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The Rolla Missouri High School
Octagon Club is a fun-filled, co-educational service organization sponsored
by the Optimist Club of Rolla Missouri.
This Octagon Club has earned
the Blue Ribbon School award for excellence for Rolla from Optimist
International.
Although the club's fiscal year begins in October, members may join the
club any time throughout the year.
Octagon Club membership is
open to all students ages 14 to 18
Members are encouraged
to attend meetings held bi-weekly after school.
Also, members are welcome to
attend any of the weekly Optimist Club of Rolla's club meetings. Click
Here to Check the Calendar.
It is desired that Octagon
members will become future adult Optimist members to continue to benefit the
youth in their community.
The Octagon Club participates in several service projects throughout the
year including joint projects with the sponsoring club's Optimist Christmas
Tree Sales, and Old Bagger’s Day.
In addition, the Octagon and
Optimist Clubs continually team up to support one another in each other’s
club projects, such as the Soldiers Project and the Stream Cleanup as well
as annually volunteer at Summer fest
.
The Octagon Club is a local club which offers the opportunity to meet other
students from all over the state and world.
The club was chartered in
1977 under the Optimist International organization and is divided into
districts and local clubs.
The Octagon Club is
part of the East Missouri (EMO) District and is its own local club.
All Octagon members
interested in becoming an officer for local and district offices are
elected annually.
Officers locally include:
President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, a Board Member
representing grades 10-12, and committee chairs.
For further information
concerning JOOI Clubs, e-mail optimist@rollanet.org
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