Beta Club Secures Record Wins, Sends 45 Students to National

The Morristown West High Beta club achieved a record-breaking performance at the recent state convention, with 45 students qualifying for the national competition this summer. 62 students competed in 53 different events, bringing home 24 top-five placements, which qualified them for the National Beta Convention. More than 72 percent of the competing students will advance to the national level.

Club organizers praised the students' commitment, noting they "put in countless hours before, during and after school to prepare for their competitions, and their hard work, effort, and dedication to succeed really shines through."

1st place awards:

Delaney Fairless: 9th grade Psychology academic test

Roxana Rodriguez Munoz: 9th grade Spanish academic test

Carley Santana Murphy: Speech Division 1

2nd place awards:

Jessica Gonzalez Martinez: 11th grade Spanish academic test

Grace Cates: Fiber arts Division 1

Scrapbook Team: Bentley Black, Caroline Brady, Grace Cates, Caleigh Cooper, Val Gracia, Maythe Hernandez, Abbi Knight, Brylee Livesay, Jill Lynch, Marvin Mendes Velasquez, Liz Medina Torres, Nox Nisner, Reese Nixdorf, Andrea Rico-Serrano, Anely Sanchez, Elizabeth Smith, Kishi Troung, Emily Yang, Jessica Gonzalez Martinez, Jesica Chilel Estaban, Netania McMahan, AnnMarie Gilbert, Honoka Suzuki, Carley Santana Murphy.

Book Battle Team: Will Morrison, AnnMarie Gilbert, Reese Nixdorf, Lillyann Walker

Robotics Team: Brady Ehret, Sherlin Flores Hernandez, Landon Halcomb, Nathan Strumski, Ruby Tiedeman, Kishi Troung, Jesus Hernandez

Sophia Maynard: Onsite Drawing

3rd place awards:

AnnMarie Gilbert: 9th grade US History academic test

Thomas Drinnon: 10th grade Social Studies academic test

Marvin Mendes Velasquez: 12th grade US History academic test

Porter Stuart: Woodworking Division 1

Service Learning Showcase Team: Eli Wilson, Maythe Hernandez, Marvin Mendes Velasquez, Liz Median Torres, Jesica Chilel Estaban, Netania McMahan, Bentley Black

4th place awards:

Lealand Kraus: 9th grade Health and Physical Education academic test

Reese Nixdorf: 9th grade Language Arts academic test

CiCi Dempster: 9th grade Spelling academic test

Daniel Zheng: 12th grade Math academic test

Cooper Hill: Recyclable Art Division 1

5th place awards:

Abbi Knight: 9th grade Biomedical academic test

Christian Zazueta:11th grade Biomedical academic test

CiCi Dempster:  Performing Arts Solo Vocalist

Lealand Kraus: Onsite Painting Division 1

Maythe Hernandez: 12th grade Science academic test

CiCi Dempster: Star Performer (She will sing at the opening session at Nationals over the summer with the other star performers from across the nation)