001Ready? Do like a cheer. Group cheer. Ready? Ready? >> So guys, your crew is like your little family today. So when you see one of them doing something amazing, cheer them on like that. Give them a woo. Give them a high five. Tell them what an amazing job they're doing because you guys are each other's sight people throughout this. All right? Even if you don't make it to the next round, maybe somebody in the blue crew is going to make it to the next round and you can cheer them on. Could be someone from the red crew. Final final three could be all green. >> All right, take it away. >> Excellent. All right, so our gauntlet, our orange crew, you are going to be going to the gauntlet first. So, Miss McDaniel, you can
002take your front to the gauntlet. in the library and our confidence first is going to start out the green room. And then last but not least is our room. Now you guys are going to be Here the circle where you go. We are going to add in three more chairs which is going to make it today. So, you might just have to scoop your circle out just a hair. We're going to add those chairs in right there. Sit in three chairs. badge and we'll go over that we need my understanding I have 18 kids per one more person sitting here just in case you can do that 20. The way the scoring has gotten to work is the kids are separated in blue, orange group, and green. And each group will rotate through. Um they
003will bring you your scorecard on a clipboard. Okay? They will bring it to you on a clipboard. Um they're going to do that out there. And then whatever number button you have, that's where you write your score. Okay? So, let me say that one more time because that gets confusing sometimes. Whatever number button you have, that's where you write your score. So, if I'm number three, I go to number three and that's where I put the score. Okay? If you make a mistake, it's okay. You can tell, okay? I won't be. Okay? Yes. What? Yes. I will give you pins and all those things. Inside your folder is the question that we have wrote for you. You ask that question. As long as you're good with that question, if you have another question you want
004to ask, that's fine, too. Um, at some point, if you need to ask a followup question, ask a followup question to the kids. Um, >> are we live? >> Are we on YouTube? >> Are you guys going in there next? >> Yes, we are going in. >> Hi. Hi. What's up? >> Hi, Dad. >> Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad. >> Tyler. >> Oh, wait. We're going back to here. >> They're not rolling. Okay. Okay. Get back on the wall. Get back on the wall. Get back on the wall. Get back on the wall. Sorry. No, you're okay. I'll come out and get you guys in. >> Okay. Awesome. So, we need to go ahead spend this minute. Okay. Look at me. Look at me. Are you guys ready? >> We're going to breathe in. We're going
005to breathe out. Are you ready? Brea in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Okay. Be silent for just a second. Think about how you're going to go in there. >> Okay. And breathe in one more time. >> Give me a thumbs up if you're >> Okay. Um, give me a heart if you're also ready. >> Okay. Maybe a creepy bird smile if you're ready. Maybe like Oh, I'm kind of watching. Okay. Show me your best confidence face. Are you ready? >> Not your scary confidence face. Okay. Okay. Give me your best smile. Best smile. Best smile. Best smile. Okay. Say bestile. Everyone glad you practiced. My friend struggling. Parker. Oh, fantastic handshake, Parker. Tyler. Oh, a fantastic handshake. >> Nice to meet your hand. Hello, Parker. >> Way better. Thank you. >> Nice to meet
006you, handshake. >> Did I get to everyone about their talent? Has everyone shared their talent to me? >> So, I only have orange, green, and blue in here. >> Oh, perfect. All right, let's go. Good luck, you guys. Awesome. Stand in front of a person. >> You're doing such a good job. >> 18 kids. >> All right, you may begin. Congratulations. Thank you so much. It's not really We don't realize you can hear my voice. You can hear my Touch your nose. Student. If you can hear my voice, touch your nose. We are going to rotate clockwise. Okay? So, you're going to rotate clockwise by one person. You're going to rotate clockwise by one person. Okay? Please score. And you thank your judge. One person So later it's true. animal. I would love Another And
007again, you're going to rotate one leg one time by one person clockwise. One person clockwise. having a bad day. >> How do you think teamwork is most Can you give me an example of a job where that The crowd goes wilder and producer. Anyone else? The first ever winner of the great >> Yeah, literally. Hey, we don't know You want to have a sleepover? Let's go. We're good. >> Oh, good. >> There. Now we see us from the top. Anyways, >> welcome to the game here. All right, >> it off and I'll I'll get your next >> We're good. >> Good afternoon and welcome to the third annual Knox Regional Great Shake. We're your host Lucy Fall. >> I'm Thomas, >> and we're here to take you along today on the three rounds that our
008scholars will be participating in to show their communication skills, leadership skills, and poise under pressure. We've got 70 students from across Knox County schools and 13 schools this fall. How many judges do we have this year? >> Between judges and volunteers, we have over 40 community members that are here today that are going to be judging and participating in the various rounds with our students. >> As Miss Fall stated, we have three rounds with us right here inside Dogwood's gym. We have the gauntlet in our cafeteria. We have the Circle of Dune. And then we've got a new uh round this year called the confidence course to round up our three rounds of the the initial round of be. >> Today you will see students have thrilling conversations, have to put their confidence to the
009test, maintain eye contact like no other, and give the firmst of handshakes. Thank you so much for joining us. This is the Knox Regional Great Shake. We'll be right back. You >> did a great job. That was rough. >> Are we on a break? all that money. Final question is what Okay. Tell me what you're going to do. >> Whoa. Do you have enough room? >> Okay. You get yourself set up before we start your time. Okay. >> Okay. >> Tumbling. >> Get my animals out. >> Ring master. We got a tumbler. So my first >> number one >> two Okay, I'm going to do according to >> this one backwards roll. >> Okay. Thank you so much. >> Thank you so much. Wow. To be young and happy and flexible and all the things.
010Amazing. How's it going? Very nice to meet you. So pretty. >> Excellent job. Thank you. >> Oh, okay. You're welcome. We haven't got that one yet. >> That's a new one. Thanks. Hi. Can't wait to see what you get. Hello. >> I don't know if she's still there. >> She wasn't. >> I don't know if she's still. Um, so if you would mind some vegetables for our omelette, what vegetables do you think would go well in an omelette? We can go back live whenever you want to go. >> Callie, we're going into the next part. The three peppers and a green pepper and maybe some broccoli. >> Circle of doom. >> I think we're main ingredient, which is going to be eggs. Would you give me some eggs? >> Perfect. Magic. All right. Do you
011need to check that and make sure you got eggs in there? Okay, we're missing eggs, so we're going to switch really fast. What's something else we can do with these vegetables? We could cut them up. That's a great idea. Um, do you think we should add some other vegetables to our our tray of veggies? Okay, perfect. Tomato. Perfect. So, cooking often times we have to adapt, right? Great work. Great work. >> Good job. Cozy Farm. >> Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Again, we're live here at Dogwood Elementary School as the third annual Great Shake has uh has has begun. It's underway. Our orange team is inside the gauntlet right now with their gauntlet guides. Last year's winner came from the orange team. Will this year's winner come from the orange team? We're going to find
012out soon enough. This fall, why don't you share with the viewers what how the day kind of lays out and then we'll talk about the gauntlet. >> Sure. So, as Thomas mentioned, right now we have the orange crew that is working their way through the gauntlet. We do have three crews um that are working through the gauntlet, the circle of doom, and a confidence course, which is new this year. So, what you're seeing behind us is the orange crew. Um they're participating in the first of 12 the first round of 12 challenges, which require them to do a bunch of different things. They have to use um manners. They have to use self-confidence. They have to make eye contact. They've got to pivot. Um you know, think on the fly, use critical thinking skills. And
013as they transition through the gauntlet, then they will transition to the circle of doom. The circle of doom is more conversation. So, it's not necessarily a matter of how long your conversation can be. It's you get a set amount of time and it's based on the quality of your conversation. So where the gauntlet is more challenge and competition focused, the circle of doom is more conversation focused. And then after the circle of doom and the gauntlet are finished, our contestants will go from approximately 70 to about 10 students and they'll participate in our work the room challenge where there will be a variety of judges present. And it's not about how long you communicate with those judges, it's the quality of conversation and how many conversations you can get to in that time frame. The
014more conversations, the more points you can earn. And then our final round is fall. Talk to them about that. >> So our final round this year is similar to yours in the past. In the past, it's been debate, it's been a panel, it's been a one-on-one interview. This year, third round um is down to the top three, and it is called hot topic. So when the top three students um participate in this round, it is going to be more panelesque. It's going to be a debate round and they'll be presented with questions I think um that's going to be surprise to them but questions about real life topics and things that I believe there is a guest judge um that they are unfamiliar with that will be here to judge their debate. So they'll be
015going against one another but again using those conversation, critical thinking, um current event information, things like of that nature um to complete round three. So that's new a little bit this year. Last year they did one-on-one interviews. So it's a kind of a combination of having to debate with one another while also still portraying their own confidence and conversation skills. >> So stick around with us. We're going to talk about the gauntlet here in just a second, but stick around with us. Miss fall. We'll give you guys some updates throughout the evening on how the competition's going, which crew is in the gauntlet with us, what our top 10 is is participating in a little bit later, and then our final three competition as we close up shop this afternoon. Uh, Miss Vog, we're here
