Bell High School Extracurricular Activities

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Bell Purple Powerhouse Band
Beta Club
Book Club
Drama Club
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
Future Farmers of America (FFA)
Future Business Leaders of America (FFA)
High-Q Club
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC)
Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT)
Yearbook Staff

Beta Club

The Bell High School Chapter of the National Beta Club

The membership of the Bell High School Chapter of the National Beta Club consists of students in grades 9-12 who strive to maintain creditable achievement, a commendable attitude, and worthy character. High standards of honesty and good citizenship are expected of Beta members as well as maintaining an overall 3.25 GPA and a 3.25 in academic courses.

The club is active in projects of service to the community and school through our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive, holiday visits to nursing homes, and donations to charity and our school, and an annual scholarship to a graduating Beta member. The annual State Beta Convention offers Academic and Arts/Crafts competitions for our members. The Beta Club’s motto is “Let us lead by serving others.”

Book Club

The Bell High School Book Club

The Book Club is a relatively new group. The organization was Founded, in 2001, by student Robert Zerbe. The group chooses a book, reads the book and meets again to discuss the work. They discuss theme, plot, characters and their own thoughts about the book. The group is sponsored by Mrs. Hudson.

Drama Club

The Bell High School Drama Club

The club is open to any student interested in acting and the theater. Meetings are held bi-weekly after school. During the meetings members are given opportunities to participate in individual and group performances. During the meetings, students learn acting techniques and prepare for performances. Rehearsals for performances can be very frequent and may conflict with some other activities.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a nationwide organization dedicated to the encouragement of both Christian and non-Christian athletes.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes provides fellowship, prayer and fun activities to help Christians build close relationships and grow in their knowledge of Christian living.

Mission Statement - To present athletes and coaches and all whom they influence, the challenge and adventure of receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, serving Him in their relationships and in the fellowship.

High-Q

HI-Q is a team-based, quiz bowl style competition. Two teams of four go head to head in three ten-minute sessions in which questions are asked to each team. A normal or toss-up question is asked to both teams. The teams then have five seconds for anyone on either team to buzz in and answer the question. If answered correctly, the team is awarded a harder, bonus question that they are given fifteen seconds to answer as a group, without the other tam getting a chance to answer. Every year, there is a district competition; the winning team then goes to regionals along with the team who has the best record of the season.

Players enjoy the intellectual stimulation of the matches, the friendships formed by the competition (both within their school and of the other teams), and of course, the free food that is offered at the end of each match.

Health Occupations Students of America

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Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) is a National Career and Technical Student Organization endorsed by the Department of Education and the Health Occupations Education Division of the Association for Career and Technical Education. HOSA provides a unique program of leadership development, motivation, and recognition.

The rapidly changing health care system needs dedicated workers who are people-oriented and capable of playing a leadership role as members of a health care team. HOSA provides the tools to develop highly skilled health care professionals through diverse leadership activities and competitive events.

The mission HOSA is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and enhance the delivery of compassionate, quality health care by providing opportunities for knowledge, skills and leadership development of all health occupations education students, therefore, helping the student meet the needs of the health care community. National HOSA includes more than 67,000 members in 36 states and Florida HOSA has the third largest membership with more than 6,800 members.

HOSA students throughout Florida are divided into regions and the Academy of Health Related Professions is located in Region 2. A regional competition is held each year prior to the annual State Leadership Conference. The top three competitors from each region in Florida are eligible to compete in the annual State Leadership Conference held in April. The 2003 three-day conference will be a big even, including more than 1,300 students and will be held in Jacksonville, Florida. The National Leadership Conference is hosted by National HOSA, is held in June every year and includes competitors from all over the country. The 2003 National Leadership Conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia.

Students from the Academy of Health Related Professions at Bell High School have competed in every year and have made the school proud with many first, second and third place wins in such events as HOSA bowl, job seeking skills, career health display.

Students Working Against Tobacco

In 1998, the late Governor Lawton Chiles and the State of Florida sued the tobacco industry due to increasing Medicaid expenses caused by tobacco related diseases among Floridians. The nationally and internationally renowned SWAT program was a major outcome of the lawsuit. Youth throughout the State of Florida have joined together in a relentless fight against the tobacco industry and its manipulation and targeting of youth to use their product. Learn about SWAT on www.gen-swat.com.

Yearbook Staff

The Yearbook Staff are responsible for writing the content, taking photographs, documenting and submitting materials to the printer each year for the annual yearbook.