Beginning November 19th, students from across the nation descended on Gaylord Opryland Resort and convention center for a multi-day competition across a variety of categories..
Listed are the RCS student winners organized by category, school and area of competition.
Elementary Beta Convention (Grades 4 and 5)
Statewide Attendance: 1,398 students from 46 clubs
McFadden School of Excellence
Book Battle- 1st place
Drawing (Aayush Kafle)- 1st place
Handmade Jewelry (Quinn Shelton)- 1st place
4th Grade Math (Dylan Weber)- 1st place
Musicology- 1st place
Onsite Drawing (Aayush Kafle)- 1st place
Quiz Bowl- 1st place
5th Grade Social Studies (Elvin Chen)- 1st place
5th Grade Spanish (Lillian Griggs)- 1st place
Three-Dimensional Design- 1st place
Songfest- 1st place
5th Grade Math (Connor Reaves)- 2nd place
Mixed Media Art (Adelyn Hurt)- 2nd place
Onsite Painting (Nada Alzoubi)- 2nd place
Performing Arts Variety Show (Alex Collins)- 2nd place
Portfolio/Scrapbook- 2nd place
Black and White Photography (Alana Criswell)- 3rd place
Fiber Arts (Luke Jones)- 3rd place
Performing Arts Large Group Talent- 3rd place
Poetry (Sama Sultan)- 3rd place
Speech (Teddy Anne Hord)- 3rd place
Spelling Bee (Ugo Eze)- 3rd place
Technology- 3rd place
Two- Dimensional Design/Banner- 3rd place
4th Grade Science (Amelia Luther)- 5th place
Apparel and Design- 5th place
Robotics- 5th place
GOLD Key Award
Junior Beta Convention (Grades 6 - 8)
Statewide Attendance: 5,266 students from 151 clubs
Blackman Middle
Poetry (Layla Thomas)- 2nd place
Creative Writing (Mahina Kabir)- 4th place
8th Grade Social Studies (Gaven Burrows)- 4th place
Central Magnet
7th Grade Science (Daniel Choe)- 1st place
8th Grade Math (Jacob Anderson)- 2nd place
Painting- (Elaine Li)- 2nd place
8th Grade ELA (John Parkerson)- 3rd place
7th Grade Math (Anna Redmon)- 4th place
8th Grade Spanish (Connor Clagg)- 5th place
GOLD Key Award
Christiana Middle
8th Grade Science (Cayden Maloney)- 3rd place
Onsite Painting (Lynnlee Tune)- 4th place
Quiz Bowl- 5th
Eagleville School
8th Grade Science (Cade Taylor)- 2nd place
8th Grade Social Studies (Ames Bryant)- 2nd place
Marketing and Communications- 3rd place
Living Literature- 4th place
GOLD Key Award
LaVergne Middle
Marketing and Communications- 2nd place
Onsite Drawing (Luany Garcia)- 5th place
Oakland Middle
Small Group Performing Arts- 2nd place
Onsite Painting (Kymberli Rodgers)- 5th place
Rocky Fork Middle
8th Grade ELA (Justice Wilson)- 2nd place
GOLD Key Award
Siegel Middle
Three-Dimensional Design (Avery Tate)- 2nd place
Performing Arts Vocalist (Sarah Kate Wright)- 3rd place
8th Grade Science (Alexis Jones)- 4th place
8th Grade Spanish (Danna Segura)- 4th place
Drawing (Zoe Tang)- 5th place
GOLD Key Award
Thurman Francis Arts Academy
8th Grade Spanish (Madison Harbour)- 1st place
Whitworth Buchanan Middle
8th Grade Spanish (Yesenia Ayala)- 2nd place
Hand-Drawn Anime (Olivia Grady)- 4th place
Performing Arts Vocalist (Charly Floyd)- 4th place
GOLD Key Award
Senior Beta Convention (Grades 9 - 12)
Statewide Attendance: 4,157 students from 113 clubs
Central Magnet
9th Grade French (Marissa Bratsch)- 1st place
9th Grade Language Arts (Matthew Smith)- 1st place
11th Grade Math (Angel Hu)- 1st place
Robotics- 1st place
9th Grade Agriscience (Ray Swicord)- 2nd place
9th Grade Math (Benjamin Xiao)- 2nd place
9th Grade Science (Andrew Smith)- 2nd place
Living Literature- 2nd place
Mixed Media Division II (Kylie London)- 2nd place
Performing Arts Large Group Talent- 2nd place
Quilling Division II (Kaitlyn Elliott)- 3rd place
9th Grade Biomedical Health Science (Brady Stone)- 4th place
10th Grade Math (Rylee Pelham)- 4th place
12th Grade Science (Isaac Smith)- 4th place
Campaign Skit- 4th place
11th Grade Biomedical Health Science (Daniel Le)- 5th place
Digital Art Division II (Lilly Ann Brown)- 5th place
Drawing Division I (Megan Zhao)- 5th place
Three-Dimensional Design- 5th place
GOLD Key Award
LaVergne High
10th Grade Language Arts (Robin Phelps)- 2nd place
Quiz Bowl- 4th
GOLD Key Award
Oakland High
9th Grade Social Studies (Emma Woods)- 1st place
Freshman Problem Solving- 2nd place
Color Photography Division II (Maarten Muller)- 3rd place
Creative Writing Division I (Tina Abdous)- 3rd place
9th Grade Science (Lily Drake)- 4th place
Jewelry Division II (Emmy Montgomery)- 4th place
11th Grade Spanish (Maria Hernandez)- 5th place
GOLD Key Award
Riverdale High
12th Grade Language Arts (Ivy Lin)- 1st place
Digital Art Division II (Kacy Momon)- 1st place
Jewelry Division II (Hannah Gilliam)- 5th place
GOLD Key Award
Rockvale High
Poetry Division I (Loren Kloss)- 1st place
Pottery Division II (Shelby Baltimore)- 2nd place
Onsite Drawing Division II (Alyson Lee)- 3rd place
Marketing and Communications- 4th place
Creative Writing Division II (Catalina Valdivia)- 5th place
Siegel High
10th Grade Science (Peyton Taylor)- 1st place
10th Grade Social Studies (Noah Wright)- 1st place
10th Grade Agriscience (Bailey Todd)- 2nd place
Onsite Painting Division I (Bea Kimbro)- 2nd place
Performing Arts Trio Dance (McKenna Elliott, Reese Lynam, Samantha Festervand)- 2nd place
11th Grade Language Arts (Catherine Schroer)- 4th place
GOLD Key Award
Smyrna High
Pottery Division II (Sophie Zehr)- 4th place
Performing Arts Solo Dance (Paw Wah)- 5th place
Speech Division I (Ashley Sanford)- 5th place
GOLD Key Award
Stewarts Creek High
12th Grade Spanish (Thatyana Gonzalez)- 1st place
Poetry Division I (Bre Sanders)- 2nd place
11th Grade Spanish (Barbara Alvarado)- 4th place
Drawing Division II (Lazaro Almedo)- 5th
Musicology- 5th place