Robotics Success - Congratulations to the Riverside High School Robotics Team as it competed in the Uproar in the Upstate Saturday at JL Mann High School. The Warriors entered two robots in the competition. One robot qualified 21st out of 49 teams while the second robot won five matches. Congratulations to all students involved and Mr. Ben Horne for his leadership. 

All-County Orchestra - Riverside High School hosted the Annual All-Greenville County Orchestra Friday as the County’s best middle and high school students came together to perform. Thank you to all teachers and RHS Orchestra Director Rich Harbison for his leadership. 

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Speech & Debate Team for winning the 2025 Eagle Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament held Saturday at Eastside High School. In addition to winning the overall sweepstakes award, several Riverside students earned individual championships. Valeria de la Llave was a triple champion in Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, and Program Oral Interpretation. Jose Pena-Farias won Children’s Literature. Pena-Farias and partner Joshua Maxwell also won Duo Interpretation. Other champions include Hannah Liu in Lincoln Douglas Debate, Isabella Murillo in Extemporaneous Speaking, and Enyonam Toklo in Original Oratory.

A complete list of Riverside award winners follows:

• Jose Pena-Farias, 1st in Children’s Literature

• Devon Becker, 2nd in Children’s Literature

• Aahanna Das, 2nd in Declamation

• Sam Yee, 3rd in Declamation

• Brooke Stuart, 5th in Declamation

• Stephanie Duan, 6th in Declamation

• Valeria de la Llave, 1st in Dramatic Interpretation

• Lina Nguyen, 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation

• Cetanaa Ramanathan, 4th in Dramatic Interpretation

• Catalina Jara Parada, 5th in Dramatic Interpretation

• Jose Pena-Farias and Josh Maxwell, 1st in Duo Interpretation

• Fox Vickery and Avi Bhatia, 2nd in Duo Interpretation

• Cetanaa Ramanathan and Mikel Eguiraun, 3rd in Duo Interpretation

• Charline Monnier and Aahanna Das, 4th in Duo Interpretation

• Dante Rementeria and Eli Golob, 5th in Duo Interpretation

• Brooke Stuart, 3rd in Expository Speaking

• Isabella Murillo, 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking

• Kenneth Zalewski, 2nd in Extemporaneous Speaking

• Greta Kriston, 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking

• Navmika Anish, 5th in Extemporaneous Speaking

• Valeria de la Llave, 1st in Humorous Interpretation

• Avi Bhatia, 2nd in Humorous Interpretation

• Devon Becker, 3rd in Humorous Interpretation

• Fox Vickery, 5th in Humorous Interpretation

• Lina Nguyen, 6th in Humorous Interpretation

• Isabella Murillo, 2nd in Impromptu Speaking

• Treesa Abraham, 2nd in Informative Speaking

• Kenneth Zalewski, 3rd in Informative Speaking

• Lucia Callahan, 3rd in Novice Impromptu Speaking

• Shikhar Haldia, 5th in Novice Impromptu Speaking

• Joseph Liu, 6th in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate

• Richard Schaffner, 2nd in Novice Reading

• Yun-Sheng Yee, 3rd in Novice Reading

• Mikel Eguiraun, 4th in Novice Reading

• Juliana Lopez Africano, 5th in Novice Reading

• Enyonam Toklo, 1st in Original Oratory

• Avi Bhatia, 2nd in Original Oratory

• Treesa Abraham, 3rd in Original Oratory

• Stephanie Duan, 4th in Original Oratory

• Pranita Kata, 5th in Original Oratory

• Valeria de la Llave, 1st in Program Oral Interpretation

• Dante Rementia, 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation

• Treesa Abraham, 3rd in Program Oral Interpretation

• Eli Golob, 4th in Program Oral Interpretation

• Enyonam Toklo, 5th in Program Oral Interpretation

• Pranita Kata, 6th in Program Oral Interpretation

• Enyonam Toklo, 2nd in Prose or Poetry

• Claudia Lee, 5th in Prose or Poetry

• Hannah Liu, 1st in Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate

• Shaurya Srivastava, 3rd in Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate  

Bonds Career Center is accepting applications for the 2025-26 School Year. The application window is January 7-March 13.