How do I start a high school fraternity

[LdsGal202]

idk about starting a Fraternity, but you can start a Greek Letter Organization. My school's step teams both boys and girls have Greek letters as well as a National Math org. called Mu Alpha Theta that competes nation wide. So i think it is definitely possible.

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by LdsGal202

idk about starting a Fraternity, but you can start a Greek Letter Organization. My school's step teams both boys and girls have Greek letters as well as a National Math org. called Mu Alpha Theta that competes nation wide. So i think it is definitely possible.

This seems to be a growing trend, but the idea of step teams and other groups with greek letters is quite annoying since college fraternities, sororities, and like organizations have traditionally used them for many many years. When we say "Greek Letter Organization" or GLO we are talking about college sororities and fraternities, not step teams and high school groups. All of you need to focus on school and wait until college to try and be "greek."

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

This seems to be a growing trend, but the idea of step teams and other groups with greek letters is quite annoying since college fraternities, sororities, and like organizations have traditionally used them for many many years. When we say "Greek Letter Organization" or GLO we are talking about college sororities and fraternities, not step teams and high school groups. All of you need to focus on school and wait until college to try and be "greek."

I agree. You slap some Greek letters on something and call it a GLO? Seems kind of useless. Our Greek letters MEAN something, and our organizations have grown from just a few men and women to thousands upon thousands of members, for 100+ years in some cases. We have traditions and rituals that have been passed down all of those years, and we all live by a set of values shared by all of our brothers and sisters.

But you have a dance club at your high school that you just happen to call Delta Alpha Nu? Or a debate team that you've named Sigma Tau Phi Upsilon?

What's the reasoning? Because all of the cool college kids are doing it?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Sigma Tau Phi Upsilon

Ha!

[33girl]

Mu Alpha Theta's been around for years, but its purpose is not to back a step team - its purpose is to celebrate and further the study of mathematics. If there's a chapter out there not doing that and serving as a "front" for a step team, they should have their charter yanked.

[blkwebman1919]

It is unnecessary for HS step teams (or clubs, or cheerleading squads, or any other non-Greek organizations) to have Greek letters. Whatever happened to Key Club, or Honor Society, or FBLA, or Drama Club (I know I'm dating myself a bit....LOL).

If you want to be a step team, then go ahead, but you don't need Greek letters just to name a stepteam. Even using a "faux" Greek name (like Step Phi Step, that's been done before) is better than all Greek letters. But don't try to be something that you are not. It dilutes the real meaning of Greekdom and creates an untrue picture of what real GLOs are about.

[ElleMason]

This ORIGINAL POST QUESTION was dated back in 99. It is ashame the responses that were given. All the negative responses to an innocent question. All the innocent answers given a negative response. WOW! And this is who High School students look up too. Obviously, these kids want to follow in the footsteps of those college frats and sororities. That is why so many of them create these types of organization in High School. Some of these kids don't even have much to look forward to until something like this is created. So many students go on to college, sad to say, to experince that kind of thing. Some of them are not allowed to. Some of them cannot afford to. SO to have it in high school gives them a great appreciation for the history of Greek Organization. Do you realize without a lot of these high school step teams, some students and their parents do not even know about college Greek Organizations. Or they know about them and do not know the importance of them. I was shocked to see so many African American Greeks respond so negatively. Before your Greek Fathers and Mothers stood for this, African Americans had no voice. Do you realize that most of your freedom fighters were Greek? Today that is knowledge that those in high school need to know. It gets them ready for college. It gives them a sence of pride to be apart of changing history. I live in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Im originally from Houston. I stepped in high school. It was a great experience. I could not go on to college to do so as I planned because I became very very ill. My high school sorority was the closest I got to being apart of that freedom. I now am the sponsor for The Ruidoso Warrior Steppers. I have a Delta Sigma Theta Sponsor also. These kids have learned about so many of you and some of them have their favorites. I never fail to mention history. This town is so happy for this program. They have never been happier. What's interesting about my kids is that they stand for something. They stand for change and togetherness. I have only 3 blacks on the team. I have a mixture of Native Americans, Indian, Mexicans, and whites. And they all look up to you College Greeks. My 2 that are graduating have now started to look for Colleges with Greek Oganization so they can continue standing for what they believe in. I would hate for them to look at the responses for a simple question posted here. I welcome all responses, even the negative ones. Change has come. Welcome it! For without change, most of our special activites, college, high schools, middle school and whatever, would seize to exist...... Sorry if some words have been mispelled.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by ElleMason

