The Riverside High School Student Council traveled to Blythewood High School for the annual Southern Association of Student Councils Conference. This conference connects students from across 15 states to build leadership skills, share ideas, and drive positive change in their schools and communities. Seniors Hollis Cramer and Kensa Varghese hosted a workshop for students about leadership bonding. 

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Speech and Debate Team for winning the 2026 Gamecock Invitational, hosted online by Sumter High School on Saturday. In addition to winning the overall sweepstakes award, several students won individual championships: Keris Garcia in Children’s Literature, Juliana Lopez Africano in Dramatic Interpretation, Anamika Nair in Extemporaneous Speaking and Informative Speaking, Tanvi Chelasani in Varsity Impromptu Speaking, Maria Sweeney in Novice Reading, Aahanna Das in Original Oratory, Lina Nguyen in Prose and Poetry, Leila Salim in Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Aneesh Nannapuraju in Senate Congressional Debate. A complete list of Riverside award winners follows:

• Keris Garcia, 1st in Children’s Literature

• Yaazhini Sudherson, 6th in Children’s Literature

• Arna Patel, 3rd in Declamation

• Anshika Pudipeddi, 6th in Declamation

• Juliana Lopez Africano, 1st in Dramatic Interpretation

• Ben Lin, 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation

• Avi Bhatia, 4th in Dramatic Interpretation

• Zoe Liney-Stantial, 6th in Dramatic Interpretation

• Ben Lin and Zoe Liney-Stantial, 2nd in Duo Interpretation

• Rania Gupta and Cohen Clark, 4th in Duo Interpretation

• Marie Schmit and Esme Nguyen, 5th in Duo Interpretation

• Anamika Nair, 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking

• Navmika Anish, 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking

• Tanvi Chelasani, 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking

• Aahanna Das, 2nd in Humorous Interpretation

• Jackson Robinson, 5th in Humorous Interpretation

• Tanvi Chelasani, 1st in Varsity Impromptu Speaking

• Navmika Anish, 2nd in Varsity Impromptu Speaking

• Nirvan Gupta, 4th in Varsity Impromptu Speaking

• Kashvi Bhavsar, 5th in Varsity Impromptu Speaking

• Samhitha Kalluri, 6th in Varsity Impromptu Speaking

• Logan Korallis, 3rd in Novice Impromptu Speaking

• Unnati Mishra, 6th in Novice Impromptu Speaking

• Anamika Nair, 1st in Informative Speaking

• Maria Sweeney, 1st in Novice Reading

• Logan Korallis, 2nd in Novice Reading

• Jackson Robinson, 3rd in Novice Reading

• Cohen Clark, 4th in Novice Reading

• Arna Patel, 5th in Novice Reading

• Marie Schmit, 6th in Novice Reading

• Sarthak Sonker, 2nd in House Congressional Debate

• Jennah Wani, 4th in House Congressional Debate

• Evan Salinas, 6th in House Congressional Debate

• Aneesh Nannapuraju, 1st in Senate Congressional Debate

• Adith Bandakadi, 2nd in Senate Congressional Debate

• Gabriel Killian, 3rd in Senate Congressional Debate

• Aahanna Das, 1st in Original Oratory

• Juliana Lopez Africano, 2nd in Original Oratory

• Eli Golob, 3rd in Original Oratory

• Avi Bhatia, 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation

• Akshara Yuvaraj, 4th in Program Oral Interpretation

• Eli Golob, 5th in Program Oral Interpretation

• Keris Garcia, 6th in Program Oral Interpretation

• Lina Nguyen, 1st in Prose and Poetry

• Lucia Callahan, 2nd in Prose and Poetry

• Amina Makalo, 3rd in Prose and Poetry

• Unnati Mishra, 6th in Prose and Poetry

• Leila Salim, 1st in Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

• Arshi Patel, 3rd in Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

• RudhviCharan Kosgi, 6th in Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

• Isabella Weavil, 4th in Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

• Ethan Alexander, 5th in Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

• Lahari Vellanki and Sanya Kolagotla, 2nd in Public Forum Debate

• Matvei Stasheuski and Henry Purvis, 3rd in Public Forum Debate

• Shaurya Srivastava and Isabella Batista, 5th in Public Forum Debate 

Spirit Week Preview - Riverside High School held a Pep Rally Friday to introduce DefendersforChildren.org as its 2026 Spirit Week Charity. Spirit Week 2026 will be October 23-30.