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.