Richland students earn state honors

Richland R-1 Schools' Senior Beta Club attended the annual Missouri State Beta Convention in Springfield over the weekend. Winners for the event include, from left: Luke Rhodes, Megan Cullum, Skyler Oakley, Emily Blunt, Garet Phillips, Kate Wyman and Halle Swallows. Rhodes placed first in Division 2 Social Studies while Cullum, Phillips, Swallows, Rhodes, and Oakley all placed first in the Rube Goldberg Beta Build group project. Emily Blunt received first place in Digital Art and Kate Wyman brought home both second place in Language Arts Division 1 and third place in Poetry Division 1. All of these student now qualify to attend the National Beta Convention in Orlando, Fla., this summer.