After more than 2,000 votes in a Facebook poll, we have our finalists in the Students Rise to the Challenge video competition. Congratulations to Alexis Bradby, Maryville High (Maryville City Schools), Sarah Martin, Hillwood High (Metro Nashville Schools), and Jo-Nyla Walker, Germanshire Elementary (Shelby County Schools). Come to the SCORE Prize event on October 28 to see which of these students wins a $500 scholarship.
The SCORE Prize event, which recognizes outstanding growth in student achievement, also will announce the elementary, middle, and high schools that are the winners of $10,000 prizes and the district that is the winner of a $25,000 prize. The event will include a special performance by Jo Dee Messina and is free of charge.
Please join us in thanking our other semi-finalists and the schools and teachers who inspired them: Ruben Ball, Meigs Magnet (Metro Nashville Schools), Erika Barragan, South Side High (Jackson-Madison County Schools), Catherine Bright, Philadelphia Elementary (Loudon County Schools), Lindsey Callis, South Side High (Jackson-Madison County Schools), Taylor Jones, Rose Park Magnet (Metro Nashville Schools), Gabe Mann, Ocoee Middle (Bradley County Schools), and Taylor Parker and Camaryn Upshaw, John Overton Comprehensive High (Metro Nashville Schools). You are all winning because you are excited about learning.
Here are the videos by our finalists, listed in alphabetical order.
Alexis Bradby, Maryville High, Maryville City Schools
Sarah Martin, senior, Hillwood High, Metro Nashville Schools
Jo-Nyla Walker, fifth grade, Germanshire Elementary, Shelby County Schools