1. WELCOME TO THE JR.
BETA OCTOBER MEETING
OCTOBER 4TH, 2012
TRICKUM MEDIA CENTER

2. DONUT SALES
 This month, we will be selling donuts on October
17th.
 We need 12 members helping with handing out
donuts.
 We need 12 adults helping at all stations. Please
ask your parents to come help. Please contact
Ms. Thiers or Ms.Cohorst
 There will be a sign-up sheet at the end of the
meeting.
 This will count as 1 hour for your service hours.
Please be here by 8:30.

3. TUTORING
 WE NEED MORE 8TH GRADE TUTORS!!
 We will continue with Jr. Beta tutoring. All
members helping with tutoring, please be
here by 8:00.
 There will be a new sign up sheet every
month.
 If you have any question, please see Alex
(homeroom – Burrell) or Ms. Thiers.
 Next day for tutoring will be
Tuesday, October 9th.

4. CAMP CREEK TUTORING
 There is now a limit of 8 students signing up
every month to reduce the number of
students on the bus.
 The next date will be on October 11th at
8:00.
 You must have a signed parent permission
form to go.
 If you have any questions ask Ms. Thiers or
Ms. Cohorst

5. T-SHIRT ORDER FORMS
If you forgot to purchase a T-shirt for Jr. Beta... We
are collecting another round of order forms.
 Mrs.Cohorst will be taking up the forms and the
money, she is on the 7th grade hallway.
 If you need an order form, they are on Ms.
Thiers’ website. The cost is still $15.00.
 The deadline for the order forms is October 19th.

6. SERVICE HOURS
 Keep on volunteering!
 You can earn service hours by helping with
donut sales and tutoring.
 Also please make sure that you aren’t
counting Campus Life or Thrive as service
hours.
 You can turn them in at every/any meeting.

7. WINNERS FROM THE SEPTEMBER
MEETING
As you remember, we had a little contest to
see if you had been paying attention to the
book Wonder.
The winners that were drawn out were:
Tanish Pradhan
Kevin Yao
Jeremy Levin

8. RANDOM ACTS
 Please keep turning in the Random Act
cards to stick on the bulletin board.
 Keep doing your random acts of kindness.
 Youcan turn them in to either Alayna
(homeroom – Yates) or Ms. Thiers.

9. WRISTBANDS
 To celebrate August’s birthday this
year, which is on October 10th, we are giving
each teacher a package with a note. The
note says “To celebrate August’s
birthday, Jr. Beta would like you to give this
to one student who has chosen kindness.”
 We want to spread August’s message to the
school.
 The wristband will be blue and have the
words Choose Kindness on them .

10. UNITED WAY BRACELETS
 United Way student campaign is from Oct 9 - Oct
31.
 We will be selling colorful yarn bracelets made by
Threads of Hope.
 We will be selling in the homerooms on each grade
level.
 9 Volunteers needed per day.
 Each day of volunteering counts for 1/2 of a service
hour.
 Arrive at school at 8:45 and report to MS. Smith in
the 7th grade B stairwell by 8:55.

11. OCTOBER MEETING

12. Reserve, Louisiana

14.  Lake Pontchartrain Elementary had minor roof
damage and suffered approximately 18” of
flooding.
 LaPlace Elementary School had minor roof
damage that allowed water to enter and
damage ceiling tiles in approximately 7 rooms
including the Principal’s office and library.

20.  East St John High School had approximately
12” of flooding and had minor roof damage.
 All drywall, doors, flooring, and majority of
furniture were damaged by flooding
 Mold growth was present in all buildings
 Roof flew off the softball field dugout
 Softball field foul ball poles were leaning
 Baseball batting cage was damaged

24.  District wide damage assessed at
approximately 23 million dollars
 Students were not able to return to East St John
High School and are now attending a different
high school for half days (split schedule).
Students will return second semester.
 Many of the elementary schools were closed
without power for over a week.
 Construction was estimated to be completed in
4 weeks

27. Jr. Beta will be sending all the
donated supplies to the schools
in the St. John district.

28. Thanks for coming to the meeting!
You can sign up for all your
activities now!!
The next meeting will be on
Thursday, November 1st.