FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Elkin High School Beta Club/Beta Members Participate/Attend in State Competition

Greensboro, NC, January 28th – National Beta members from Elkin High School are celebrating their recent participation in the NC Senior Beta Hybrid State Convention. They were announced as winners of the following competitions:

ACADEMICS

•       Kendall Eads-Champion 10th grade Agriscience
•       Hollyann Caudle- 2nd place Creative Writing Div 1
•       Mallory Wall- 3rd place Language Arts 10th grade
•       Brady Reed- 2nd place Language Arts 9th grade
•       Alyssa Davis- 3rd place Science 9th grade
• Joshua Couch - 5th Place Social Studies 10th grade
•       Valeria Guzman-Ramirez- 5th place Spanish 10th grade
•       Maggie Hall- 4th place Speech Div 1
•       Quiz Bowl (Laura Couch, Thomas McComb, Clay Sebastian & Jack Zamudio) - 5th place Oral & 4th place Written
•       Freshman Problem Solving (Alyssa Davis, Aniya Edwards, Maggie Sebastian & Marley Wolfe)- Champion

VISUAL ARTS

•       Mallory Wall- 3rd place Digital Art Div 1
•       Maddie Bledsoe- Champion Fiber Arts Div 1
•       Jade Bravo-Carreno- 5th place Jewelry Div 1
•       Gabby Cox- 5th place Mixed Media Div 1
•       Sophie Welborn- 2nd place Black & White Photo Div 1
•       Amanda Shaffner- 1st place champion Sculpture Div 1
•       Emerson Gonzalez- 2nd place Sculpture Div 2
•       Joshua Couch- 2nd place Woodworking Div 1
•       Morgan Orta- 4th place Onsite Painting Div 1

PERFORMANCE

•       Character Performance-3rd place

•       Show Choir- 4th place

 National Beta State Convention allows students the opportunity to compete in various academic and STEM-based, virtual and performing arts competitions. This year, the State Convention was offered as a hybrid event. These victories at the state level provides an opportunity to compete at the national level. The National Convention will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee during Summer 2022.

The Elkin High School Beta Club was founded in 2017 and currently has 120 members. We had 51 students attend the convention in-person and 5 students who competed virtually. We competed in 17 individual academic competitions, 18 creative arts competitions, 7 group competitions, and 2 performing art performances with Beta Clubs all across the state. “BETA club provides opportunities for students to showcase their talents beyond the classroom and helps our students grow in character and leadership. I am extremely proud of all our BETA members who competed at the state convention, they represented the Elkin community well,” says EHS BETA sponsor Kerri Mullis.

With more than 500,000 active members and 8,750 clubs nationally and internationally, National Beta has become the nation’s largest independent, non-profit, educational youth organization. National Beta promotes the ideals of academic achievement, character, service and leadership among elementary and secondary school students. National Junior Beta includes grades 4-8 and National Senior Beta includes grades 9-12. Visit betaclub.org for more information.