Proficient in Reading:
Elementary: 33% Middle: 28% High: 34%
Distinguished in Reading:
Elementary: 18% Middle: 19% High: 17%
Proficient in Math:
Elementary: 34% Middle: 28% High: 36%
Distinguished in Math:
Elementary: 12% Middle: 11% High: 15%
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beta dominance

HCS STUDENTS LEAVE THE DISTRICT’S MARK AT NATIONAL BETA CONFERENCES

Hardin County Schools

June 29, 2026

If it didn’t already, the rest of the country now knows how competitive, hard-working, dedicated and kind Hardin County Schools students are.

HCS students carried many NATIONAL awards home and helped another Kentucky student (and school) in its journey for success.

Here are some notable accomplishments:

  • North Middle School and East Hardin Middle School BOTH made the Finals in the Songfest competition. North earned SECOND place IN THE NATION. East Hardin earned THIRD place IN THE NATION!

  • Rising ninth-grader (an eighth-grader during the recently completed 2025-26 school year) Jay Bruner earned SECOND place IN THE NATION in pottery!

  • EHMS students also earned a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in Quiz Bowl, a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in All the Worlds a Stage, a NATIONAL RUNNER-UP award in the National Secretary Campaign Skit.

  • EHMS students earned fourth place in Large Group Talent

  • EHMS student Nayan Patel earned fourth in 7th-grade Math

  • EHMS student Justin Johnson earned fourth in 8th-grade Science

  • EHMS students finished fifth in Being Beta BETAs.

  • EHMS student Cameron Dye finished sixth in 7th-grade US History.

  • EHMS student Kaeden Fields finished sixth in Sculpture.

  • EHMS student Reagan Bednar finished seventh in 6th-grade US History.

  • EHMS students finished seventh in Collaboration Connection.

  • EHMS student Alyssa Williford finished ninth in Pottery.

  • EHMS students finished tenth in Service Learning Showcase and tenth in Scrapbook.

  • EHMS students Lucas Kaster and Lucy Melloan earned Premier Performer awards.

  • The Central Hardin High School team of Case Preston, Jude Tabor, Jaxson Hayes and Elijah Jorgenson earned a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in Quiz Bowl.

  • CHHS students Rhett Edlin, Reagan Kaster, Charles Reinholt and Wyatt Moore earned a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in Musicology.

  • Edlin, Reinholt and Moore earned a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in Solo/Duo/Trio Instrumentalists.

  • Kaster finished sixth in Quilling.

  • CHHS student Lilia Kimberlain finished sixth in Digital Art.

  • CHHS student Ashley Borders earned seventh in Creative Writing.

  • Lincoln Trail Elementary School students earned THIRD place in Group Talent at the NATIONAL competition.

  • John Hardin High School senior Reed Bischoff earned a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in 12th- grade Science.

  • JHHS student Abby Moore finished sixth in 12th-grade Health and PE.

  • JHHS student Eli Barno finished seventh in 9th-Grade Science

  • JHHS student Tristen Hutchins finished eighth in On-Site Cake Decorating

  • James T. Alton Middle School student Isaac Prather-Rodgers is the NATIONAL CHAMPION for 8th-grade Social Studies.

  • JTA student Garret Fruth placed seventh in Health and Physical Education.

  • JTA student Molly Knapp earned Premier Performer status.

  • West Hardin Middle School student Tucker Jeffries placed fourth in Health and Physical Education.

  • Heartland Elementary School student Cai Nethery finished seventh in Digital Art and sixth in Accessorized Design.

  • HES students Alana Risinger, Emmett Tucker, Emily Smith, Macy Loesevitz earned sixth in Musicology.

  • Bluegrass Middle School student Jahleel Roach finished third in 6th-grade Science.

  • BGMS students Jade Ferguson, Julia Loesevitz, Sam Hussain, Naeomi Simmons earned fifth in Collaboration Connection.

  • BGMS student Kenneth Schmelig finished seventh in 6th-grade Language Arts.

    In a compassionate act, EHMS students competed alongside students from a middle school in Muhlenburg County (KY) in the national secretary campaign skit because only one student from the school was able to participate. If the EHMS students hadn’t provided that assistance, that school would not have been able to run its candidate and would not have ultimately won National Beta Secretary.

“Our district’s success at the National BETA Conferences is a true testament to the hard work of our students, club sponsors and our parents,” HCS Superintendent Teresa Morgan said. “They begin each year with lots of practice, dedication and determination. That work ethic reaps many rewards at the end of the school year. We appreciate our community’s support! The opportunities to succeed in our district are endless and it is tremendous to see students take advantage of them.”