Homecoming Dane - Riverside High School held its annual Homecoming Dance Saturday Night at the Greenville Convention Center. Special thanks to all that organized and ran the event. It was a beautiful location and students had a great time. 

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Pride of Riverside Marching Band as it finished fifth overall and third in Class V Saturday at Pendleton High School. The Pride of Riverside earned the best Visual Score Overall and made the finals. Congratulations to the all members of the marching band and to Band Director Kris Bence.

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Speech and Debate Team for winning the 38th Annual Bob Jones Academy Speech and Debate Invitational held at Bob Jones Academy Saturday. The event featured teams from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and across South Carolina. In addition to winning the overall sweepstakes award, several students won individual championships. Treesa Abraham was a double champion in Expository Speaking and Original Oratory. Sashwath Sivaraman was a double champion in Extemporaneous Speaking and Impromptu Speaking. The team of Jose Pena-Farias and Joshua Maxwell won Duo Interpretation. Other event champions include Juliana Lopez Africano in Novice Reading, Navmika Anish in Novice Impromptu Speaking, Valeria de la Llave in Dramatic Interpretation, Joseph Liu in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, Dante Rementeria in Program Oral Interpretation, Brooke Stuart in Declamation, and Kai Tucker in Prose/Poetry. 

A complete list of Riverside winners follows:

• Jose Pena-Farias, 4th in Children’s Literature

• Avi Bhatia, 5th in Children’s Literature

• Cetanaa Ramanathan, 6th in Children’s Literature

• Brooke Stuart, 1st in Declamation

• Claudia Lee, 5th in Declamation

• Greta Kriston, 6th in Declamation 

• Valeria de la Llave, 1st in Dramatic Interpretation

• Brooke Stuart, 4th in Dramatic Interpretation

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

• Kai Tucker and Artem Feno, 4th in Duo Interpretation

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

• Juliana Lopez Africano and Richard Schaffner, 6th in Duo Interpretation

• Treesa Abraham, 1st in Expository Speaking

• Mikel Eguiraun, 3rd in Expository Speaking

• Greta Kriston, 6th in Expository Speaking 

• Sashwath Sivaraman, 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking

• Isabella Murillo, 2nd in Extemporaneous Speaking

• Kenneth Zalewski, 3rd in Extemporaneous Speaking

• Artem Feno, 3rd in Humorous Interpretation

• Devon Becker, 4th in Humorous Interpretation

• Fox Vickery, 5th in Humorous Interpretation

• Sashwath Sivaraman, 1st in Impromptu Speaking

• Jeffrey Yu, 2nd in Impromptu Speaking

• Isabella Murillo, 5th in Impromptu Speaking

• Kai Tucker, 6th in Impromptu Speaking

• Navmika Anish, 1st in Novice Impromptu Speaking

• Jeffrey Yu, 2nd in Informative Speaking

• Sashwath Sivaraman, 3rd in Informative Speaking

• Joseph Liu, 1st in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate

• Matthew Purvis, 6th in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate

• Annika Killian and Gabriel Killian, 2nd in Novice Public Forum Debate

• Juliana Lopez Africano, 1st in Novice Reading

• Lucia Callahan, 4th in Novice Reading

• Navmika Anish, 5th in Novice Reading 

• Benjamin Lin, 6th in Novice Reading

• Treesa Abraham, 1st in Original Oratory

• Enyonam Toklo, 2nd in Original Oratory

• Dante Rementeria, 1st in Program Oral Interpretation 

• Valeria de la Llave, 3rd in Program Oral Interpretation

• Pranita Kata, 6th in Program Oral Interpretation

• Kai Tucker, 1st in Prose/Poetry

• Valeria de la Llave, 2nd in Prose/Poetry

• Enyonam Toklo, 3rd in Prose/Poetry

• Claudia Lee, 6th in Prose/Poetry

• Rebecca Han, 4th in Varsity Congressional Debate

• Shohom Saha, 5th in Varsity Congressional Debate

• Zachary Thies, 5th in Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate

Fall Choral Concert - Riverside High School hosted its Fall Choral Concert on Thursday. Great job to all students and Choral Director Lindsay Brazell. 

5 Days till Opening Night - The Riverside High School Drama Department is producing "Peter Pan" for a two-night showing on October 24 & 25. Both shows will begin at 7:00 p.m. and tickets are $5 at the door.