One Week. Four Pillars. Countless Ways to Make a Difference.
Celebrate the Beta spirit through achievement, character, leadership, and service.
Get ready to celebrate all things Beta! National Beta Week is your club’s chance to show off your Beta pride, recognize the amazing things your members do, and make an impact in your school and community. From fun spirit days to meaningful acts of service, there’s a way for every Beta to get involved.
March 8-12, 2027
How To Celebrate and Serve Your Community
Each day of National Beta Week is themed with a different focus and purpose. We encourage you to start by reading The Legend of Beta Week, then use our guide to plan each day with fun-filled events. This is a great opportunity to generate excitement in your club!
Share With Us
Your Beta Week celebration deserves to be shared! Capture your club in action, show us how you’re living the four pillars, and tag National Beta in your posts. We can’t wait to see how Betas across the country celebrate! Use #BetaWeek2027 when posting on social media.
Wear Your Beta Pride with 2027 Beta Week Merch
Show off your Beta spirit during National Beta Week! Check out this year’s official shirt and trading pin and get ready to celebrate with Betas across the country.
- Order Deadline: February 4, 2027
- Shirts and pins will ship by February 19, 2027.
About the shirt:
- Brand: Comfort Colors
- Material: 100% Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton
- Color: Denim
National Beta Week Guide
Prior to Beta Week
Proclamation & Press Release
At least 6 weeks prior to Beta Week, contact your Mayor or town officials to recognize National Beta Week and encourage them to sign the Proclamation. Share a press release with local newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations.
Added challenge – Contact the Governor’s office and have them recognize National Beta Week on a state level. Share the signed Proclamation with all available media outlets and celebrate your success.
Beta Spirit Week!
Host a Beta Spirit Week with each day dedicated to celebrating a specific theme. Send home the printable spirit week flyer to share the theme days with families. Tag National Beta on social media and use the hashtag #betaweek27 to be featured each day.
March 8: Betas Achieve – Small Steps, Big Goals – Take a step in the right direction in your favorite, craziest socks.
March 9: Betas Care – Kindness Looks Good on You – Dress as your favorite literary, TV, or movie character.
March 10: Betas Lead – Lead Where You Are – Dress to impress. Show leadership in your finest business attire.
March 11: Betas Serve – Make Your Mark – Make your mark and show the way in your brightest, highlighter-colored clothing.
March 12: Beta Friday – Wear your Beta Week t-shirt or black and gold to celebrate the spirit of Beta.
Get Local Businesses Involved
Have members reach out to local businesses to participate in a “Show Us Your Membership Card” program. This program empowers Beta members to connect with local businesses, seeking special discounts during Beta Week by presenting their Beta Club membership card. This initiative not only fosters community engagement and support but also provides students with the opportunity to practice leadership and communication skills. By partnering with local businesses, Beta members can enjoy exclusive benefits while highlighting the club’s positive presence and influence within the community.
DURING BETA WEEK
March 8: Betas Achieve
Pillar Focus: Achievement
Small Steps. Big Goals.
Today’s Challenge: The Goal-Getter Challenge
Every great accomplishment starts with a goal! Challenge members to think about something they want to accomplish, improve, or learn. Goals can be academic, personal, related to Beta, or focused on helping others.
Activity: Make It Happen!
- Have each member write down one goal they want to achieve using slips of paper or our Goal Cutouts.
- Ask members to identify three small steps they can take to reach that goal.
- Invite members to share their goals with a partner or the club.
- Create a club “Goal-Getter Wall” where members can display their goals and encourage one another.
No wall space? Have members write their goals on slips of paper and place them in a goal jar!
Think About It!
- What is one thing you would love to accomplish, and why is it important to you?
- What might make reaching your goal difficult?
- How can you turn a big goal into smaller, manageable steps?
- Who could encourage you or help you along the way?
- How can you celebrate progress even before you reach your final goal?
Beta Bonus Challenge: As a club, choose one goal you can work toward together. It might be welcoming new members, completing a service project, improving school spirit, or finding a new way to help your community.
March 9: Betas Care
Pillar Focus: Character
Kindness Looks Good on You!
Character is about the choices we make, even when no one is watching. A little kindness can change someone’s entire day!
Today’s Challenge: The Kindness Ripple
Challenge your club to spread kindness throughout the school and community. Every act of kindness has the potential to inspire another!
