Magnolia Gulf Coast Beta Club/Beta Members Place in National Competition
The last few months, National Beta members from Magnolia Gulf Coast Beta Club have been working hard to prepare their entries for National Beta Convention. In June, they were able to celebrate that hard work when announced as winners of the following competitions:
Senior Division– 3rd place for club Technology entry and 7th place for club Create and Animate entry;
Junior Division – Wyatt Nelson 1st place in 6th Grade Science Academics Testing;
Elementary Division – Garrett Nelson 2nd place in 4th Grade Social Studies, Luke Dillman 5th place in 4th Grade Language Arts and 3rd place in Quilling Visual Arts, 4th place in the Club Apparel Design entry, and 2nd place in the club Technology entry.
Magnolia Gulf Coast Beta originally competed and received awards during the Mississippi State Convention held at Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in February for Senior Division and March for the Junior/Elementary Division. Their victories at the state level provided an opportunity to compete at the national level. The National Convention, held in Louisville, KY, provided all students the opportunity to compete. Over 5,000 Elementary Beta (grades 4-5), 8,000 Junior Beta (grades 6-8) and 7,900 Senior Beta (grades 9-12) students were able to represent their schools this summer.
Magnolia Gulf Coast Beta Club (MGC Beta) is a group of homeschool students in 4th through 12th grade from across the Gulf Coast area. Members who attended the National Convention were from our Senior Division: Zoie Conley of Gulfport, Drew Chandler of Pass Christian, Apollo Stafford of Saucier, Austin Cucuzza of Wiggins, Jacob Dial of Long Beach, S.J. Dillman of Long Beach, Alexis Dillman of Long Beach, Connor Williams of Biloxi; from our Junior Division: Wyatt Nelson of Ocean Springs; from our Elementary Division Garrett Nelson of Ocean Springs and Luke Dillman of Long Beach. Members who supported attendees from home include Ryan Ware of Gulfport, Kaitlyn Atwater of Gulfport, Braxton Bates of Saucier, Elizabeth Dacus of Gulfport, and Madelyn Dillard of Gulfport. Sponsors for the groups include Suzanne Stafford, Lisa Miller, LeAnna Conley, Joanna Dillman, Maria Dacus, and Leslie Bates.
With more than 500,000 active members and 8,750 clubs nationally and internationally, National Beta has become the nation’s largest independent, non-profit, educational youth organization. National Beta promotes the ideals of academic achievement, character, service, and leadership among elementary and secondary school students. National Junior Beta includes grades 4-8 and National Senior Beta includes grades 9-12. Visit betaclub.org for more information. For additional information about membership with Magnolia Gulf Coast Beta, please visit Prospective Magnolia GC Home School Beta Members on Facebook. 
