In recognition of leadership and service

In April, Bumpus Middle School inducted 52 new members of the National Junior Beta Club.

The NJBC is a nonprofit, leadership-service club for grades 5-9 whose purpose is to encourage effort, reward merit, and to promote those qualities of character that make for good citizenship.

Members are Brandon J. Agsalud, Keaysia Bryant, Jace Coleman, Anna Grace Dickey, Madeline R. Dukes, Claudia Franklin, Sydney Garlington, Drew Guffey, Annemarie Guske, Caroline Guske, Jackson Hankins, Riley Hendrix, Alexander Hinkle, Christopher A. Howell, Patterson Huff, Myracle La’nise Jarmon, Abdulla Jassim, Jilian Joyner, Austin D. Kamm, Hassan Khadair, Jacob A. Kopkin, Sarah Looney, Spencer Lotz, Karis Simone Luster, Riley Elizabeth Lynch, Avery Markus, Isabella Maske, Erin McAfee, Shaelah McGilton, Ilissa McIntosh-Williams, Braylon Moss, Kerry Murr, Gabriella Muscarella, Mychael Grace O’Berry, Mit Patel, Chandler David Patterson, Crayton Edward Patterson, Karen Tram Phuong Pham, Lauren Reed, Riley Rendon, Matthew Rickman, Alison Rocco, Shallah Saadiq, Nathan Solomon, Colton Steinbeck, Kendal Thompson, Tyler Joseph Tucker, Kylie Brianne Vanlandingham, Megan Waldrop, Adam C. Willis, Alexia Michelle Wilson and Makenzie E. Young.

Beta Club sponsors Jan Price and Matt Grainger thanked seventh graders Cassiday Allen, Claudia Cortez, Mackenzie Pitts, Taylor Horne, Rajiv Patel and Jonathan Snell who helped with ushering at the ceremony and serving at the reception.