Richland One Students Win Top Awards
Richland One students continue to excel in many areas from academics to drama to community service. Please join our district in congratulating the following students and schools for outstanding achievements.
Millennium Magazine Youth Awards
The Millennium Magazine Youth Awards recognize the best and brightest 11- to 14- year-olds from Richland and Lexington County public middle schools. Richland One students took top honors in two of the three award categories.
DeShawn Jones of W.A. Perry Middle School won the Leadership Award and Hand Middle School student Haley Guyton received the Talent Award.
Millennium Magazine honored the winners during its 5th Annual "Celebrating Your Gifts" Youth Awards ceremony on Thursday, March 22 at the BellSouth auditorium.
SC International Thespian State Theatre Winners
Student performers from Dreher High School will compete nationally this summer after winning top state awards in the Palmetto Dramatics/South Carolina International Thespian State Theatre Competition, which was held at Converse College in late-February. Dreher students competed against fellow actors, writers, singers and make-up artists from more than 30 schools across South Carolina.
The following students excelled in their categories and will advance to national competitions this summer:
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First place, solo acting: Keith Hair |
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Second place, duet musical theatre: Charles Francis and Roddey Smith |
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Second place, original one-act play: Lindsay Lesesne for A Play About Thinking |
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Third place, duet acting: Melanie Smalls and Joey White |
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Excellence in acting: Ted Gwara |
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Excellence in make up: CC Arvay and Melissa Corbett |
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Superior ensemble acting: Lindsay Lesesne, Lee Harrinngton and Clint Tate |
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Excellence in original playwriting: Lindsay Lesesne |
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| Dreher High School Students won top awards in the SC International Thespian State Theatre Competition. Pictured from left to right: Ted Gwara, Joey White, Charles Francis, Roddy Smith, Keith Hair, Lee Harrington, Melissa Corbett, Clint Tate, Lindsay Lesesne, and C. C. Arvay. |
College of Charleston Math Meet Champions
The numbers add up for Dreher High School‘s math team which recently brought home nine trophies from the 30th Annual College of Charleston Math Meet. Dreher students won two first-place, six second-place, and one third-place trophies. The names of the winners are listed below:
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Level I Written Test - First Place: Xiang Guan (individual second place), Allison Day, Stuart Teal and Allison Adkins |
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Level II Written Test - Second Place: Artem Aleshin (individual third place), Aaron Markham, Alex Wilcox and Chris Garrick |
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Level II Written Test - Second Place: Mike Utsey, Daniel Kellogg, Greg Marcil and Luis Suarez |
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Math Team Relay - First Place: Elizabeth Meyers, Stan Adkins, Ryan Allred and Jonathan Chu |
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Math Team Brainstorming - Second Place: Greg Marcil, Nate Macaruso, Alex Zhang and Luis Suarez |
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Time Sprint - Second Place: Allison Day |
For more information, contact the Richland One Office of Communications at 231-7510 or 231-7504.
