St. Bernard Parish Public Schools celebrated a fantastic showing at the annual Junior Beta State Tournament in Lafayette, where students from Lacoste Elementary, Andrew Jackson Middle, NP Trist Middle, and St. Bernard Middle competed among 11,000 peers. These talented students participated in various academic, STEM, virtual, and performing arts competitions, securing impressive placements in multiple categories. This year’s winners include:
Lacoste Elementary
Lacoste Elementary had 22 BETA Club members participate in 32 competitions. Their hard work led to several awards, with top performers earning spots to compete at the National Beta Convention in Orlando this summer:
- 1st Place Social Studies: Luke Gagnard
- 5th Place Health & P.E.: Grayson Caballero
- 2nd Place Onsite Cake Decorating: Miriam Dali
- 5th Place Musicology: Dominick Shreve, Abigail Esler, Emanuella Costa, & Tina Nguyen
- 5th Place Quiz Bowl: Grayson Caballero, Cameron Hughes, Dominick Shreve, Luke Gagnard, Emanuella Costa (stand-in)
- Premier Performer (Solo Vocalist): Charlotte Wilemon
Other Notable Participants:
- Book Battle: Caleb Higgingbotham, Dominick Shreve, Grayson Caballero, Luke Gagnard
- Creative Writing: Kaleb Williams
- Language Arts: Caleb Higgingbotham
- Math: Blakely Nuccio
- Poetry: Zion Bryan
- Science: Nathaniel Washington
- Spelling: Tina Nguyen
- Engineering: Cameron Hughes, Gunner Dassau, Hunter Mayfield, Logan Ducombs, Nicholas Javery
- Robotics: Caleb Higginbotham, Kaleb Williams, Logan Ducombs, Nathaniel Washington, Nicholas Javery
- Living Literature – Abigail Esler, Blakely Nuccio, Caleb Higginbotham, Dominick Shreve, Dreux Guidry, Emanuella Costa, Gunner Dassau, Hadley Tortorich, Hunter Mayfield, Israel Urquia, Logan Ducombs & Tina Nguyen
- Musicology – Abigail Esler, Dominick Shreve, Emanuella Costa & Tina Nguyen
- Onsite Cake Decorating – Miriam Dali
- Onsite Drawing – Tina Nguyen
- Onsite Painting- Charlotte Wilemon
- Performing Arts Solo Vocalist – Charlotte Wilemon
- Performing Arts Small Group – Asher Wood, Blakely Nuccio, Caleb Higginbotham, Dreux Guidry, & Hadley Tortorich
- Quiz Bowl – Cameron Hughes, Dominick Shreve, Emanuella Costa (Stand-in) Grayson Caballero, Luke Gagnard
- Songfest – Entire Club
- Visual Arts:
- 2D Art – Abigail Esler & Tina Nguyen
- 3D Art – Asher Wood
- Digitally Enhanced Photography – Miriam Dali
- Drawing – Tina Nguyen
- Fiber Arts – Emanuella Costa
- Hand Drawn Anime- Charlotte Wilemon
- Painting – Abigail Esler
- Quilling – Caleb Higginbotham
- Recyclable Art – Dominick Shreve
- Sculpture Talia Lee
- Apparel Design – Tina Nguyen
- Trading Pin – Abigail Esler
- Songfest: Entire Club
Andrew Jackson Middle
The AJ Beta Club also had an excellent showing at the state convention, competing in a variety of categories. Notably, Lynna Quach placed in the top five in Poetry.
NP Trist Middle
NP Trist Middle brought 80 students to the competition and earned multiple accolades:
- 3rd Place Digital Portfolio: Layla Brown, Isla Caruso, Ava Heffker, Isabella Lemoine
- 3rd Place 7th Grade Math: Jack McMullin
- 1st Place 8th Grade ELA: Jade Jamhour
- 1st Place Robotics: Colton Bourgeois, Caden Bryan, Ramy Dali, Jack McMullin, Wyatt Scully, Preston Senez, Bryce Watson
- Premier Performer: Autumn Higginbotham
Other Notable Participants:
- Songfest: Approximately 60 Betas
- Living Literature (Crew): 25 Betas
- Living Literature (Statues): Delaney White-Stein, Briley Blackwell, Arabella Alphonso, Mackenzie Shreve
- Engineering: Micah Bastoe, Gianni Domino, Cade Billiot, Brantley Topey, Jayden Forvendel
- Small Group Talent: Briley Blackwell, De’Mari Perry, Autumn Higginbotham, Gage Leboeuf, Theodore Schilling, Jack McMullin, Arabella Alphonso, Kenneth Higginbotham
- Duo (Dance): Ella Schroeder, Delaney White-Stein
- National Anthem Choir: Autumn Higginbotham
St. Bernard Middle
St. Bernard Middle’s SBM Eagle Beta Club had a successful run, earning 9 awards and showcasing remarkable talent across several events with 49 students:
Individual Winners:
- 1st Place Instrumental Solo: RJ Joseph
- 1st Place Science: Addi Nunez
- 1st Place U.S. History: Hunter Campo
- 2nd Place Math: Axyl Mayer
- 2nd Place U.S. History: Andrew Norrell
- 2nd Place 8th Grade Social Studies: Dynel Bienemy
- 3rd Place Math: Mary Murrell
- 4th Place Social Studies: Addi Morales
Team Winners: - 5th Place Quiz Bowl: Dynel Bienemy, Hunter Campo, Vayda Kinkella, David Tepel Reyes
- Top 8 Musicology Team: RJ Joseph, Andrew Norrell, Anna Bruno, Kelly Blanchard
Other Notable Participants:
- Solo, Duo, Trio (Instrumental): Randy Joseph
- Small Group (Belles Dance Team): Daliyah Brown, Emma Bayhi, Sophia Gibbs, Ava Mackles, Nadia Harris
- Anime: Destiny Campo
- 2D Design: Makayla Sakowski
- 3D Design: Ray Henritzy
- Apparel Design: Astrid Meza Gomez, Abrielle Cuevas
- Accessory design Lily Robin, Ella Boleware, Maddie Nunez
- Service Learning Project: Mary Murrell, Aubrey Guerra
- Technology: Landon Peraza
- Painting: Brynleigh Zahn
- Drawing: Karmin Helmstetter
- Onsite Drawing: Jonathan Coleman
- Candidate: Addilyn Morales
With more than 500,000 active members and 14,000 clubs, National Beta promotes academic achievement, character, service, and leadership among elementary and secondary school students. The students who qualified for Nationals will travel to Orlando, Florida, this summer for the National Beta Convention. For more information on beta, visit betaclub.org.
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