016in the gauntlet. So, talk us through how did this how did this event come to pass? Where did we get the idea from? And then explain what that that gauntlet experience might feel like. >> Yeah, absolutely. So, the gauntlet, so the event itself, the Knox Regional Great Shake, birthed from Ron Clark's Amazing Shake, which is global. Um, that's in Atlanta, Georgia. It's um Mr. Clark has his own school um where the students there their whole life is eat, sleep, breathe. This type of environment, they're constantly working on poise under pressure, conversation skills, leadership skills, communication skills. And so Dogwood several years ago sent students um to Ron Clark to have the opportunity to um see the school, see the programming, and some teachers brought the program back, and that's what birthed the ambassadors at the
017time. And now um Dogwood runs a leadership um committee, a group at school. And so for the first few years of the event, it was just Dogwood based and Dogwood students could compete and then they would send students to Atlanta, Georgia based off that competition. And over the last 3 years, it has grown and we have seen a lot of interest from the county to where we do now have over 70 students from 13 various elementary schools in the district. So that's kind of where the event started. being housed at Dogwood started with a leadership committee, started with um the ambassador, student leadership, and then it grew. And once people found out, hey, that's really cool. They have a group of students that are competing and eventually get to go to Atlanta, Georgia to go
018to Mr. Clark's school and compete themselves. It's a much larger scale of competition, but it is truly a competition and an experience like no other. >> It it's really grown over the years. I mean, I think back to when we first started and we used to do this in in classrooms. It was very much so Dogwood specific. And like Miss Gall mentioned, over the last 3 years, we've grown from just a few participating schools with us to now over 13 schools and 70 students from across the county, which is amazing. Um, as we see the Orange Crew in the gauntlet this fall, I see people with them. Um, I see people working each individual booth, the judges and then people with those those black shirts on. Miss Fall, who are those those staff members with
019the black shirts and what talk to our viewers about what their roles are for the afternoon? >> So, a few years ago, um, the idea was pitched after going and visiting Ron Clark of the idea of having gauntlet guides. So, your individuals in the black shirts walking with students in binders are your gauntlet guides. So those teachers, those community members, volunteers could volunteer to basically mentor or support the student as they do transition through the gauntlet, through various parts of the competition. And their goal is to basically be their hype man. They're going to keep them on task. They're going to keep them they have timers to keep them make sure that they're on time, kind of prep them for what the next event is. And that is all volunteer based. Um you have teachers
020um that are working in the building. You have teachers that want to come from outside of the building to support their own students. We saw a huge um participation from teachers last year who sent students from other schools which was a great way also for um people across the district to see kind of what the involvement was. It really has grown on the involvement um the involvement level. The different competitions are also um hosted by judged by people from the community, community members. Those are people from Knox County schools, local businesses, um various different companies that are local to Knoxville. um we have some sponsors that come and join and judge every single year. So, it's been amazing to see the level of participation, but also how it's grown. But in the in the cafeteria
021right now, it's the same thing. We've got a circle of 30 plus adults volunteers that are going through that circle of doom challenge with our participants. Miss Fall, the orange crew's in here. We've got the gauntlet going on. Talk to me about like I see a big money game here. here. Dogwood After Dark, a staple that's been here ever since the beginning, and then some new things here. Talk to me about some of these activities you see. Maybe which ones would you be just a rock star at? Yeah, it's always really exciting and interesting to see which events are new every year. Um, I know Dogwood After Dark, as you mentioned, is very late night showes, a series of more one-on-one question interviews. So, if communication and small talk is your thing, that would probably
022be a really good one. Um, something I noticed that was new this year is the elegant eats, which is um, table setting, manners, um, ele um, etiquette as you're setting the table, knowing the placemat, knowing where things go, and then the elephant in the room is this large >> Yeah, I feel like we're at a carnival >> behind us, um, which is kind of the, um, big eye of the of the competition. So, students are given the opportunity to perform a talent for Knoxil's Got Talent. So, they had to bring prepare hopefully a talent to bring and perform. I believe they had a minute to go in there. So, I think that would be pretty neat. Could you imagine showing up with your talent and not knowing like what to expect? What What talent would
023you bring? People expected out of you. >> You know what? If people at Dog would would expect this out of me, I feel like I'd have to take that minute and do some impersonations. Feel like they're pretty funny. I have some really good voices that I could do. So, I feel like I would take that minute there and and really showcase that. over here to to my right, I see the whisk it and I talked to the developers of the great shake this afternoon because that was a an activity that didn't ring a bell from last year. They've got to make an omelet over there and with and you know, of course omelets, you're thinking about eggs, right? But of course, what do they not have, right? They don't have eggs, right? So, they got
024to figure out >> what do you do? You have to pivot, right? What are you going to do if you don't have eggs for an omelet? >> Miss fall, you ask me like which station would be would be a plus for me. I might be able to do the talent, but you know, I'm not the best cook in the world, so I'm not sure. I'd have to really pivot and really think hard on what I would do if I don't have any eggs. That might be one I would stumble with for sure. >> Okay, so that one's about problem solving, thinking on your feet. What about over here where you have an elderly woman, your grandmother for example, and she doesn't know how to work technology. What kind of skills do you think students need
025to have to um be successful with that buoy? >> It's all about patience, right? It's patience. She got to break that station into really small steps. Come on, we've all been there. We all know someone who experiences that problem with technology. So, it's it's being calm, breaking those steps into really small examples, working with them as they go, and having, of course, a top-notch level of patience. Miss Fall, what about right here in front of us? Big money. That that looks like a like a small scale version of Jeopardy kind of in front of us. What's that all about? Yeah, I was kind of getting more like um the game with the wheel that you have to spin prices, right? But yeah, I guess Jeopardy would make a little bit more sense. You have to
026pick the category and the amount that you're willing to wage or that you are trying to get. Um, and it looks like there's uh video games, animals, pop songs, and I guess the more you the more that the higher the number is that you pick, the greater the opportunity you have to get points. So, I think you made a good point earlier that why would you not go big or go home? >> The questions in the 500 level are more challenging questions, but definitely in in a competition like this, you got one shot at it. Go big or go home. Um >> I think something unique too that we were talking to some of the judges and some people may not they look at the grand scheme of all the competitions is the judges asked
027do they have to get the answer right and we were explaining that it's not necessarily about the correctness of the answer but it's how they present the answer how knowledgeable they are with the answer that they are given. So they could give an answer that is incorrect, but they might be really confident in their answer or they might have done their research or have a really good justification and that could still earn them points. >> Between the two activities that are happening now, the gauntlet or the circle of doom across the way in the cafeteria, which one do you feel like would best suit your skill set and why? >> Oh, I think that the gauntlet is definitely more my speed. I love being outgoing. I'm very charismatic. I feel like I could pivot to
028a variety of different opportunities as needed. I think I would get stuck in the conversations because I would have a hard time ending them. So, I think that for myself personally, the gauntlet and I feel like it's different. You almost reset like every like 1 to 3 minutes based on where you're at. And so, maybe I didn't do so hot on one, but like the next one I have an opportunity to smash it. What about you? >> See, I think I'm going to have to go the other way. You know, like you mentioned, you know, you can talk to a brick wall. I could talk to a brick wall, but I feel like if you've prepped accordingly, you know what that circle of doom is going to be. You've got to start, you've got to
029have the conversation, and you've got to end it in a certain amount of time. I feel like I could think on my feet on the questions a little bit better than pivoting in some of these stations because like I mentioned, I'm not the best chef in the world. So, if I don't have >> That's not the point, right? >> I know. I know. And I know I want >> What's your How would you get your All right. So, you're not the best chef. How would you get yourself out of that? You know, I I feel like I would have to try to figure out an idea of something to make that doesn't require eggs, but in the moment would I I feel like I would freeze and I would lose opportunities to earn some points
030there. And even though I would be confident in my abilities, in the moment I'm not so sure that that would come through. Um, so that one would be very challenging for me. Um, whereas >> you might do better at something like interview alley is also a part of the gauntlet. That's something that was new also last year. It's a series of individuals, a smaller version of um I believe Circle of Doom, but more one-on-one. So, >> absolutely. It's located in the back corner of the gym. Now, and and right next to it is a different It's a new game. It's called Choices. There's three. It's kind of like what's behind door number one, two, and three. What the contestants get an opportunity to do is they can choose which one of those booths they want
031to go into. And there's a different challenge of different rigor in each one. And it rotates. It rotates. So, you know, if you see someone going through and they go to number three and they come out and they're like, "Oh my gosh, that was tough." Then they rotate around so you never really know. So, it's almost like what's behind door number one and then one of those where's the ball game with the three cups. So, it's very, very daunting, but a really unique challenge. Um, again, we've got the orange crew going on right now inside the gauntlet. We've got another crew in the cafeteria doing the circle of doom. And then our third crew, like Miss Fall mentioned, it's our confidence uh corner, which is a new challenge for us. We'll take 70 kids approximately.
