High school Sororities and Fraternities

[KSUViolet06]

Are HS "sororities/fraternities" a southern thing? I went to HS in Ohio and we had nothing like that.

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Are HS "sororities/fraternities" a southern thing? I went to HS in Ohio and we had nothing like that.

Can't say it's a southern thing but many states passed laws prohibiting their existance in the early 20th century.

[LXA SE285]

Mountain Brook (Alabama) High School, Natalee Holloway's alma mater, had a Greek system, complete with tiers, until a few years ago. It was a pretty big deal in MB social circles, with the fraternities and sororities having been around since the 1920s, and it served as a feeder system for the big-name groups at Alabama and Auburn.

[NUBlue&Blue]

I know there were high school sororities in one smallish city in Nebraska. I don't know if it was just at the public HS, because there was just one HS and one Catholic HS (at the time, the city had about 30,000 people), but they were the only girls I knew in college who had belonged to HS sororities and it was very big in their town. I don't think they had greek letters, though. I don't know if they still exist, but they did in the late 70's-early 80's. This particular town, of course, had lots of girls who were greek in college and they were also legacies to multiple groups.

[LUC Kappa]

My teacher in high school wanted me to become apart of something called the del-teens. My mom didnt let me do it because of her thought of sororities at the time..and then i ended up being in a christian high school sorority before i got to college.

[(*0*1*1*9*1*1*)]

There's a fraternity and sorority here in my high school. Beta Omega Psi Fraternity and Gamma Alpha Rho Sorority. The faculty here sometimes get a little iffy about them, but I'm glad that the two organizations do well and have so many scholars and community servants because they would X them in a heartbeat.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by (*0*1*1*9*1*1*)

There's a fraternity and sorority here in my high school. Beta Omega Psi Fraternity and Gamma Alpha Rho Sorority. The faculty here sometimes get a little iffy about them, but I'm glad that the two organizations do well and have so many scholars and community servants because they would X them in a heartbeat.

Oh, boy.

[(*0*1*1*9*1*1*)]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Oh, boy.

What? I love my Beta Omega Psi and K-A-Psi of course

[AlphaFrog]

[33girl]

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[unspokenone25]

Originally Posted by (*0*1*1*9*1*1*)

What? I love my Beta Omega Psi and K-A-Psi of course

LAWD! I knew this was going to happen. I was waiting for this discussion since it was Spring Break and all the kids are out of school and on the computer. Sigh.

[jubilance1922]

Originally Posted by (*0*1*1*9*1*1*)

There's a fraternity and sorority here in my high school. Beta Omega Psi Fraternity and Gamma Alpha Rho Sorority. The faculty here sometimes get a little iffy about them, but I'm glad that the two organizations do well and have so many scholars and community servants because they would X them in a heartbeat.

I mean this with all sincerity.

Its probably a good idea to remove any reference to Kappa Alpha Psi in your siggy, and to avoid posting that you love the org. One day it may come back to haunt you.

Perhaps you should stay focused on being a high school kid instead of worrying about joining a fraternity.

[(*0*1*1*9*1*1*)]

Originally Posted by jubilance1922

I mean this with all sincerity.

Its probably a good idea to remove any reference to Kappa Alpha Psi in your siggy, and to avoid posting that you love the org. One day it may come back to haunt you.

Perhaps you should stay focused on being a high school kid instead of worrying about joining a fraternity.

Thank you for the advice. I'll change my signature immediately.

Originally Posted by ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl

Sororities should be reserved for college, when people are at least a little more mature.

Amen to that.

When I hear of "Greek system" at ANY high school, I have to roll my eyes because they are NOT Greeks. They're just a bunch of silly kids in clubs who slap Greek letters on because they want to be just like the college kids -- only they're not.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by OTW

Amen to that.

When I hear of "Greek system" at ANY high school, I have to roll my eyes because they are NOT Greeks. They're just a bunch of silly kids in clubs who slap Greek letters on because they want to be just like the college kids -- only they're not.

Yep. The best thing those moms ever did for the kids there was to organize the open leadouts...the Greek system in high school was just begging for alcohol problems and emotional problems.

Granted the atmosphere is about as close to college as a public high school will be allowed to get. But the students are still just a bunch of 16 year olds.