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Student Standouts

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Student Contributors Jessica Martinez and Weston Freeland

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Eighth grader, RoderickChambers known as RaRaa3xcreates new beats.

You may not know this, but we have an accomplished rap artist here at Willkie. Rodderick Chambers (8th-grade) is known to his audience as RaRaa3x.

He made his first song back in 2013, but his recent success came with the debut of "Spare None" by Blockboy Yungin featuring Diamond and RaRaa3x. It has reached YouTube success with over 43k views.

"My advice to other artists is to always believe in yourself and to never give up," said Roderick.

Roderick finds his inspiration from his life and writes about things that have happened to him in the past because it's more personal.

His favorite classes are ones where he can use electronics because he likes researching new things happening in the music industry.

Roderick says he plans on dropping new beats this summer.

Eighth grader, Roderick Chambers breathes life into new music.

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TIME TO TALK | APRIL 2019

Seventh grader, Rylea Prince braves thestage for a chance to shine.

This past November, 7th-grader, Rylea Prince and her mom met with a talent scout from Industry Network.

After three rounds of auditions of acting and singing, Rylea was chosen to perform in a regional showcase in Dallas this past January.

Again, she auditioned with a monologue, a commercial script, and two songs. After three intense weekends of training and performing, Rylea was chosen to move on yet again to a National Showcase in Los Angeles this summer.

"Being signed with a agent would be my ultimate dream come true," says Rylea Prince.

The showcase in Los Angeles, California will take place over five days in June, where budding actors like Rylea will have chance to meet over 100 top talent agents in the industry.

Industry Network is a talent scouting company who searches for stand-out talent and prepares them to perform in front of agents, managers, and casting directors.

Seventh grader, Rylea Prince reaches for the stars in her Los Angeles acting debut.

"I'm so excited that Rylea has this opportunity. She is so talented. I know there are big things in store for her in the future," said Mrs. Asher, Rylea's 7thperiod Theatre teacher.

Sixth grader, Elliot Seutter crunches thenumbers for the future.

Elliot Seutter is one smart kid. He's been crunching numbers and watching the stock market for a couple years now. He follows Tesla stock intensely and believes Tesla will have a major impact on how people will drive in the future, as well as have future opportunities for travel in space.

"Elliot is an amazing and humble student," said Mrs. Bonnick who is his GT Humanities teacher, "He goes out of his way to help other students, and truly shows what it means to work the Willkie Way."

When he's not thinking about the future, Elliot is in Band and manages his busy schedule with all PAP classes.

Sixth grader, Elliott Seutter tracks the future through the stock market.

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