Siegel Middle, Siegel High and Stewarts Creek High Beta Club members place at national competition

Aug 06, 2021 at 04:00 pm by Voice Wire

All their springtime work paid off for the Beta club members from Siegel Middle with a pair of top five finishes at the National Beta Convention, including first place in the performing arts solo, duo, trio category.

The first-place team included McKenna Elliott, Samantha Festervand and Reese Lynam, and they beat out more than 30 schools competing in-person and even more virtual entries.

Fellow eighth-grader Noah Wright took third in social studies.

This was the second year in a row Wright placed at the National Convention. He was third in the seventh grade competition last year.

The national qualifiers originally competed and earned victories at the Virtual State Convention held in February.

Siegel received five victories at the state level. In addition to performing arts solo, duo, trio and eighth grade social studies, the club competed in seventh grade social studies, color photography and service-learning showcase. Seventh-graders Teagan Chabot, Carissa King and Abby Cheuvront represented the school in these events.

At the high school level, Ariana Olivares of Stewarts Creek placed fourth in Spanish for 11th grade, while Ronald Whitmore of Siegel High was ninth in speech division I.

Held in Orlando, Florida, the National Convention provided students an opportunity to compete either virtually or on-site.

More than 13,000 Junior Beta (grades 4-8) and Senior Beta (grades 9-12) students represented their schools in the first National Beta Hybrid Convention.

The club at Siegel Middle was chartered in 2001 and is a National Beta School of Merit.

There are 79 active members for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year. Members must have meet academic criteria to join and after being accepted into the club, the members complete community service to be eligible to compete at the state and national conventions.

With more than 500,000 active members and 8,750 clubs nationally and internationally, National Beta — which promotes the ideals of academic achievement, character, service and leadership — has become the nation’s largest independent, non-profit, educational youth organization.

Other Rutherford County Schools’ students competed and placed in the Tennessee BETA convention in the spring:

Junior Level (grades 6-8)

Senior Level (grades 9-12)

Tags: Rutherford County Schools Siegel High School Siegel Middle School Stewarts Creek High School
Sections: Other News