Activity: Pass It On!
- Give each member a slip of paper or a kindness challenge card.
- Ask members to choose one meaningful act of kindness they can complete.
- Encourage members to complete their challenges without expecting recognition or a reward.
- Invite members to share how their actions made a difference while respecting the privacy of anyone they helped.
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Ideas for kindness challenges:
- Write a thank-you note to a teacher, school employee, or mentor using cards or our thank you note templates.
- Invite someone who may feel left out to join a group.
- Give a sincere compliment.
- Help a classmate who is struggling.
- Thank someone who makes your school a better place.
- Leave an encouraging note for someone who needs a boost.
Think About It!
- What does having good character mean to you?
- Why can it sometimes be difficult to do the right thing?
- How can one small act of kindness create a ripple effect?
- How should you respond when someone is treated unfairly?
- How can you show kindness to someone you don’t know very well or don’t always agree with?
Beta Bonus Challenge: Create a “Kindness Counts” board where members can share anonymous examples of kindness they witnessed. Celebrate the good happening around your school!
March 10: Betas Lead
Pillar Focus: Leadership
Lead Where You Are!
Leadership isn’t just about having a title. It’s about taking initiative, helping others, and being willing to make a difference.
Today’s Challenge: Leaders in Action
Challenge members to identify a need in their school or community and brainstorm how they could take the lead in addressing it.
Activity: What’s the Solution?
- Divide members into small groups.
- Give each group a real-world challenge to discuss.
- Ask groups to identify the problem, brainstorm solutions, and choose one action they could take.
- Have each group present its solution to the club.
- As a club, select one idea to put into action.
Sample leadership scenarios:
- New students are having trouble feeling welcome at school.
- Students are leaving trash in a shared outdoor space.
- School employees rarely receive recognition for their hard work.
- Younger students need help adjusting to a new grade.
- Your community organization needs more volunteers.
- Club members have great ideas, but only a few people participate in planning.
Think About It!
- What does having good character mean to you?
- Why can it sometimes be difficult to do the right thing?
- How can one small act of kindness create a ripple effect?
- How should you respond when someone is treated unfairly?
- How can you show kindness to someone you don’t know very well or don’t always agree with?
Beta Bonus Challenges: Create a “Kindness Counts” board where members can share anonymous examples of kindness they witnessed. Celebrate the good happening around your school! And, use our Leadership worksheets to celebrate all examples of how someone can show leadership.
March 11: Betas Serve
Pillar Focus: Service
See the Need. Be the Difference.
Service starts with understanding others. Before we decide how to help, we should learn about the people, places, and needs in our communities.
Today’s Challenge: Community Connections
Challenge members to discover the people and organizations that help their community thrive and identify ways Beta can support their work.
Activity: The Community Connection Map
1. Give members a large sheet of paper or a blank digital canvas.
2. Place the school or community at the center of the map.
3. Ask members to identify people, organizations, and groups that contribute to the community. Examples might include libraries, animal shelters, food pantries, senior centers, parks, and local nonprofits.
4. Discuss the different needs these groups may have and how they currently serve people.
5. Have each team choose one organization or community need to research further.
6. Ask teams to propose a way the club could help, beginning with learning what support is actually needed.
Encourage members to think beyond donations. Service might involve sharing skills, volunteering time, creating educational materials, helping with an event, or supporting an existing initiative.
Think About It!
● What makes a community strong?
● Which people or organizations help our community in ways we might overlook?
● How can we learn what an organization needs before offering help?
● Why is it important to respect the people we serve?
● What talents or resources can our club contribute besides money?
● How can we build a lasting relationship with a community organization?
Beta Bonus Challenge: Invite a representative from a local nonprofit or community organization to speak at a future meeting about its mission and volunteer opportunities. Let members use what they learn to plan a meaningful service partnership.
March 12: Pillars Unite
Pillar Focus: All Four Pillars
Four Pillars. One Beta Family!
Beta pride is more than wearing your club shirt. It’s showing the world what it means to live out the four pillars and encouraging others to do the same.
Today’s Challenge: Show Your Beta Spirit!
Celebrate your club, recognize your members, and reflect on how achievement, character, leadership, and service make Beta special.
Activity: The Beta Pride Spotlight
- Invite members to wear their Beta shirts, club colors, or something that represents their Beta spirit.