032We'll get it down to 10 and then we'll move on to round two after that. Um when we get back, we'll talk to you guys a little bit more about what's going on, give an update, how the scores are being kept as we go, and can't wait for you guys to come back with us here in just a few minutes. for there. But nobody won because we both did it. Thank you. >> Hello What do we have here? all these things. >> That's a good idea for three. Okay, very good. >> I'll be anyone. You I'll take >> Oh, at one. Okay, there we are. Okay, >> what do we do? >> That's why we got confused. >> I'll let you go first. I went first last time. We haven't been able to finish one
033single game. She is just What's your mama? Is your mommy out these one? Great job. Great job. But why you have my phone? >> It was a chair. promise. >> Oh, okay. >> Don't know what you >> um do I look at you or do I look at the camera? What do I do? >> Look at me and then look at the camera. >> Okay. So, a little bit of both. >> Yeah. >> Hold on. I'm trying to pull up the scoreboard. >> Okay. I'll just sit on the floor right here so you can't talk. >> I don't know if that's helpful. >> Yeah. You got me >> after the >> Yes. After the round's over. So, we're about We're in between the first and second rotation. So, orange is leaving the gauntlet. Um, red's
034leaving the circle of doom. Blue is coming in. >> So, it'll be updated after that or after all of the preliminaries >> as um as crews >> as the colors rotate. >> Yep. As the colors rotate through. We have a scoring team who's getting those put in as soon as possible. >> Here. Should I use your government name? I'm here with Katherine Cholman. >> Katherine Cholman. That is my government name. I'm here with Miss Cholman, the co-founder and creator. >> Um, Knox Regional Greek Shake >> coordinator. >> Co-Cordinator. >> Yes. >> She's here to tell us about how the program started, where it came from, where it's going. >> I think we're good when you guys are. my dirty shoes. >> And then I'm going to ask you what your favorite part is. >> Absolutely.
035>> What's your favorite part from the coordinator standpoint and what's your favorite part from the >> Welcome back. We're here with Katie Cholman, one of the co-founders of the Knox Regional Great Shake. Miss Scholman, thank you so much for joining us. >> Absolutely. Thank you so much for having me. >> Of course. We're super excited that we could catch you in the midst of all the crazy. Um it's not often that we're able to get one of you guys to sit down for an interview. So super excited that you're here. Will you tell us where the beginning of the Great Shake started? I know you've been at Dogwood the entirety of the program for the most part. Um and Katie has gone through her mentor um was a part of the program when she was
036at Dogwood and then she transitioned and took it over and is one of the co-founders um with a couple other people. So give us a little bit of the background history of the program and how far it's come. >> Awesome. I would love to. So this program is about 10 years old. My mentor teacher Hannah Ruer along with Sarah Dap who is still one of our co-cordinators for the Knox Regional Great Shake started the Dogwood leadership program. It's the Dogwood ambassador program. Fourth and fifth graders um interviewed and were selected to start this kind of program. And then this was the competition that we came up with as a way for them to test their skills, but also a way to celebrate them and all the amazing things they were learning. So 2016 February, this
037competition started out very small. It was really just about the handshake, um the eye contact, the speaking skills, and very similar to how Ron Clark's amazing shake started out. In the hallway, there were just adults from the building, >> one minute, two-minute conversations, the handshake, they were scored on that, and that's how we kind of started. Yeah. >> And over the last 10 years, we've added in different grade levels. So now we do third, fourth, and fifth grade here at Dogwin in our leadership program. And then the last, this is our third year, we've actually been able to expand this program out and this competition out to include any Knox County fourth or fifth grader who wants to be a part of that. So that's been a really awesome accomplishment and kind of fulfilled the
038vision that they started. Very small, but this was kind of always our plan. >> Yeah, absolutely. I just think in the last three years how much it's grown. Um, even just with the things that you see behind us, the theatrics, the everything that's set up, the booths, the things like that. Tell us a little bit about what the um behind the scenes looks like, what all goes into this, the level of support that's needed, um, the people who support you in getting everything because there's a lot here, right? This is definitely not something that just a team of three. So, what are the biggest things that behind the scenes that people don't see that make this possible? >> So, we start really early. I would say even as far as last like after this competition's
039over, we sit down and we're like, "Okay, what went well?" So, we plan about a year in advance. U it is a team effort for sure. Casey Shanklin, myself and Sarah Dilap, we really kind of focus in in the early planning stages of trying to get judges, trying to figure out what is this gauntlet going to look like because it is a lot of moving pieces. And we start that probably 6 months in advance. >> We kind of tap into teachers at our school. We've reached out with expanding to teachers at other schools to kind of pull them in. Same with our community volunteers. So, a great example is we have Parkside Bank who partners with our fifth grade team, but then they actually come out and do a station. Last year they did a
040bank station. This year they're in the incredible fine station. So, really tapping into who are the people in our community, in our building, in other schools that are doing the same work and bringing them all together as a team even 6 months to 8 months in advance. Um, as far as setting up for today, we started on Saturday. We set up this whole gauntlet. So, it's a team effort. Um, Miss Shanklin's family came, my family comes, volunteers from the school, and really just pulling in whoever we can to help us. We just kind of send it out there and say, "Hey, here are the things we're doing, who is interested, who can come in and kind of help us cuz this would not happen without the huge team of people we've selected." >> Absolutely. Yeah.
041I mean that's just a testament to like you said it started so small just at Dogwood and then it feels like the amount of you know support and preparation and the participation from the district level the county level has just I mean I know this year people were submitting kids up until the very last minute like and you know several at a time. So what has that been like having students from other schools the experience having other students other staff members come in and be a part of the competition? So amazing. If I'm being honest, that was always the dream was that this could be something that wasn't just a Dogwood thing that we could make this opportunity possible for kids all over our district because it is such a unique thing. I know that
042when Hannah Rudder and Sarah DeAP first took kids to the Ron Clark amazing shake, they kind of were just wowed at this opportunity that this provides. So kind of trying to bring that back to Knoxville to be like, how can we provide that opportunity for kids? And this year especially, we have 16 schools, which is a new record. We've never had that many schools and it expands through our whole district. So all the way out to Carter sent kids this year. We have kids from Farragate Intermediate. >> So it's not just like a local thing like Southnox schools. We've actually expanded to our whole district which is huge since it's a huge district of 60,000 kids. >> Yeah, that's incredible. Of 90 elementary schools having 16 is incredible. Um something else that people if they're
043curious about how to send students, I know every year after the fact we have people asking questions. So, if people are interested next year um in sending students to this event, what is the process? Who do they contact? Like, how do they send kids? How do they qualify? Is there a specific pro uh process they have to go through? So, we do have a website if you look up the Dogwood Amazing Shake website. It's really our Dogwood ambassador website. That's a great place to start. We have some forms on there. You can also email Sarah Dap, myself, Katherine Scholman, or Casey Shanklin is a great way or tap into your principles. We always try to send out in the early fall like here's our save the date kind of situation. >> Um so ask your
044principles like hey have you gotten something about the Knox regional great shake if you're interested in sending kids. We do a competition here to select our top five. Uh that's not something every school has to do. A lot of schools just identify kiddos that they want to send. But we actually take our whole leadership academy and we do a mini shake where they compete. So, our kiddos had to compete with their fellow dogwood ambassadors and leadership institute friends to figure out who our top five were. So, there's different ways. It really depends on your school, but please reach out cuz we want as many people as we can as part of this. >> Yeah, absolutely. Growth is the goal. All right, last question for you. What is your favorite part of today's event, the competition?
