Bonaire Middle Wins Junior Beta Club Awards

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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