November 2024 News

BETA Club Success

Sunday, November 17, 2024

BETA Club “is the largest, independent, educational youth organization in America, emphasizing the four pillars of academic achievement, character, leadership, and service.” The weekend of November 15-16, the Indiana Academy chapter competed at the Indiana State competition and achieved resounding success! Four teams and eleven individual Academy competitors (a total of 15 students) advanced to the National competition in Orlando, Florida, this summer. Those advancing are:

Individual
1st Place – Hand Drawn Anime Division II – Lily Ellis
1st Place – Black & White Photography Division II – Sophia Vijverberg
2nd Place – Digital Enhanced Photography Division II – Kinlee Taylor
2nd Place – Digital Art Division I – Jeevisha Dhanda
2nd Place – Biomedical Health Science – Jeevisha Dhanda
2nd Place – BETA Scholarship – Brody Chestnut
3rd Place – US History (12th Grade) – Brody Chestnut
3rd Place – Poetry Division II – Kayla Cavanaugh
3rd Place – Mathematics (11th Grade) – Yedaam Cho
3rd Place – Spelling (12th Grade) – MaKaela Gist
3rd Place – Psychology (11th Grade)- Doris Li
3rd Place – US History (11th Grade) – Kennedy Rasnick
3rd Place – Creative Writing Division I – Presli Ginder

Group
1st Place – Musicology Senior – Keagan Brogdon, Brody Chestnut, Grace Koester, & Eva Vessels
2nd Place – Engineering Senior – Sylvester Acherekoh, Yedaam Cho, Kennedy Rasnick, & Sophia Vijverberg
3rd Place – Book Battle Senior – Keagan Brogdon, Lily Ellis, Izzy Orpurt, & Calley Thomas
3rd Place – Quiz Bow Senior – Keagan Brogdon, Brody Chestnut, Lily Ellis, & Grace Koester

Congratulations to all of our Indiana Academy student competitors!