045um the favorite part from your perspective, the favorite part of from a student perspective. What has been the biggest joy for you that makes the whole day, the whole event worth it? >> That is a really, really good question. I love all of it. If I had to pick from the coordinator stance, um the gauntlet is kind of mine and Casey Shanklin's baby. We start so early in thinking about how are we going to design these challenges that are challenging but fun. They're gonna let kids showcase their talents, their charisma, but also give them some pressure and kind of see how do they handle that. So from that stand, the coordinator, I love the gauntlet. I love setting it up. I love designing the challenges and really thinking about how are we going to come
046up with something that's going to wow them, but also provide a really great opportunity to practice a life skill. >> So I love that part of it. Day of though, I got to stand outside before the red crew went into the circle of doom and giving them each handshakes and watching them be so nervous but so excited for this opportunity. I was like, "Everybody turn to somebody and give them a handshake and their little smiles." So, just providing this opportunity for this many kids and seeing them just kind of light up and get to shine. That's my favorite part from I guess more of a teacher standpoint. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> It's just a sweet moment, but also what an incredible moment. >> Yeah, absolutely. Well, we thank you so much and Miss Alap and
047Miss um Shanklin as well for all of your hard work that you all pour into and really having a heart for kids. Um as Miss Cholman said, if you're interested in sending students to this event next year, you can look up the Dogwood um leadership institute or look up the Knox Regional Great Shake and one of their contact informations um will pop up or you can reach out to your um building level principal. We will be right back. I think scores are being populated as we speak. Orange crew is just about finished and I believe blue crew is on their way in. So, we will have a scoreboard update for you when we come back. >> You did great. Great job. Crushed it. Okay, judges. Great job, round one. Y three more rounds. All right,
048we're sitting in the blue crew. Okay. >> All right, come on in. Let's go. Let's go. >> Ready. We're going over this way. We're going to come here. Come here. Quick. We're going to go through some different stations. Okay. We're nervous. You're going to be great. I don't think terrible. All right. Work for them. This is a new talent. What do you want to make? >> Houses. I like houses. We're all going to make houses, right? >> I don't want to make houses. Are you going to make houses? Spaceships are cool. >> So happy. All right. >> So we can build a house where she can make a space. What colors are you? >> What are your favorite colors? >> My favorite color. >> I like that. >> Oh, awesome. Thank you for hanging out
049with us. All right. It's a pleasure to meet you. And so you have a list of questions. family vaccinating. Okay. just pass the entire area. I mean, I'm just kidding. My dad. >> Awesome job. This often times can happen when you're at home. You think you have eggs and you slowly ran out. Great work. All right, you ready? >> My name is Pete. Are you ready to go live on television? Perfect timing. Well, welcome to Biscuit. Um, today we're going to be making an omelette. I'm joined here by my chef here. What's the first ingredient? >> Eggs. Don't give us an egg. Perfect. All right. Do you mind if you take those out? Maybe show them to the camera a little bit. >> See the eggs there? Got some eggs in the back. This can
050happen. Sometimes you think you have eggs. You look in your cabinet or your refrigerator better and you don't have any back there. No eggs. Okay. What do you think? A bagel. to grab our bagels. Magic. So, like I said, you can forget your eggs, but we always adapt here. So, today instead, we're going to be making some great job. >> Good job, Joey. >> Perfect timing. You're doing a great job. I've watched you like five times now. I will probably charity and then and then my family. >> Hold on one second. They said that you're donating all $1 million to United. Do my producers have that correct? >> Yes. because I thought it was very So far this afternoon, our orange crew has participated in our gauntlet competition and our red crew just wrapped up
051in the in the cafeteria for the Circle of Doom. With us in the gauntlet right now is the blue crew with their gauntlet guides. Their team lead is in here. They're pumping them up. They're getting them ready to go. And what we have is breaking news. We've got our scoreboard active. They're uploading scores as we go. And right now our top five are in fifth place so far is Z from Pond Gap. Fourth place as of right now is Juliana from Amherst. Third place is Jillian from Dogwood. Second place is Lock from Sequoia. And right now our leader is Annie from Northshore. Again, these scores are going to continue to be uploaded as the students complete each individual competition. The Circle of Doom, the Confidence Corner, and then u of course the Gauntlet. So, Miss
052Fall will kind of give you guys an update on the scores as we go, but Miss Fall, you know, we've got the scoreboard, we've got the top five. Walk our viewers through how the kids are getting scored in each activity, and then do they restart after this round is complete leading into round two. >> So, with their scores, they each have a scorecard. Each student does, and scores are given on a scale of 1 to 10. Your one is you showed up, you did nothing. You didn't do anything. You might have blanked. You might have got stage fright. You didn't nothing. You didn't do anything. 10 is like best of the best. You shut up. You had charisma. You had poised under pressure. You were able to present yourself. You were confident. That's like 10
053out of 10. Top notch, right? So, they get scores in the gauntlet and they get scores also in the circle of doom. And those scores are what are compiled at the end of um the preliminary round. I think confidence corner is more of just like a motivational. There's a speaker in there. They're getting motivation. Um and so >> their scores are totaled for the gauntlet and also for the circle of doom. And those scores do um accumulate after every round. And so as Mr. Foshi mentioned, the blue crew is in here right now. So, at the end of the blue crew um time in the gauntlet, they will input their scores and then they will do the same thing when the red crew comes through. So, by the time they've gone through the gauntlet and
054the circle of doom, their scores will be a combination of the both. >> And then as they get to the top 10 in the second round, um did the scores from the gauntlet and the circle of doom go with them or is it wiped clean and it's now here we are in round two? >> It is wiped clean. So in round two they do a challenge. We've talked about work the room which is the top 10 students with 10 judges and they are given a time limit um to be determined and they have to talk to as many individuals um in that certain time limit as they're able to while still having a quality conversation. So then they're scored based on the amount of people they talk to and the quality of their conversation. And
055that's where we see a lot of kids get hung up um is their ability um or I guess inability to transition from person to person. They really get locked in. You see some of the kids have the best conversations, but they just can't quite get away from somebody during that second round. And so that's what really makes or breaks a lot of kids when we go from the top 10 to the top three. >> I remember last year when we took our group to the Ron Clark Academy for the global amazing shake. I was with one of our our contestants in the the work the room challenge and when you're there it's a big atrium 50 60 judges there that you can conversate with and all of the spectators are those coaches right so us
056from Dogwood and and other schools from across the country and it's almost like you're you're looking at them and trying to reach it go to someone else go to someone else finish the conversation go to someone else because the more conversations you have the more opportunities you have to earn points um I walked over along the break. I walked over into the circle of doom. It's intimidating in there. There's 40 40 adults across the board and they're going through um individual questions, but there's also an audience in there, too. So, it's a little bit of added pressure. Um it kind of feels like speed dating with with questions based off of any specific topic. It could be sports, it could be um political topics, it could be real life events, it could be relevant to
057our our news, things like that. um today's events. It was really really interesting. And then we see the team leaders in that confidence corner really boosting those kiddos up. I also saw a couple people from the blue group that practicing their their talents in the hallway right there. We had a young lady from another school who was dribbling her basketball between her legs and spun spun it on her fingers. So, it was pretty impressive. Um, as we process through what's going on right now, talk to everybody about those opportunities about going to the Ron Clark Academy. What opportunities do our scholars and schools have um for that experience? >> Absolutely. So, at the end of today's competition, as we've talked, we will go from 70 plus to 10 to three to one. Um and there
058will be an overall winner and the overall winner of the Knox Regional Great Shake will secure their um spot to go to the Ron Clark Academy at the end of March to compete in the Global Amazing Shake, which is students, kids from all over the world. Um we've both been several times. We send staff members from Dogwood. Um staff members have gone with students um from their school. We've had um a group from Dogwood go every year for the last couple years, but now that this has expanded throughout the district, that top winner, regardless of where they come from, it secures a spot for them to go, too. So, they get to go and perform on a much larger scale and work on the same skills they're doing here. There is a gauntlet there that
059is insane. Ours is, you think, there's a lot going on here. Ron Clark's gauntlets are incredible. They're always usually themed. um students progress through the same system of challenges. Um and then they also have a uh circle of zoom that they go through and then they also if they progress go through a work the room challenge. So those are kind of the opportunities for students. It's a great opportunity for them to go um once they have completed the local competition and just the experience is incredible. Even if you if they go and they don't place, if they're not in the top 10, 20, 100, whatever, they it's just still the opportunity of a lifetime for them to get to go and experience Mr. Clark, practice their handshakes, get to see the incredible building, the facilities,
060and learn from some incredible educators. It >> It truly is an immersive experience there. I mean, you have been a couple times. Last year was my first time ever going there and and seeing it from start to finish. The minute you get there, you're in it. The expectations begin. And and like you mentioned, they have similar challenges to this, but then as they narrow it down, they've got a a champions breakfast where the kids are having their normal breakfast, but it's fancy setting and they are they're assessed from the minute they get in there with their conversation skills, etiquette, formalities, things like that. And then even our final competition that we saw last year, we saw their top group in front of probably 350 400 people in their auditorium speak on a topic that they
061were passionate about. And it's intense. It's it's pressure-packed, but I think at a school level, this preps the kids for so many things moving forward. Um, talk about some of that. You know, you talked about poise under pressure, confidence building. What are some things that a competition like this, >> how can that assist our scholars moving forward in their the remainder of their schooling or even in the early job force? >> I think that starting the leadership um initiative at this age is so beneficial to these kids. I know um personally have um having participated with some of our students um over the last couple years in the program at the Dogwood level and then going to Ron Clark just in general it prepares them for real life right the situations sure that they're being
062you know recreated and they're being they're kind of staged here in the small scale but they're having to really think about problem solving critical thinking they're having to be wellversed on um you know current events about things what is you know political politically correct. Um, you know, current and latest technologies, things like that. But they're having to learn how to make eye contact, look someone in the face, have a strong handshake, face challenges in life that are really going to happen. You may lose something and have to go to I'm looking at happiest place on earth. You may lose something at Dogwood and go to security. You may get accused of stealing. Hopefully, no one ever does. Or you may be in a situation where, oh, you're at a restaurant and they get your order
063wrong and then someone gets angry. These are all real life things, right? Are you going to pivot and are you going to have a positive attitude? How are you going to deal with it? Are you going to be able to talk your way out of an angry customer? You know, these are just all real life skills that are beneficial for kids to put on display, but also a really fun, practical way to practice them. I think that it's just so important. It gives them a sense of leadership. It gives them a sense of confidence. Um, and I wish they had something like this when I was in school because it would have been incredible to participate and to say, you know, I had the opportunity to work on so many real life skills as a
064student. I think student leadership is so important. And and as you heard in last in the last segment, you've got 70 plus students here, 16 schools across the district. And we're lucky to be joined in just a few minutes with last year's champion, Mai, who's going to come up and have an interview with you and kind of talk through what the competition was like, what how did he feel throughout each individual round. and and that's going to be really eye opening for our viewers as they maybe consider sending students to the competition in years to come. Miss fall is going to take you guys home today. It's been a it's been a pleasure spending some time with you. Um seeing the competition begin. There's a lot of energy in the room. The blue crew is
065rocking and rolling this fall. Bring it home for everybody. Keep me updated on how it's going. And >> thanks Mr. Fosi. We'll be right back with Mai's interview. >> Yep. >> All right. >> And break. What in the world? >> Congratulations. So happy on your donation. Thank you so much. So, do you watch me? >> Okay. Don't have to be worried. Well, you put out a random we need help probably everybody Nice to meet you. What's your name? Okay. >> But here is what I say. That chapter is close. >> They did. They got >> Today starts something new. >> Oh boy. I can hardly hear. >> I didn't come here to become I didn't come here to be average. I came here to build a program worthy of telling you Tennessee Volunteers football name.
