HSOs (High School Organizations)

Soooo... out of curiousity... Were any of you, or are any of you, members of High School Organizations (HSOs)? Here in Memphis, they are kind if popular with the High School students... we have tons of them.. and they step, host parties, do their strolls and calls and all that jazz. They do they whole "pledging" process (lines) and initiaite members, community service projects, etc. etc. The less knowledgable people refer to them as "high school sororities/fraternities", though we always have to correct them because we are NOT and do not claim to be sororities/fraternities... although some of the male organizations are affiliated with some fraternities (Kappa League, NSI/Omega Prep). So I was just wondering if they were popular elsewhere or if any of you are/had been members of anything similar?

In the midwest and up north they are not popular. I didn't hear about em until I joined my frat (Dem Damn Sigmas) and we have our club, which is the "Sigma Beta Club". Those young men basically do the same thing as members of my frat. They are in the student body, some steppers, leaders, and athletes.. WE (Sigmas) try to prepare these young men how to deal with issues in and outside of school. Hopefully they grow up to be like Senator Barack Obama...

Here in Florida, I was approached by some friends in high school to get me to do what the Deltas call Del-Teens. The Zetas had the Archonettes (which I have a friend who was involved in it), a few friends who were the little sisters to the AKAs and there is also the K League. I didn't know too many guys that were Sigma Betas. The whole step team thing didn't start until after I graduated high school and by then, I was a sophomore in school.

I was a member of "Delta Academy" for two years which is a Teen org sponsored by grad chapters of Delta Sigma Theta in local areas. In it we were able to get undergraduate and gradaute mentors. My two mentors and I are now looking into sarting a "Delta GEMs" org. Hopefully that will be underway soonMy best friend was an amicette and is now an Archonette with Zeta Phi Beta. Both groups are geared towards refining and molding young ladies for the real world. We are also engaged in the community service projects our "big sisters" do. We dont strive to be "mini-sororities". They don't even try to sway us a certain way and the affiliation doesn't influence my decision on my life-long commitment. We're a group of education-focused, goal oriented young ladies working togetherThere are many chapters like this across North Carolina(guess it is a "down South" thing--lol)I love it and am very greatful to all the ladies who take time out of there BUSY schedules for us.

i wasent a member of any of that stuff... but any mentoring program is good... i think if black men and women wanna mentor then its all good weather it be in greek or non greek.... thats good to see College student reaching back and helping youth out.... im wit it all