- Ask each member to recognize another member who has demonstrated one of the four pillars.
- Have members share a favorite Beta memory or a way their club has made a difference.
- Create a club display, photo collage, or short video celebrating your members and accomplishments.
- Challenge every member to identify one way they will continue living the Beta pillars beyond the celebration.
Think About It!
- What makes you proud to be a Beta?
- Which of the four pillars do you connect with most, and why?
- How have you seen another Beta make a difference?
- What is your favorite memory of serving, leading, learning, or working with your club?
- How can your club make every member feel welcomed and valued?
- What do you want others to know about being a Beta?
- How will you continue demonstrating Beta’s values throughout the year?
Beta Bonus Challenge: Create a “Beta in Action” post featuring your club’s spirit, service, and accomplishments. Share your celebration with National Beta through its official social media channels, following the current posting and tagging instructions.
Sponsor Idea:
Print and distribute Pillar Certificates to recognize students who go above and beyond. Use our parent letter template to share how students celebrated Beta Week and continue to achieve throughout the year.
KEEP THE BETA SPIRIT GOING!
The celebration doesn’t have to end here! Use these questions during future club meetings to keep the four pillars at the center of everything you do.
Achievement
- What new skill would you like to learn?
- How can our club encourage members to challenge themselves?
- What accomplishment, big or small, deserves to be celebrated?
Character
- How can we make our school a kinder place?
- What does integrity look like in everyday life?
- How can we show respect when we disagree?
Leadership
- What is one thing our club could improve?
- How can we give more members opportunities to lead?
- What does it mean to lead by example?
Service
- Who in our community could use our help?
- How can we make our service projects more meaningful?
- What can we accomplish together that would be difficult to do alone?
Your Beta Legacy
- What do we want our club to be known for?
- How can we encourage others to become involved?
- What is one action we can take right now to make a difference?
LET US LEAD BY SERVING OTHERS!
Every Beta has the ability to achieve something meaningful, demonstrate strong character, lead with purpose, and serve with heart. Keep setting goals, spreading kindness, stepping up to lead, and finding ways to help.
Small actions. Strong character. Lasting impact. That’s the Beta way!
A Tradition Worth Celebrating
The Legend of Beta Week
Once upon a time—not so very long ago—in a school much like yours, a group of bright, kind, and hard-working students gathered in a dusty classroom to talk about something big. They were Beta Club members—leaders in their school, helpers in their communities, and dreamers with goals as high as the stars. But something was missing.
They worked hard all year long—serving, achieving, leading, and showing strong character—but no one ever stopped to say:
“Hey! Look at what these students are doing! That’s amazing!”
Well… almost no one.
Let’s rewind a bit—all the way back to 1973, when a very important man in a very important office took notice of something special.
That man was President Richard Nixon.
That something special? The National Beta Club.
President Nixon had seen the impact Beta students were making across the country—volunteering, leading, learning, and growing into the kind of citizens any nation would be proud of. And so, in 1973, he made it official:
He proclaimed a National Beta Week, giving students a moment to be recognized for their excellence and reminding the nation of the values they stood for:
Achievement, Character, Leadership, and Service.
That first proclamation lit a spark. Beta Clubs began to celebrate. Teachers proudly displayed Beta banners. Schools paused to recognize the students who worked behind the scenes, who quietly made things better, who didn’t just talk about change—they led it.
But like any good story, the tradition evolved.
In 2015, the National Beta Office decided to celebrate Beta Week in full force—bigger, bolder, and more fun than ever. It became a nationwide celebration, held in March, and students from 4th through 12th grade now had five full days to show what Beta really means.
From 1973 to today, Beta Week has grown from a presidential proclamation to a powerful tradition—one that stretches from small towns to big cities, from elementary schools to high schools, from one generation to the next.
And now?
It’s your turn.
This Beta Week, you are part of the story.
You’re part of the legacy. Whether it’s your first year or your fifth, your voice matters. Your actions count.
You are powered by the pillars—and Beta is better because of you.
The story of Beta Week is still being written…
What will your chapter say?
Beta Week 2026 Recap
Betas across the country came together to celebrate the values of Achievement, Character, Leadership, and Service during National Beta Week 2026! Each day, members found unique ways to honor what it means to be a Beta, showcasing their dedication to leading, serving, and motivating those around them. View photo recap of Beta Week 2026 below.
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