066Will it be easy? No. Will it take time? Yes. But I promise you this, we will be. And I was like, "Oh, you just you just need >> I don't know what to do when we start to start of a crime. This is the start of I'm honored to now. Let's go. >> Go. I don't know. Good job, young lady. Definitely like crazy. I' got no idea. >> That's a good idea. >> I still got no idea. >> Okay, you get those comfortable stage and whenever you're ready. Okay. Not only talent show you make sure you have an original a little bit. I got right up. So, what are you guys? >> We do not know how to play any of these. >> So, how about tic tac toe? >> Okay. Tic tac toe. So
067this is like >> one it's a game where one person plays against one person, right? >> And one person has the X's >> one >> and one person has the O. >> Oh, of course. >> Well, you could play you could play one like we can play and then you two can play and then the winners can play each other and losers can play each other. >> Yeah. So, first you need to know how to play. So, the person who has the O's lays it down in anywhere on the board. The objective of the game is to get it in three in a row, any direction. Go diagonal. >> No, >> but you can't go like that and say, >> right? And you take turns. So if the X puts one down here >> and
068then and then O is put here. >> Okay. >> And then if the X goes there, then the O and go there. >> I can do that. Did I win? >> Yeah. All right, >> finally we know how to play tic tac. >> Okay. Okay, it is a good position. Thank you. What happened? So I'll let you talk about I'm just more like, you know what I mean? Students, if you can please. Students, if you could please after consulting with the All right, welcome back. I'm here with Mai who is our champion from last year. Um, Mai, tell us a little bit about yourself. Um, and then we're going to go into what your experience was like um, coming back in last year at the um, Knox Regional Great Shape. So, can you tell us
069what grade you're in, where you go to school, where you went last year? >> So, I currently am in sixth grade. I go to Farragate Middle School. Okay. >> But last year I went to Northshore Elementary. Okay. >> And came to the competition from from in fifth grade. >> Uhhuh. which really I thought would be like a advantage because I when I was reading the like information >> for the competition it was fourth and fifth so I thought I'd be older >> but it was just like only it was mainly only fifth graders so it was kind of nice because it was so many different people >> Yeah >> and like getting to meet and interact with so many different people. >> Yeah, >> it was pretty cool. >> Very cool. So, you made a
070lot of friends in the process. That was awesome. Um, so when you were preparing, had you ever heard of The Great Shake before? Had you ever heard of Ron Clark Academy when you um were introduced to the competition or was it all brand new to you? >> It was completely brand new cuz I came from Jacksonville, Florida. Okay. >> And they didn't have then anything like that. So it was completely new new sort of competition. >> I've never heard of anything like it before, but it was so it was a very exciting thing to like hear that completely new >> for sure. When they present it to you guys, were you like, "Oh yeah, that sounds like something that I would be interested in." Um, or was it something you weren't really sure about? How
071did you get to the point of competing last year? Did you have to apply? Did you have to interview at your school? How did that process look? >> So, just one random day at Northshore, teachers were coming to the fifth grade classes pulling out a boy and a girl from each class and they were like, you know, we've we've been with you guys all year and we think this is something you would be good at and we know that you guys are talk and you're like open to all talking with all sorts of people. So, this is something we think you are good to represent Northshore for. >> Yeah. >> And then they just you could sign up if you wanted to, but they would already select you to do it. >> Okay. So, you
072were selected by your teachers for a bunch of qualities, I'm sure, that were super helpful in this competition. So, when you came um last year to the Great Shake, what was your initial feeling when you got here? Were you excited? Were you nervous? Like, what were you expecting when you got here? So, I got here. I was definitely nervous, but I was a little bit excited because I love talking. My parents have always told me like my special gift is connecting with people. >> That's awesome. >> But I was sort of expecting something like a sort of stressful one-on-one interviews and backtoback like introducing yourself, high stress. But it wasn't like that. It was more of a like fun fun >> atmosphere and different challenges and different situations and you got to >> like improvise.
073>> Yeah. >> So, was there something I love that you said that you have to improvise? Cuz I feel like that's such a skill. Being flexible is what this challenge is all about. So, when we think about the competition last year, is there one last year that stuck out to you? Um, as far as in the gauntlet that you feel like you did really well at or one that was really challenging? I think one that I did really well at was there was a new soup restaurant. You had to be the person advertising for that restaurant and you had to keep it quick but also rememberable and make sure that it was sort of flashy. >> Mhm. >> And I kept like I used a bit of humor. >> Okay. by saying it would it
074would make even your little sister excited for dinner because my little sister never eats anything. And then but also kept it like serious saying you know you could get 10% off your first order with a like with a code and stuff like that. >> Oh that's awesome. So you used a deal too. Very good. So humor and a deal. That's awesome. Um, when you were in work the room or I'm sorry, circle of doom with the conversations, how do you think you did during that round? Do you feel like that one was easier, harder? >> I think that was the round that I excelled. >> Okay. >> Because you would have your score and like you they would ask they would you would give it to them at the when they banged the gong. Yeah.
075and they would write your score, then they give it back to you. And all of the conversations were they the judge would ask you a quick question like, "If you had infinite Legos, what would you choose to build?" >> What do you remember what you said? >> I do. I said I would take springy Legos and I would build a trampoline. >> That is pretty cool. >> And and then I would take more Legos from the trampoline. I turn it into like a Lego foam pit, which I don't really understand how that works cuz it probably hurt, >> but very creative. >> Yeah, it was it was pretty cool. But I think the one question in the circle of doom that wasn't great at because it was just a like surprising question, >> it was
076that no one really knows the answer to yet was like after you finish college, what's your what are your next steps going to be? >> Oh man. >> So I was likeough. Oh, I have no idea yet. >> Most adults don't even know what they're going to do after college. So, did you have to pick something or did you just polite politely say I don't know? >> So, for a while I've been like thinking I wanted to go to Cambridge, >> okay, >> in England. So, I was like, you know, yeah, I'm really hoping I can apply to Cambridge and make it in, but it was really staying on the college side of things cuz I didn't know where to go after. >> Right. Okay, cool. So, you had an answer. I feel like that's
077important. Even if you don't know what to say, having an answer really helps you. >> Yeah. >> So, you made it through the first round. Obviously, you were in the top 10. So, then talk to me a little bit about uh work the room. That's where it's not all about how long you talk to someone. It's about how many people you talk to. So, tell me a little bit about that. What do you think um helped you in that round and what was challenging or not that challenging for you? Cuz you can obviously talk to people, but tell us about that round. So, work the room was one of my more challenging rounds, >> okay? >> Because you have to be able to have a good and genuine conversation with someone while getting to as
078many of the judges as you can and having as many conversations as you can. So you have to keep a balance of good genuine conversation and time management which was a harder thing to do cuz you have to have hold a conversation while having like a mental clock >> and you had to think of a polite way to end the conversation so you could move on cuz that was one of the important things to do >> so you could get multiple scores. If you could give advice to someone doing work the room, what would you how would you politely tell them to end a conversation? >> I would say, so my dad helped me with this part. >> Okay. >> I would say like you don't want to just like cold turkey end the conversation.
