Junior Beta Club and Scholars Bowl Teams
Place Well At National Convention

L_R Front Row : Scott Taylor, Brandon England, Skyler Graham, Luke Franklin, Amber Roberts. Back Row: Mickie Gibbs (Sponsor), Hannah Gilbertson, Caroline Hestley, Aaron Fregeau, Lucas Green, Wes Taylor, Caleb Hilyer, Claudette Smith (Sponsor).  Photo special to Arab Today    Click photo for larger version

June 22, 2009
The Junior Beta Clubs from Arab Junior High School and Arab High School are on a roll. They just returned from the National Junior Beta Club Convention held in Orlando, FL. This years theme was "Lights! Camera! Beta! Scene 75". Some were 4,673 Junior Betas in attendance.
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Arab had two Junior Teams in the top 4 in the nation. Individuals winning trophies were: Amber Roberts, AJHS-8th grade who received a certificate in sketching and Hannah Gilbertson, AHS-9th, who received a certificate in wreath competition. These members, Caroline Hestley, AHS-9th, Haley Gilbertson, AJHS-6th,and parents provided tremendous support for our quiz bowl teams.

The AJHS-8th team of Skyler Graham, Amber Roberts, Luke Franklin, Brandon England, and Scott Taylor was 4th in the NATION (400,000+ members). The AHS-9th team of Wes Taylor, Lucas Green, Aaron Fregeau, and Caleb Hilyer placed 3rd.  According to AJHS Scholars Bowl Coach Claudette Smith, Arab was the talk of the  convention.