This ORIGINAL POST QUESTION was dated back in 99. It is ashame the responses that were given. All the negative responses to an innocent question. All the innocent answers given a negative response. WOW! And this is who High School students look up too. Obviously, these kids want to follow in the footsteps of those college frats and sororities. That is why so many of them create these types of organization in High School. Some of these kids don't even have much to look forward to until something like this is created. So many students go on to college, sad to say, to experince that kind of thing. Some of them are not allowed to. Some of them cannot afford to. SO to have it in high school gives them a great appreciation for the history of Greek Organization. Do you realize without a lot of these high school step teams, some students and their parents do not even know about college Greek Organizations. Or they know about them and do not know the importance of them. I was shocked to see so many African American Greeks respond so negatively. Before your Greek Fathers and Mothers stood for this, African Americans had no voice. Do you realize that most of your freedom fighters were Greek? Today that is knowledge that those in high school need to know. It gets them ready for college. It gives them a sence of pride to be apart of changing history. I live in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Im originally from Houston. I stepped in high school. It was a great experience. I could not go on to college to do so as I planned because I became very very ill. My high school sorority was the closest I got to being apart of that freedom. I now am the sponsor for The Ruidoso Warrior Steppers. I have a Delta Sigma Theta Sponsor also. These kids have learned about so many of you and some of them have their favorites. I never fail to mention history. This town is so happy for this program. They have never been happier. What's interesting about my kids is that they stand for something. They stand for change and togetherness. I have only 3 blacks on the team. I have a mixture of Native Americans, Indian, Mexicans, and whites. And they all look up to you College Greeks. My 2 that are graduating have now started to look for Colleges with Greek Oganization so they can continue standing for what they believe in. I would hate for them to look at the responses for a simple question posted here. I welcome all responses, even the negative ones. Change has come. Welcome it! For without change, most of our special activites, college, high schools, middle school and whatever, would seize to exist...... Sorry if some words have been mispelled.

QFP

So...you register today to try to "school" people on the internet?

Folks weren't responding harshly to the 1999 post -- maybe you should go back and read before you type

And high school kids shouldn't be looking up to usernames, anyway. If they want to learn about GLOs, they can do that without joining high school "fraternities and sororities."

[DrPhil]

That was the dumbest post in a minute.

No, most of the freedom fighters were NOT in GLOs/BGLOs.

[TKEsFreshPrince]

I mean, it really just looks like the person wanted to bash the hell out of black people (agreed, whoever wrote that is retarded, we were enslaved, how could we be a part of Greek society? and the freedom fighters didn't mess around with Greek life, they were too busy trying to get the African Americans their rights.)
I myself am an African American in one of the few fraternities that had no limitations in terms of race, color, creed, or sexual orientation. (Ain't nothin' like bein' a Teke.)
greek life has nothing to do with african american rights. we fought for those. we're still fighting for them.
don't try to take us back to u.s. history, because you will get schooled.

signed,
the pre-law major who decided to follow his dreams instead of becoming a renowned lawyer,
DJ
Tau Kappa Epsilon, Kappa-Sigma Colony, #107 Fresh Prince (#1 of the Gamma Line)

[dreamseeker]

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by TKEsFreshPrince

I mean, it really just looks like the person wanted to bash the hell out of black people (agreed, whoever wrote that is retarded, we were enslaved, how could we be a part of Greek society? and the freedom fighters didn't mess around with Greek life, they were too busy trying to get the African Americans their rights.)
I myself am an African American in one of the few fraternities that had no limitations in terms of race, color, creed, or sexual orientation. (Ain't nothin' like bein' a Teke.)
greek life has nothing to do with african american rights. we fought for those. we're still fighting for them.
don't try to take us back to u.s. history, because you will get schooled.

signed,
the pre-law major who decided to follow his dreams instead of becoming a renowned lawyer,
DJ
Tau Kappa Epsilon, Kappa-Sigma Colony, #107 Fresh Prince (#1 of the Gamma Line)

Are you smoking something?

[TKEsFreshPrince]

I'm Black. But I'm not in a Black fraternity, nor am I in a fraternity that cares about race/religion/sexual orientation.
Did that register?

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Are you smoking something?

Actually...

Of the national fraternities founded prior to 1920, TKE is one of the few fraternities that never had a discrimination clause in its membership requirements to prevent membership of men because of their race, color, or creed.

From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TKE). Not the best source, of course, but its pretty commonly known.

[Prettyface08]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Are you smoking something?

And it must be something strong too.