079You could say like, uh, I really enjoyed this conversation and maybe we could meet up again to continue discussing and like, thank you so much for for uh allowing me to talk with you, but like I have to go. I have other like I have other people to talk to, you know? >> Did that get easier after you told people that? I'm sure at first it can feel kind of awkward. >> Yeah, like at first it was definitely awkward and it felt kind of wrong and rude, which makes it harder to do. But then it gets more like then it gets more smooth because you've done it before and you know like that's what you need to do. That's what you have to do and they understand. >> Yeah. So >> and that's what they're
080expecting you to do is end it. Very cool. So then you made it through work the room. What were your initial thoughts and feelings when they were like Mai top three you're going to the top three. How did you feel? I was very surprised because coming out of Worth the Room, I was like, "No, no, no. What have I done?" Cuz you >> still a lot of regret after that. Like you were confident in yourself. >> Yeah. I thought I had messed up. I was I was really not confident. But then they we came back out and they were like top three and they they were calling the honorable mentions I guess >> first and I was number 60 and they said 62 and I was like and then they read the top three. I
081came in third place and I was like okay okay so I'm still good. I just need to do better. >> Yeah. >> And then they went into one v one on one v one interviews which was really like >> Okay. So tell us about that. We're almost to the end then of the competition cuz I want to hear the whole thing. So then you went to one-on-one interviews. Who was your interview with? Do you remember? >> I do not. >> Okay. >> But it was not a judge, just a >> I believe, wasn't it Britney Bailey from the news? >> Yeah, it was. >> Yes. Okay. And so did you all was it interview style or was it panel style? Was it Did she ask you something one-on-one? >> It was more like that. She
082would just ask you a question, then you'd answer it and have a little bit of back and forth and then another question and just a little bit of back and forth and the same like introduce yourself, tell us a little bit about yourself and then like what are your hopes for after this competition and then just small talk like do you know who won the Super Bowl? Okay. >> And stuff like that. >> That's right. I forgot it was right after the Super Bowl. That was the question, right, that you all were given. Did you have a lot to say? Uh, I sort of Okay. Because I had a lot to say about the first half of the Super Bowl, but it was on a school night, so I didn't watch the second half. So,
083I was like, "Yeah, I know who won. It was a good game, >> but I don't know what the outcome." Like, I know who won, but I don't know how good the second half was and how good the outcome of the second half. >> Okay, makes sense, though. At least you had an answer again. You didn't leave her hanging. So then, so how did you feel after your interview? Were you like, "Man, I got this in the bag. I crushed it." or were you nervous? >> I'm sure both, but >> yeah, I was definitely nervous and I was feeling decently good about it and I felt pretty proud of it. >> But, uh, you know, going back to the room, there's three people in the room. One person's interviewing, so there's two people in the
084room and one one adult. So, we were all just like super stressed and we were laughing about it and like laughing about completely random stuff and like golfing. So it was pretty relieving to just forget about it. >> Yeah. >> Well, that's awesome. So then ultimately they announced your name. What was what were you feeling in that moment? >> So I was like, "No way." Because my dad had been working with me the past like month probably >> and I've been stuttering and like my voice was cracking sometimes. And I thought, there's no way that I'm gonna make it past the first round even. So that was like a shock. >> Yeah. >> And I was like, this is this is crazy. >> Yeah. >> And then the as soon as we left, like my
085I ran over to my dad and he was he was also thinking it was crazy and it was like just incredible experience. It was awesome. >> That's awesome. Um, we're just we're super happy that you were able to come back and join us. Before we let you go, tell us a little bit. So, you got to go to Ron Clark Academy and participate. Tell us just a little bit about your experience, what it was like. Um, if someone were to go, some advice you would give them, and some advice you have for those that are willing that are wanting to participate. So, tell us about your experience at Ron Clark first and then we'll get some advice at the end. >> So, the experience was awesome. you walk like the front door of the school
086is a giant gate with dragon scales on it. >> Yeah. >> And so it was like setting a pretty intimidating mood, but then you walk in and like one of the hallways is a giant bookshelf and there's slides coming down from the top level to the bottom and it was like >> like party lights and a one of the ceilings has a dragon projected on it. So it was just a like all inspiring experience >> experience. What was the competition like when you were there? So obviously it's much larger scale than what we have here at Dogwood when you participated. Um what was the most enjoyable part of that competition? I know it was much bigger, but what did you enjoy the most or your biggest takeaway? I think what I enjoyed the most was
087that there w there was people from elementary to to 9th grade and people from all over the world but everyone was like getting along and everyone was stressed and nervous and anxious. So it felt like you were in it together and everyone was just like we had these groups and everyone in our group we like all made up chants and we all like we all um yeah we all we all made up chants. We all like were whispering with each other before before competitions. We were all like helping it out helping each other out as much as we could. So, it was just a super like team like atmosphere which helped a lot. >> Yeah, teamwork and community I'm sure. Well, that's awesome. Is there anything else about your experience at Ron Clark? If somebody
088were going any advice you would give them? >> Yeah, there's one big thing. There's there's older kids and there's kids from completely different places. Don't let the older kids like feel intimidating or feel like there's no point in trying because these kids are older, these kids are better, they have more experience than me, so why would I try? because there was multiple people from fifth grade even that made it to the top 50 just like showing even though we're younger, we can still are just as good as the older kids. We can still power through and be on the same level as them. >> That's awesome. That's great advice, Mai. Well, thank you so much for joining us. Um we look forward to the rest of the evening and you being a part of our
089closing ceremonies and our final rounds. Um so we will see you later and guys again that was Mai our 2025 um great um Knox regional great shake champion and we will be right back um with a score update and a shout out and thank you to our sponsors. You crushed it, dude. That was awesome. Very cool. You never Try to make some new beautiful. I don't think What's your name? I don't know. Let's create We need to save. Okay, I'm going to go to the cafeteria. Niceual. >> Yes. >> Earlier this door all the way open. If it happens to be able to stay open, maybe prop it open in case that helps with the signal. Like if you push it all the way, does it lock? >> No. Okay, it's okay. Thank you. You
090too. Perfect. Congratulations. How would you like actually my nextwards. Welcome back. We are almost through the end of round one. Our green group is finishing up right now in the gauntlet. Um scores are being updated consistently at the end of each round. We'll give you guys a score update right now. Again, these are a reflection of the first um two groups going through the gauntlet and we have the green group finishing up right now. In fifth grade, in fifth place, we have Madison from New Hopewell. In fourth place, we have Paisley from Dogwood. In third place, we have Audrey from Powell. In second place, we have Lily from Bearden. And right now, we have in first place, Tora from Bonnie Kate. So again, those are our scores right now from the first two groups that
091have gone through the gauntlet. Green group is finishing up. Um we've got another group that's in confidence corner right now and then another group that is finishing circle of doom. So, um, we're coming to the end of the preliminary round and shortly we will be narrowing it down to the top 10 when all the scores are entered and those top 10 will move on to the work the room challenge where they will be presented with a group of judges and a time limit to have to um have conversations and quickly and transition um and then from there we will narrow it down to our top three. So, um, again, scores are changing very quickly as we are almost finished with our green group and the gauntlet. Uh, we are going to take one more short
092break and then we're going to come back with our leading sponsor for this n this evening's event um for one last interview and then we will follow up at the end of the first round. I also like >> I try and not make too many people out of it. I try and keep the best super. Hi. Let's go. Students, after you get your scorecard back, please check your scorecard and count and see if you have 18 scores. Count to see if you have 18 scores. If you do, give me a thumbs up, please. >> We are back with our uh title sponsor from Lending Wise. This is Mr. Zach Smith. Zach, thank you so much for joining us. Um, Zach has been a loyal judge for the last couple years now. Um, Zach, tell us
093a little bit about your experience um, attending the Knox Regional Great Shake and I think prior to that, just the Great Shake. How many years you've been doing this? Um, what's your role been? What do you do participate in? >> Okay. Well, let me try to remember all those. You might have to ask me again if I start. >> That was more loaded question. >> A lot a lot of going on here. Uh, so yeah, I started when it was the great shape. >> Okay. >> And my very first year here, I was in the circle of doom. >> Okay. >> And so I asked this question. You I had this question already and I had no idea what to expect, right? I'm working with fourth and fifth graders. I had a fourth grader at
094the time and I go in there and I start asking them, you know, what is your least favorite chore? not knowing what I was going to get, right? And just the personalities that came out with these kids, how fast they were to respond to these questions. Um, and just the poise that they had really got me fired up. Like I left here just on fire. I told everybody about it and there was nothing that was going to keep me from coming back the next year. >> That's awesome. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, you were in Circle of Doom. You've now this year you're in the Gauntlet. I believe you were in the gauntlet last year as well. I was. Um, what have your roles been in the gauntlet or has there been a favorite role
095that you've been in? >> Oh gosh. Yeah. I think the first year I was in the gauntlet was a year they were doing it was like a shooting like like the kids would get a basketball and they'd have to shoot and if they made it then they would get interviewed and it's like, "Hey, you just won. You just made the gamewinning shot." Or if they missed it, they'd have to be like, "Hey, you just missed the game-winning shot. How does it feel?" Right? And just to be able to see how they handled both winning and defeat and just again just thinking so quickly on their feet, it was awesome. >> Okay. Very cool. And what's your role this year? What are you doing this year? >> This year the kids have a very tough job.
