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There were several sororities at the public high school I went to--one in the band (Pi Alpha Zeta? I think...), Kappa Rho, and another that I've forgotten the letters of. Funny thing is that most of the girls in Kappa Rho were also in the other one... it was just an excuse to have 2 extra formals a year and some mild to moderate hazing.
I went to all-girls private school after that and there was an exclusive senior society (the purpose, rituals, etc. were secret, but not the members), a holdover from the days when my school was a college. Most of the girls in it were nice, but I heard about some sketchy hazing (from one of the members) that went on in the school chapel--simulating sexual acts with a banana over the altar, etc. I'm slightly skeptical about that, simply because some of the girls I know in it would NEVER do anything like that. Perhaps, though.
Secret/exclusive societies in high school aren't necessarily horrible, but they can get out of hand. Supposedly societies of their type were not allowed in public school, yet the two non-music sororities had pages in the school yearbook. Also, at my second school, other secret societies/non-registered clubs were banned. Hypocritical, much?
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