sororities in high school?!?!?! - Page 4

Lil' Hannah · #46 11-20-2003, 02:11 PM

I went back to my HS for a football game a few weeks ago (my mom is the dance team coach and I was on the squad when I was in HS so I like to go watch them when I'm in town) and the girls on the step team had t-shirts with Greek letters that corresponded to our HS letters. I don't know if they actually treat it like a sorority or if they just made them to be cool because BGLOs have step teams or what. I've also gone to some of my mom's competitions and I've seen girls at other high schools with the same thing.

GtownGirl98 · #47 11-20-2003, 05:18 PM

I think that this topic comes up about once a year, so I have a mentioned this before... but for some reason groups like Beta Club and National Honors Societies were like co-ed sororities here in KY at some of my sisters high schools... they hazed and had hell week... really weird things. That is why some of them didn't want to be apart of a GLO at first...

Then one summer I was working at a summer camp and one of the older girl's and I were talking about sororities and that she was apart of her schools. She even showed me her year book with a school sanctioned picture. I won't desribe the picture but the actives were dressed one way and the "new members" were dressed another and I didn't find the dress flattering.

momoftwo · #48 11-20-2003, 05:47 PM

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Originally posted by sailorpiphi
the ones i heard about were in illinois

The Illinois School Code prohibits high school students from belonging to fraternities, sororities or secret societies. That's how Glenbrook North decided it was able to punish the kids who participated in the powderpuff hazing incident.

Glenbrook South (GBS) is the Titans. Tommy the Titan, their mascot, is Greek. Going along with the Greek theme, a lot of the school-related apparel has GBS in greek letters. When my kids wear their sweatshirts, someone is always asking what sorority/fraternity is Gamma Beta Sigma??? So maybe those high school sorority girls from Illinois were actually GBS students???

Kristin AGD · #49 11-20-2003, 06:17 PM

My high school and middle school didn't allow fraternities or sororities. I got in trouble in middle school for being in a sorority. We had ribbon pins, and little sisters, etc. I didn't realize it was a big deal, until I was called to the principles office.

We had them in high school too. But they were a little bit more secretive than the middle schoolers.

I noticed a section in the school handbook when I enrolled my daughter this year that prohibits any unauthorized student organizations. This included secret societies such as fraternities, sororities, gangs...

They compare fraternities to gangs?? Life in the big city...

sigep533 · #50 11-20-2003, 06:37 PM

theres acouple in arkansas

Tom Earp · #51 11-20-2003, 06:51 PM

Good Ban HS Soroitys and Fraternitys.

They become very clicqish! They get to the Real Grown up thing called College, they are no longer the Big fish in the pond! Just another Newbie!

Burn their Training Bras, melt the pins, shred the info about them.!

Hell, there are enuff cliques with Dance, Cheer leading, Newspaper staff, and class officers!

aopirose · #52 11-20-2003, 07:53 PM

Anchor Clubs are a part of Pilot International. www.pilotinternational.org

“Pilot International is an innovative volunteer service organization that does more than just have meetings and provide networking opportunities with friends and associates. Pilot members take an active part in making communities a better place to live ... today and tomorrow. The service focus of Pilot International is brain-related disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, chemical dependency, traumatic brain injuries, developmental, emotional, and mental disabilities.” “ Since Pilot International was chartered in 1921, Pilot Clubs have undertaken service projects involving young people and their needs. In 1952, Pilot adopted the program of sponsoring Anchor Clubs. Anchor is now 50 years old and is made up of over 10,000 members.”

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Originally posted by kayla0deegee
Ok, first off I have a question about the Anchor Club..what was it all about and did it have anything to do with delta gamma (our symbol is the anchor) im sure it probably didnt put it cut my attention....

IheartAphi · #53 11-20-2003, 10:19 PM

We had Girl Social. It was really small though and I was the only one from my grade in it. It wasn't really like a sorority, but we did philanthrophy and girls stuff all the time. We had meetings every week.

Another school had girls club which did horrible hazing. Pledges couldnt talk to you for a week or take a shower. They also threw junk on them at a park after a football game.