096>> Okay. >> Because there are three vacations that me and another person are trying to decide where we're going to go. >> Oh, okay. >> It is Fiji, it is Aspen, and it is Disney World. >> Oh, okay. >> Right. And so they have to really talk us into which one. They got n or 60 seconds to be able to talk us into going on a vacation. >> Wow. >> So, it's tough. >> That's cool. Have you had any really great pitches so far that have stood out to you? >> Oh my gosh. Yeah. I mean, like some of them are just like just naturals, right? Like you're you're going to be sitting at a desk like this, you know, probably for a long time. Some have just like great, you know, attitude. Some have
097like um bravado when they come in there. Some of them are just really great problem solvers like, "Hey, tell me what you're looking for." And they just walk us through the process. So, it is awesome to see all the different personalities and um the experience is awesome. >> That's awesome. So, you've seen a lot of kids come through over your last couple years. What sets a kid aside um from being successful at this competition versus someone who you can tell maybe hasn't prepared as much? >> Well, I think you said it's preparation. I mean, you can really tell the kids who have prepared and it just feels like they've drilled it. Like, they don't know what's coming, >> but they get to a place where they're confident. So, it's like, hey, we're going to throw
098something random at you, like, oh, you got a vacation you got to plan for us. And then they kind of you see the the wheels spinning and they get to a place of comfortability. It's like, okay, I know what we're doing here. And they start walking us through the process, right? >> Yeah. >> And so, you can see the preparation really shine through with with each kid. >> That's awesome. Very cool. It's a very interesting um trying to pitch pitch a vacation. Very cool. >> That's right. >> Um over the last couple years, um what are some things that you have seen in students? You've talked a lot about their confidence and about their poise and just about the personality and fire that they bring. Um why do you think that this competition is helpful
099for kids especially at this age? You mentioned when you started you had a child in fourth grade and um what do you think the benefit of this is at that this time in their age? >> I mean start early. >> Yeah. Absolutely. You know so in my free time I like to spend time with this organization called Toast Masters >> where we do this for fun. It's like a club right for adults. go in and we do we give speeches or you know we practice public speaking in front of one another so I can see like where it's going to go too right like you know if they get to get started now and they get to have this skill that they're building and build upon that skill every single year through middle school through
100high school just think about having tough conversations in general right they can be like hey this is a tough conversation I have practiced in the gauntlet the circle of doom I can have this tough conversation with either my parent or my teacher or later my job you know my boss Right. And they're just going to be ready for it. >> Absolutely. Yeah, that's a huge point. And I think that that is I mean the biggest takeaway is they don't know what they're going to expect when they come through here. You could be selling a vacation. You could be dealing with an angry customer. You know, you could be trying over there. We talked about earlier cooking an omelette with no eggs. So, you just really never know what you're going to get. Uh do you
101have any advice for um a student participating in this or if they were interested in something like this? What is some advice from a judge that you would give? Yeah. So, if you're interested in participating, like just signing up and and being a part of it or >> Yeah. And like if they were to go through the process and participate, what's some advice you would give for them to be successful? >> Just prepare, have fun, and let your personality shine through? >> Yeah. As simple as that is, I know it's hard and it takes work, but >> you know, I think that's what really stands out with with some of the competitors I've seen. >> I think in a competition like this, it is hard to sometimes be your authentic self. >> For sure. And
102I think that that is like you said very evident when people when the kids are their authentic self or when it's forced. So >> um well thank you so much for joining us. Again this is Zach Smith. He is our with our leading um sponsor lending wise and we thank you guys so much for sponsoring us and being a part of this um program and this event. We'd also like to give a shout out to Visit Knoxville for their support and All Conventions Expo as well as Jupiter Productions, uh, Texas Roadhouse, West Knoxville, and Heartside Bank. So, thank you so much for all of your support. Um, and thank you again, Mr. Smith, for your time today. >> We'll be right back. >> Thank you. Do you have any people that say they should be
103YouTubers? >> Oh, thank goodness. I feel like it's all my class. Oh, we're just going to be on a career. Welcome children. Thank you. He's like just Hello. social media. Oh my god. just a little question and you want to trade questions with someone else. Please feel free to do that. Sorry. That is my house. Not at all. Oh my god. I don't think we got one He just passed. Whenever you're ready to You know, again, I got this. Big bow. Take a big bow. That's so good. >> Amazing. >> You have a record. Um, I've done Hi. >> Hi. I'm This is your stage. This is your circus stage. There are some circus performers. They're just here for vibes. Okay. What is your talent that you're going to be doing? Get in the room
104here. >> Okay. You get yourself. So Ready? Make it work. This is terrible. You are not about And Good job. So good. Thank you. Okay. All right. Thank you. Yeah. Get on the stage. Left side. So they decide to stop. Look at it. I want to do the final story. Oh, okay. This is your steak. Hallelujah. Good Great. Wow. card. >> There it is. Amazing. >> Take a big bath. >> Okay, there you go. My name is Ann. Nice to meet you. Are you all doing part? Oh, wait. I don't know. >> What's the What do we need to know? Welcome back. We're so excited um to have you guys tuning in with us. We actually have had a change in programming. We have our last group here right now. This year we had so
105many students that we had to expand beyond three groups. So we have our fourth and final group, the red group in here currently with us. So when they finish that's when scores will be completely tallied. Um but we have had a score change. Um since the last time we spoke. So in fifth fifth place we have Quinn from Northshore. In fourth place we have Audrey from Powell. In third place we have Mason from Northshore. In second place we have Lily from Beardarden. And in first place, we still have Tora from Bonnie Kate. So that is um your current score update. Again, those scores are changing very quickly, even as we speak, as scores get entered. And at the end of this round, when the red team um red crew is finished, scores will be entered
106um and we'll be ready to move on for round two. So, I have with me co-coordinator of the Knox Regional Great Shake, Miss Casey Shanklin. Casey, thank you so much for joining us. >> I'm so happy to be up here on the stage. have been envious of it all night. I mean, you have such a great setup up here. You get to see this whole part of the gauntlet. So, I'm happy to be up here. >> Brilliant minds that, you know, have to come together to do all the things. Casey, along with Katie, who we spoke with earlier, and Miss Sarah Dilap are the brains behind what you see behind us. So, Casey, tell us over the last 3 years, this has really taken off. We went just from the Great Shake to now the
107regional Great Shake. Um, how did we get to the point to where we are now and where do you see this going districtwide, countywide for this area? >> It started out so small with just our school and while we were hosting the competition um I guess the last year before we started the regional, we were like, how can we expand this? How can we do more for kids? because our students get such a unique experience. And while that's amazing for them, I just feel like there was other things we could be doing to reach other kids. And so, um, that's kind of how this was born. We were like, what else? How can we change it? How hard would it be to make this dream come true? Um, because truly after the last year before
108we started the regional, we were like, what are our big dreams for this program? And we were like, it's to expand it. We want to bring in, we I think started with maybe like five schools. We said if our goal is to get five more schools involved, how do we make that happen? So, um it's definitely a coordinated effort. Um Sarah Dab kind of takes on our administrative side and she was in charge of getting in touch with principles and schools and reaching out to them probably starting in like September, October, the year before the competition happened or the you know the start of the school year and then this would be in February. And we were just kind of seeing some interest. We had a mild amount of interest. We were like, you know
109what? We can work with that. We can absolutely do this. >> So, it grew from there. We didn't have any curtains in here. The first year we did it, it was just rugs. Looked really empty, but I mean, we thought it looked amazing compared to what we had been doing. And the next year, it grew to How many did we have last year? 50ish, >> I should say. Yeah, between 50 and 60 last year. >> And we were like, okay, wow, this is pretty great. >> Traction. >> This is this is pretty great. I don't know if we can have any more kids in this building. We have so many. like it just feels so >> talk about a cap at that point. >> Yes. And we were like, how do we even manage that?
110And we were like, you know what? Let's just let it ride another year. Let's send out this stuff to principles. And we had pretty good interest when we started registration. And we were like, okay, well, maybe maybe things for this kind of fizzled. And then all of a sudden, it was just like boom, now we've got 77 registrants. Oh my gosh. And it has just grown from there. We've added our pipe and drape. We've um changed several of our stations, we just try to get like more creative every year. Um and we're really trying to pull in more schools. So, as the camera travels around the gauntlet, if you see any signs that say Gauntlet Station sponsored by um we've got a Douglas construction sign over here, we've got a Mr. Jones of Dogwood Elementary
111over here. Obviously, he is from Dogwood, but the ideas behind the station came from him. We've got um a couple Carter Middle Gauntlet stations that have been sponsored. So, that's our really our goal for the future is to get more people involved. We just want more people on our team making these amazing opportunities for kids. >> That's awesome. I actually didn't know until you mentioned that about the sponsorship booths. So, that's really cool. I know that was a way you all had talked last year about trying to get more involvement from the schools themselves. And there are we talked about a lot of um the gauntlet guides are teachers from the schools of the students that are representing too. So, that's incredible. Do you have a particular favorite gauntlet activity or do you think Circle
112of Doom? Like what is your what's your jam? I know it's either people are usually either diehard Gauntlet fans or they're like, "Oh, I could crush it in Circle of Doom." Do you have one that you have a preference? >> No, Gauntlet is my bread and butter. This is like >> I'm going to say mostly my brainchild. So, a lot of these stations, how do we come up with them? Um, >> well, >> it's a view inside your your brain. >> Yes. You have to look inside there to figure it out. And it's basically you just take like we started with one theme. This year we wanted to do mainly entertainment. So we kind of had to nail it down from there on okay entertainment is shows, entertainment is cooking, entertainment is going to the
113circus, entertainment is going to the aquarium. So we kind of had to branch out from that box. But >> yeah, I mean I just love the stations we have created. My favorite one in here is the I think it's the Incredible Finds. >> Can you tell us a little bit more about that? It's a new one this year. >> Yes. So, the curtain is covered with danger, do not enter signs, caution signs, and inside the contestant is a tour guide for the aquarium. They've just been hired. And of course, they have to go tour the dangerous animal exhibit. >> So, they take the um aquarium goers in there and they have to explain what's going on with this exhibit. Well, when they open the curtain, they're going to see my classroom fish. It's my betetta
114fish. Um his name is Swim Shady aka Swimy. But um they can either choose to like play into the dangerous part of it and give him like, you know, unrealistic qualities or I guess they could explain, oh, this is just a beta fish. I'm not really sure why those signs are there. So, it's kind of just what they decided to do. But I just love that I got to incorporate something that's special to me and then the inside of the station just looks really awesome. So, >> someone's getting wild and got talent back there. >> Circus is getting crazy. >> If you were a judge at that booth, what would you be looking for? I think I'd be looking I would be looking for people who really played up the danger element of it and
115be like this is the craziest fish I've ever seen. Do not come within 3 ft of the tank. I like want to see their personalities come out and just like be kooky with it. >> The theatrics and the going with the flow and being silly and being their authentic self. >> Yeah. >> Well, that's awesome. We talked a little bit with when Katie was up here um about getting involved and how they can reach out and uh be a part of that. Do you all have plans to continue next year um to expand on that if people are interested? >> Gosh, we would love to. Um right now, like I was talking about our roadblocks are just getting people on board. Our goal is to create a dream team of people who can make this
116happen quickly and efficiently. Um and we're, you know, eventually going to want a bigger space to do this in because the more kids you get, the bigger room you need. >> Absolutely. Yeah. So, if you have a space, if you are interested in sponsoring in any way, shape, or form, we have a great list of >> you got any gauntlet ideas, you think you could create one of these, we would love to have you on our team of people. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> You're good at administration or organizing, Sarah Dab would love you on her team. >> Absolutely. Yeah. Come join the team. It's a great place to be. Great group to work with. Well, Casey, thank you so much for your time and for all the hard work it's taken to put in this
117uh put into this. So, thank you for having me. >> Absolutely, guys. We are finishing up the end of our red group right now. Looks like there's just a couple more. Um we will give you a final score update before the completion of the red group and then looks like we will head into round two once those scores are tallied for work the room. We'll be back in just a few minutes. When are you doing this? All right. Well, this is live TV, folks. So, we're going to have to do it. Uh, so we don't have eggs, but we still want to make a yummy breakfast. Do you think we can make bagels? That sounds great. What would you want to put on this bagel? >> Butter and cream cheese. All right. When we come
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121welcome. keynote speaker last year. You went to bar Welcome back. We're here at the conclusion of the last round. Our red group just finished and is making their way out. Um I'm here with Miss Molly. She was our winner two years ago of the Knox Regional Great Shake and our keynote speaker last year. Before we jump into her interview, I'm going to give you a real quick uh score update. In fifth place, we have Audrey from Powell. In fourth place, we have Virginia from Seoia. In third place, we have Mason from Northshore. In second place, we have Lily from Beardarden. And in first place, we have Tora from Bonnie Kate. And again, those scores are being inputed as we speak. Um, as the conclusion of the red group is finishing out right now. Um, students
122are making their way to the holding area to hear the results of those scores. And um, they will move on. 10 of them will move on to round two and then we will go from there. But we're going to spend some time chatting with Molly. So Molly, you are seventh grade at Carter Middle now, right? >> Yes, ma'am. >> And you were here two years ago. So tell us about your experience two years ago when you came to the Knox regional, a great shake. >> So two years ago when I came and competed, I was kind of the guinea pig for our school. I was the only person that came from Carter Elementary School. And I really loved social events. I love public speaking. And I hadn't figured that out until I came. And I
123realized that I could do a lot more than I thought I could just from practicing for all the challenges. It's really a great experience. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to do it. Um it's just such a great accomplishment in my mind for anyone else and in my mind for me. Um I like to be I like to talk about it sometimes. Um, I'm proud of myself, but most of all, I'm proud of everyone else that I was competing with because they were such great competition and they everyone was so nice, but everyone kept me on my toes as well because you never knew what was coming next. It was It's really fun and I enjoyed it a lot. If I could do it again, I would definitely come back and compete.
