Friday, March 29, 2024
Front Row: Joshua McGill, Sadie Johnson, Haley Bundren, Kyleigh Smith, Reagan Johnson, Mallory Zoeckler, Kirstan Goines Middle Row: Karlie Glisson, Reagan Hill, Valeria Botello, Isabella Brookshier, Shanena Vinson, Rebecca Kindhart, Serena Shreves, Sierra Corzine, Shaela Holloman Back Row: Sponsor Lorylee Hensley, Jordan Henderson, Jaiden Sanders, Maddie Shoemate, Katelyn Wiggs, Jered Huckleberry, Gabe Holloman, Asa Sparks, Sponsor Laura Clark.

VGS Beta Club awarded at Nationals

The Vienna Grade School Beta Club brought home two national championship awards and placed favorably at the National Junior Beta Club Convention held June 26-29 in Nashville.

The Club returned home Monday night with a national title in Living Literature for the third time in the past four years, and Joshua McGill won the national title in Woodworking.

Vienna’s Reagan Johnson, whose last year’s “Baken’ with Reagan” campaign won her the Illinois State Junior Beta Vice Presidency, ran for re-election and although she did not win, club sponsor Lorylee Hensley said she “represented Illinois very well.”

Twenty-three Vienna students attended the convention with Sadie Johnson taking third in Color Photography, Haley Bundren taking fifth in Technology and Asa Sparks placing in the top ten in Spelling.

The Club brought home third in T-shirt, third in Campaign Skit and fourth in the Banner competition.

Front Row: Joshua McGill, Sadie Johnson, Haley Bundren, Kyleigh Smith, Reagan Johnson, Mallory Zoeckler, Kirstan Goines Middle Row: Karlie Glisson, Reagan Hill, Valeria Botello, Isabella Brookshier, Shanena Vinson, Rebecca Kindhart, Serena Shreves, Sierra Corzine, Shaela Holloman Back Row:  Sponsor Lorylee Hensley, Jordan Henderson, Jaiden Sanders, Maddie Shoemate, Katelyn Wiggs, Jered Huckleberry, Gabe Holloman, Asa Sparks, Sponsor Laura Clark
Front Row: Joshua McGill, Sadie Johnson, Haley Bundren, Kyleigh Smith, Reagan Johnson, Mallory Zoeckler, Kirstan Goines
Middle Row: Karlie Glisson, Reagan Hill, Valeria Botello, Isabella Brookshier, Shanena Vinson, Rebecca Kindhart, Serena Shreves, Sierra Corzine, Shaela Holloman
Back Row: Sponsor Lorylee Hensley, Jordan Henderson, Jaiden Sanders, Maddie Shoemate, Katelyn Wiggs, Jered Huckleberry, Gabe Holloman, Asa Sparks, Sponsor Laura Clark