Twenty-five DeKalb West School students rocked the Tennessee Junior Beta Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. With the theme, “Betas, Rocking The Country,” the DWS students joined thousands of others at the annual event Nov. 23-25.
Students competed in a variety of academic events. Trenten Shores participated in the Math contest. Riley Overstreet tapped into her creative muse for the Poetry contest. Holly Evans put her wits to the test for the Spelling competition. Jordan Crook, Jaden Johnson, Garrett Hayes, and Noah Roberts combined their thinking skills for the Quiz Bowl. Addison Oakley, Lydia Brown, and Shelby Clayborn created a snapshot of a year in the Beta Club for the Scrapbooking contest. Dallas Cook, T.J. Alexander, Michael Martin, and Ashley Reynolds were voracious readers for the Book Battle event. Cody Antoniak, Lydia Davenport, Parker Vantrease, Christian Trail, and Peyton Lemons engineered and constructed a project for the Tower of Power. This event provides students with 200 straws and a roll of masking tape. They have 15 minutes to build the tallest free-standing tower that can hold the weight of a tennis ball at its pinnacle. Katie Bain, Kyndal Cox, Haley Dies, Zoe Maynard, Callie Mulloy, and Alanna Woodham took on the roles from “Alice in Wonderland” for the Living Literature contest. Students recreated a scene from the Lewis Carroll book.
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