(PALMA, Ky.)-
Seven students from North Marshall Middle School took home top-five finishes at the Kentucky Junior Beta State Convention last month, capping off a strong showing for a club that has grown to 176 members and punches well above its weight on the competitive stage.
The most decorated competitor was Hadley Ford, who claimed first place in Poetry. Close behind were Ethan Minihan, Mac Lyles, and Emma Chittenden, who earned third place together in the Variety Act category, while Annie Collins, Lexie Croft, and Ella Hall picked up third place in Two-Dimensional Design.
Fourth-place honors went to Jackie Hill in Fiber Arts and to Macy Bishop and Emersyn Smith in Digital Portfolio. Eli Owen placed fifth in U.S. History, and a five-member Technology team — Miriam Hart, Abby Munson, Owen, Garrett Gordon, and Jase Borders — also finished fifth in their event.
Those results earn the students an invitation to the National Beta Convention this summer at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The club’s officers had already secured three national bids earlier in the school year after qualifying at the Regional Leadership Summit in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
National Beta is the nation’s largest independent, nonprofit educational youth organization, with more than 500,000 active members and 14,000 clubs worldwide. The organization promotes academic achievement, character, service, and leadership for students in grades 4 through 12.
North Marshall’s Beta Club participates in monthly service projects benefiting both the school and surrounding Marshall County community. For more information, visit betaclub.org.
