All State Chorus - Congratulations to the following Riverside High School students for being selected to All-State Chorus: Mackenzie Kilbride, Brianna Ramirez, Melaina Dickinson, Sofia Penaflor, Makenna Beesley and Layla Kirksey. 

Student Council Election - Congratulations to the following students as they were elected to the Riverside High School Student Council. Senior Class - Audrey Hartsell (Senior Class President), Alfiya Patanwala, Sharon Antony, Sally Anderson; Junior Class - Karrington Sanders, Olivia Whitney, Kensa Varghese, Ashley Zheng; Sophomore Class - Noor Ismail, Callie Rae Garner, Kashvi Bhavsar, Amaris Wright 

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Indoor Percussion Team as it took 1st Place with the highest score at CWEA Pickens. 

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Speech and Debate Team for winning the 2025 National Speech and Debate Association District Qualifier Tournament for South Carolina. The contest was held Saturday in Asheville, NC, in conjunction with North Carolina’s district series. The Warriors won the Overall Sweepstakes Award, Speech Championship, and Congressional Debate Championship. Riverside event champions include Treesa Abraham in Original Oratory, Artem Feno in Congressional Debate: House, Isabella Murillo in International Extemporaneous Speaking, Dante Rementeria in Program Oral Interpretation, Sash Sivaraman in Informative Speaking, and the team of Sreekar Bodepudi and Zachary Thies in Public Forum Debate. Valeria de la Llave was a double champion, winning both Dramatic Interpretation and Humorous Interpretation.

Nineteen students earned qualifying bids to represent South Carolina at the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) Tournament, held June 15th—20th in Des Moines, IA. This tournament is the largest academic competition in the world. The qualifiers include Treesa Abraham in Informative Speaking, Devon Becker in Humorous Interpretation, Valeria de la Llave in Humorous Interpretation, Artem Feno in the House of Representatives, Greta Kriston in United States Extemporaneous Speaking, Isabella Murillo in International Extemporaneous Speaking, Dante Rementeria in Program Oral Interpretation, Keerthana Sankarapu in the House of Representatives, Shohom Saha in Senate, Sash Sivaraman in International Extemporaneous Speaking, Enyonam Toklo in Original Oratory, Kai Tucker in the House of Representatives, Jeffrey Yu in United States Extemporaneous Speaking, the team of Isabella Batista and Rebecca Han in Public Forum Debate, the team of Sreekar Bodepudi and Zachary Thies in Public Forum Debate, and the team of Mikel Eguiraun and Cetanaa Ramathan in Duo Interpretation.

A complete list of Riverside award winners follows:

• Valeria de la Llave, 1st in Dramatic Interpretation

• Cetanaa Ramanathan, 5th in Dramatic Interpretation

• Artem Feno, 1st in the House of Representatives

• Kai Tucker, 2nd in the House of Representatives

• Keerthana Sankarapu, 4th in the House of Representatives

• Rebecca Han, 5th in the House of Representatives

• Gabriel Killian, 6th in the House of Representatives

• Jeffrey Yu, 3rd in Senate

• Shohom Saha, 4th in Senate

• Hannah Liu, 5th in Lincoln Douglas Debate

• Sreekar Bodepudi and Zachary Thies, 1st in Public Forum Debate

• Isabella Batista and Rebecca Han, 3rd in Public Forum Debate

• Keerthana Sankarapu and Samhitha Visikamalla, 4th in Public Forum Debate

• Annika Killian and Gabriel Killian, 5th in Public Forum Debate

• Cetanaa Ramathan and Mikel Eguiraun, 2nd in Duo Interpretation

• Fox Vickery and Avi Bhatia, 4th in Duo Interpretation

• Charline Monnier and Aahanna Das, 5th in Duo Interpretation

• Cata Jara Parada and Artem Feno, 6th in Duo Interpretation

• Valeria de la Llave, 1st in Humorous Interpretation

• Devon Becker, 2nd in Humorous Interpretation

• Catalina Jara Parada, 4th in Humorous Interpretation

• Fox Vickery, 5th in Humorous Interpretation

• Sash Sivaraman, 1st in Informative Speaking

• Treesa Abraham, 2nd in Informative Speaking

• Jeffrey Yu, 3rd in Informative Speaking

• Kenneth Zalewski, 5th in Informative Speaking

• Isabella Murillo, 1st in International Extemporaneous Speaking

• Sash Sivaraman, 2nd in International Extemporaneous Speaking

• Kenneth Zalewski, 4th in International Extemporaneous Speaking

• Treesa Abraham, 1st in Original Oratory

• Enyonam Toklo, 2nd in Original Oratory

• Avia Bhatia, 4th in Original Oratory

• Stephanie Duan, 5th in Original Oratory

• Dante Rementeria, 1st in Program Oral Interpretation

• Juliana Lopez Africano, 3rd in Program Oral Interpretation

• Enyonam Toklo, 4th in Program Oral Interpretation

• Eli Golob, 6th in Program Oral Interpretation

• Isabella Murillo, 2nd in United States Extemporaneous Speaking

• Greta Kriston, 4th in United States Extemporaneous Speaking

• Jeffrey Yu, 5th in United States Extemporaneous Speaking

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