Meaghan Brock	11	Sierra Harvey	12	Allison Morgan	10	Bailee Smith	12
Lukas Brown	10	Tristan Hawley	10	Emma Neal	10	Travis Smith	11
Baron Bruehl	11	Rachel Heimel	12	Cheyenne Ovitt	10	Holly Smith	10
Robert Burns III	11	Keyla Hernandez	11	Alexa Pacheco	10	Samantha Smycz	11
McKenna Cameron	12	Aubrianna Hickey	12	Luke Parker	12	Alexia Stephens	12
Caleb Carr	11	Eva Hicks	12	Prabhnoor Parmar	12	Alyssa Stinnett	10
Jaime Castellon-Silva	12	Emmy Hinds	12	Olivia Parnell	11	Nadia Summerlin	11
Michelle Castillo	11	Madison Hinely	12	Rebecca Patton	12	Jackson Suttles	10
Lillian Chattin	11	Elexis Hirth	12	Jocelyn Pelfrey	10	Serena Tallent	12
Journey Childers	10	Asia Hitchcock	11	Kailee Pelfrey	10	Blake Thompson	12
Alaina Clark	10	Aaliyah Holland	12	Travis Pelfrey	10	Savannah Thurman	10
Emilee Clark	12	Lexi Housley	12	Mason Phillips	11	Ava Varner	10
Maelyn Cook	10	Brenlee Hufstetler	12	Jermiah Poole	10	Katelyn Waldo	11
Ryleigh Cooper	12	Lydia Hurd	12	Jesicah Poole	10	Aree Walker	12
Jaylin Crosby	10	Asher Jones	12	Brittley Powell	10	Tinsley Walker	11
Abby Crisp	10	Ayden Grant Jordan	10	Megan Prince	10	Braden Watson	10
Lindsey Danniels	12	Dakota Kilby	11	Brenden Raithel	10	Melissa Watt	11
Holly Davis	12	Kenlie Kilby	12	Sydney Ransom	10	Autumn Wente	10
Ethan Davis	12	Andrew King	11	Bencie Rasnake	12	Cheyenne Went	11
Olivia Day	12	Jasmine Knight	12	Sadie Rasnake	10	Sierra Weston	10
Madi Douglas	12	Alex Latshaw	11	Marissa Ray	12	Bryan White	10
Karli Dunsworth	12	Lakyn Lockhart	11	Galilee Raymer	11	C.J. Wilkey	10
Kaylee Ervin	12	Jackson Long	10	Camryn Reed	10	Hannah Wilson	12
Gregory Farmer	12	Jennifer Lopez Cruz	10	Ashley Reed	11	Joy Wooden	12
Spencer Fisher	12	Eva Lopez Hernandez	11	Brayden Reel	11	Emily Worthington	12
Demitri Follett	11	Levi Love	11	Chelsea Reel	11	Paislee Yeager	10