My mom was in a Greek Lettered High School sorority in Macon GA.

zchi2 · #54 11-21-2003, 10:16 AM

We didn't have a sorority at my school, but we had the Pep Club that was like a sorority. They pledged and made them do stupid stuff before being initiated into the club. They were even given special lockers in the school for just being apart of the club. But I believe that some groups in the NPHC have high school groups that are basically fraternities and sororities. I believe it is community based instead of high school based.

AppleDeltaPie · #55 11-21-2003, 05:16 PM

I don't think the H.S. I graduated from formed any sororities or frats, but our sports teams definately hazed... or had optional hazing (you could not participate and no one would hold it against you unless you agreed to do it.. them you had to follow though. ----girls soccer.. very silly stuff.) We did have a History club.. that all history AP students were inducted into the first year Phi Alpha Theta... I never realized that was a real GLO.

IvySpice · #56 11-21-2003, 05:59 PM

Did anyone else read the Betsy-Tacy series of books by Maud Hart Lovelace (I think) when you were kids? They are about girls in a small town in Minnesota at the turn of the century. Anyway, the series follows them all the way through high school, and in the sophomore year book ("Betsy in Spite of Herself"), Betsy, Tacy, and their friends form a high school sorority called Okto Delta. It's a pretty interesting treatment; the members have fun, but they end up being viewed as exclusive and snobbish by the rest of the school, and they eventually disband.

A theme that runs through all four high school books is that the high school is divided into two (coed) literary societies, the Zetamathians and Philomathians. Everyone belongs to one or the other, and the societies compete intramurally in athletics, debating, etc. Anyone know about such societies in real life?

I miss those books. They were really well done, particularly the earlier ones.

rho4life · #57 11-21-2003, 06:19 PM

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Originally posted by zchi2
We didn't have a sorority at my school, but we had the Pep Club that was like a sorority. They pledged and made them do stupid stuff before being initiated into the club. They were even given special lockers in the school for just being apart of the club. But I believe that some groups in the NPHC have high school groups that are basically fraternities and sororities. I believe it is community based instead of high school based.

The above statement is not accurate, but an easy misconception. My Sorority - Sigma Gamma Rho - does have a youth group, known as Rhoers. They are NOT a sorority, although they have their own meetings and such, under the guidance of Sorors.

I don't want to speak for all the other NPHC group, however, I am fairly certain that the other 8 who maintain youth groups do so in a similar fashion.

Zetagymnast · #58 11-22-2003, 05:36 PM

My sorority has talked about starting a youth group or a junior chapter. It will not be a sorority but if they did attend a college where they was a chapter they would automatically be given a bid to join. What does everyone esle thing about it? We were thinking about calling it Junior Zetas or Zeta Honor Society. Any suggestions?

exlurker · #59 11-22-2003, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by Zetagymnast
My sorority has talked about starting a youth group or a junior chapter. It will not be a sorority but if they did attend a college where they was a chapter they would automatically be given a bid to join. What does everyone esle thing about it? We were thinking about calling it Junior Zetas or Zeta Honor Society. Any suggestions?

Establishing a youth group as a service project could be very worthwhile. You might want to seek substantial input on the name, though; both Zeta Phi Beta and Zeta Tau Alpha national sororities
are known as Zeta or Zetas, and you may want to avoid any potential source of confusion with those GLOs. You might also want to think of possible situations where automatically giving a bid could be counterproductive. A young woman who is great in a high school group may or may not be a great fit with a college chapter.

Zetagymnast · #60 11-23-2003, 03:08 AM

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Originally posted by exlurker
Establishing a youth group as a service project could be very worthwhile. You might want to seek substantial input on the name, though; both Zeta Phi Beta and Zeta Tau Alpha national sororities
are known as Zeta or Zetas, and you may want to avoid any potential source of confusion with those GLOs. You might also want to think of possible situations where automatically giving a bid could be counterproductive. A young woman who is great in a high school group may or may not be a great fit with a college chapter.

Well, we haven't really decided on a name for real, those were just some suggestions that were thrown out there. Well, we are known as the Zetas too so I can understand the confusion. But, their name would reflect our in some way. All I can say is that we are a Seventh-Day Adventist Christian Sorority and when they see us or the youth groups they will know that it's not ZPB or ZTA. I guess I forgot to mention that we will be starting our youth groups or junior chapters at our adventist high schools. Well, I was saying the bid I am not definite on because plans will be laid out. But, we will take into consideration of they were in one of our youth groups. They would already know what the organization was about.