Celebrating their academic achievement, character, leadership and service, 18 fourth and fifth grade students at Jonesboro-Hodge Elementary School were inducted Tuesday as 2023-24 National Junior BETA members.

National Beta Club is the largest independent, non-profit, educational youth organization in America. And for more than 80 years, it has prepared today’s students to be tomorrow’s leaders. The mission of the organization is to promote the ideals of academic achievement, character, service, and leadership among elementary and secondary school students.

“Betas, we encourage you to always be a leader, demonstrate good character, work hard in your academic endeavors, and serve others before yourself. We look forward to seeing how membership in this prestigious organization will impact you and how you, in turn, will impact the National Beta Club.” – JHES Faculty & Staff

The nine from each class that were honored were:

J-HES Fourth Grade Jr. BETA members
Lainey Elmore
Nicolas Granados
Charity Harper
Davis Hurst
Caiden Jackson 
Autumn Kohler
Isaiah McCormick
Samiya Stallings
Robert Starkey

J-HES Fifth Grade Jr. BETA Members 
Jalonah Amos
Kelci Bradford
Skyler Christesen
Brady Malone
Ryleigh McCormick
Kynasia Oyetunde
James Simmons
Clayton Smith
Naakyah Walker