Juniors Carol, mother of two juniors, past president, local jewelry artist and instructor, initiated our junior club in 1996. Being a relatively new junior club, we are in the process of sorting out agendas, plans and goals to become better organized and to improve our current processes to maximize the learning experience. You are welcome to help. Along with various parents or guardians, Gary, Janet and Joe assist in format and facilitation of our monthly meetings. We consiste ntly have anywhere from 6 to 12 juniors at each meeting and they all show interest and enthusiasm by display of participation.
All junior members are to have at least one parent or guardian present at the meeting.
Our junior members have a wide range of interests that include gem and mineral collecting, lapidary, carving work, education, geology and Earth science, field trips, prospecting, and jewelry making. We do our best to teach those who wish to focus on physical or scientific interests, or may have an interest in the aesthetic beauty or visual impressions of the rocks, gems, minerals, or jewelry. Our primary intent is to empower the juniors and help them develop their individual interests in Earth science from an educational, but fun perspective. Each junior would then receive an information sheet about the specimen that contains scientific and educational data for future use. Having a separate, but adjacent meeting area from our general membership on the same day and time, enhances our junior club visibility.