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?

Well I live in New York and I've never heard of HSOs....

I neva heard of them in NY either but I think its mostly a down south thing because they have a but load in Georgia and FL and texas

My school had like one or two, but you had to have like a constant 3.5 gpa to get in though. And most people didn't hear about it until they were just about graduating. The only HSO's that I joined were the ones that the students and teachers formulated, like the Pre-Med Club, The Foreign Student Club, N.O.L.A.: Banneker Rebuilds New Orleans...stuff like that.