Special to the Journal
Houston County, GA – Bonaire
Middle School’s Beta Club won six awards at a state competition held in
December. The Bonaire Middle School sponsor, Cynthia Davis, was also elected by
her peer sponsors to serve as the Georgia State Jr. Beta Club Sponsor-Elect.
More than 5,000 Beta students from all over the state participated in the
Georgia State Junior Beta Club Convention held Dec. 6, 2012, at the Macon
Centreplex. Bonaire Middle School awards are:
· First
place, State Spelling Bee – Nicole Tayag;
· First
place, Poetry – Abby Kirkland
· Second
place, Math – Ben Gibbs;
· Third
place, Science – Dakota Wilkes;
· Fourth
place Quiz Bowl Team – Zac Ussery (captain), Joseph Winborne, Ashley Derr,
Miaka Kemp, Seth Rozelle and Ty Thorn;
· Third
place, BETA Club Service Award, Bonaire Middle.
First place winners Nicole Tayag and Abby Kirkland will also compete at the
National Beta Club this summer in Mobile, Ala. Pictured are: Miaka Kemp, Nicole
Tayag, Abby Kirkland, Ashley Derr, Zac Ussery, Ty Thorn, Dakota Wilkes, Ben
Gibbs and Davis.
“Attending the State Jr. Beta Convention is an event I have always enjoyed
attending with my club,” commented Davis. “It is the highlight of the year to
be with so many other students who have similar goals of achievement and
character – a way to meet other students from other clubs and realize there is
a network of leaders that goes beyond the community of Warner Robins.”
As the Sponsor-Elect, Davis serves for one year under the current State Sponsor
and will then become the next Georgia State Beta Club Sponsor. As sponsor-elect,
Davis will work with the state sponsor to coordinate the motivational speaker
and the competitions for next year’s Beta Club Convention.
Davis remarked, “It is an honor and a privilege to serve the Beta Club in this
capacity and to promote the Beta Club mission of academic achievement,
character, service and leadership by leading our great state and its Beta Club
students.”
Bonaire Middle is located at 125 Georgia Highway 96 East in Bonaire. Cindy
Randall serves as the principal.
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