124>> Yes. So, you were fifth grade, right? So, you had a year and Molly was the guinea pig there. I think she was the only for one from Carter and then we had a couple other girls, maybe one or two from the same school. Um, and Molly was fortunate enough that she and a couple other girls, it was the girls group that year, got to go to Ron Clark. So, tell us a little bit about your experience going to Ron Clark. That's obviously on a much larger scale. Um, we talked to Mai earlier about his experience as well, but tell us about your experience going there, what you expected, what you saw, what you took away. Um, to all the people that are wondering, yes, it is exactly like Harry Potter. It's incredible. It's like
125walking into Hogwarts. Um, you look around and you see so many great competitors and great people in general around you. I made so many new friends. Um, I think I have like five people. I'm not quite still in touch with them anymore, but we definitely were directly after. Uh, it was really great. I ended up getting a spirit award for my team. We had um we had a group and there was a bunch of colored groups. So, I was in the Navy blue team and we had to make a chant the first night and that was where everyone really connected and bonded in our crew because we figured out what we could do, what we couldn't do. Um but after that, everyone was just rooting for each other. We didn't really care if we won
126or if someone around us won. We just re really got to enjoy the experience. It was a great time and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Um, it was stuff like the gauntlet, just a much bigger scale. Uh, one of my favorite ones that we got to do, uh, stations and the gauntlet, it was a Coca-Cola ad. And, um, you made up your own ad for Coca-Cola and you would perform it. And I got to watch so many people do ads and there were people doing voices for it. And that's when I realized how many great people there are in this world when it comes to doing things like that. And this is just the fire of our generation. And one day we're going to grow up and be hosting here and giving other
127kids the opportunity that we got to have. It's just great experience and um it was definitely a lot more nerve-wracking than the local Great Shake because it went from fourth to 8th grade. And me being a fifth grader, I had only I only knew three people going into it. I was scared I wasn't going to have any friends or that people weren't going to like me. But I was proved so wrong and I really enjoyed it. It was one of the best things that I can look back on and one day it'll be stories that we'll tell to our kids and grandkids and say those were the good days, the best days of our life. And I wish that everyone here would one day get a chance to say that to their grandchildren and their
128kids. But um just good luck to everyone else here and everyone is so great. I was over at the circus tent for the talent show and I ended up getting to see all this talent coming from all these people and it was so unique and thinking that a few of these great kids like it's only a few of them will end up going to Ron Clark Academy but I feel like it's an experience that it's they're going to enjoy it a lot um and coming from personal experience dance. It's surreal. It feels like you're walking into a fever dream. Um, but yeah, I really love getting to do stuff like this with other people and getting to give other people the same experience that I got. >> Well, thank you so much for that, Molly.
129We appreciate it. And I'm thankful that you had the chance tonight with your friends um to participate in the um circus tent, the Knoxville's Got Talent. So, um, do you have any one piece of advice to those moving forward tonight for rounds two and round three? >> Um, just don't be nervous about it. Getting to this point in time, it's so great that it's such an accomplishment that people like the people that came such a great accomplishment and they should be proud of themselves no matter what happens. And I know it sounds corny, but believe in yourself. Everyone says that, but it's not taken seriously. It needs to be taken to heart more often because it's something you hear from everyone, but it's a really good piece of advice that people don't really think about.
130Um, I had someone tell that to me when I was competing and it really changed my perspective. Um, so yeah, I want to pass on that advice to other people that are competing and will be competing next year as well. >> Amazing. Thank you, Molly. Well, we appreciate you guys tuning in with us tonight. We have concluded our first round of the gauntlet and of the circle of doom. So, at this time, students are in their holding area and preparation for round two. Our top 10 is underway. You all can continue uh to tune in on this link um to see the continuation of the program that includes round two, round three, um the debate panel, and then ultimately at the end um the winner will be announced. We'll get down to top three and
131then number one. So stay tuned uh for a great rest of the evening. We are ready to announce. >> We are ready to announce our top 10 scores from our gauntlet and our circle of doom combined. Okay. Now, remember what I told you at the beginning of the night. When we celebrate, we celebrate big. So all these people, we're going to stand up. We're going to applaud them. Okay? Even if it's not your name, it's important to celebrate others. Okay? Ready? >> In no particular order. >> Okay. In no particular order, we have Tora Craig. Right here. Oh, wait. All right, Lily Eckles >> Eckles. Congratulations, >> Mason Bear. Annie Roberts 71 Virginia Torstick. Congratulations. You're so welcome. >> 49, Audrey Cleveland. >> Number 15, Matteo Ruiz. >> There he is. number 38. Quinn, >>
132right over here, bud. Wait, how do you say your last name? Quinn >> Rothlessberger. >> Okay. Quinn Rothllessberger. Thank you. All right. Number seven, Maddie Hendris. And we actually had a little bit of a tie situation. So we are going to have 11 people move on to our third round. So our 10th person that's moving on is number 18 Avery Minet. But then we are also going to have number 66 Robbie Harris move on as well. >> Can we have one more big round of applause for our top 10? >> All right, Miss Shanklin, I'm going to pass it over to you. take these kiddos for the next round. >> Yep, I'll take them. >> All right, everyone else, we are going to um call your name one at a time. You earned a certificate
133for being here today because even if you didn't make it up here into this top 10, this has been hard work. You guys have all prepared and I want you to be proud of yourselves. Okay. >> Hey, Miss T, could you grab those? You Thank you. Yes, please. Avery Freeman. >> Excellent job, Avery. Julia Williamson. >> Congratulations, Julia. >> Lily Eckles. Oh, she just went with top 10. I do believe Tora Craig just won the top 10. Laya Banks. Congratulations, Yla. Good work, >> Paisley Jones. >> Good job, Paisley. I'm proud of you. >> Great job, Paisley. Chloe Lieberman. >> Good job, Chloe. >> Congratulations, Chloe. >> Ethan Marian. >> Good job, Ethan. >> Congratulations, Ethan. >> Madison Ernst. >> Good job. >> Emilyn Wided, >> proud of you. I have a hook. >> Yes.
134Camden. Camden Vanlant. >> Good job, buddy. >> Congratulations, Camden. >> Kza Baza. >> Good job, Kza. >> Great job. >> Audrey Cleveland. >> Oh, she did. Okay. >> Hunter Hathcock. Sorry. First got me. Good job, Hunter. >> Great job, Hunter. >> Sailor Parker. >> Good job, sailor. >> You're welcome. >> Skylin Parrot, >> Good job, Skyl. >> Jean Skiba, >> good work. >> Congratulations, >> Henry Reed. Good work, Henry. Jonathan >> DJ, >> how do you say it? Your last one. DJ, >> Jonathan. >> Parker Edmonds. >> Good job, Parker. >> Crushed it, Parker. >> Lily Martin. >> Good job, Lily. Lawson Sans. >> Great job, Lawson. >> I like all your bling. Morgan Wright. >> Good job, Morgan. >> Oh,gan. >> Morgan, hold me hanging. Thank you. Mhm. Avery Minet. She just went, I
135think, right? Yep. Ashiah Caldwell. >> Good work. Good job. >> Evan Reic. >> Good job, Evan. Great job, >> Tyler Mack. Mackerson Williams. >> Yes, Tyler. >> Good job, Tyler. >> Crushed it, buddy. >> Zoe Dyer, good work. Great job, Zoe. Quinn Rotheosberger. >> Oh, he just went. Thank you. >> That's great. Thank you, Mason Byer. Um, he didn't come. Thank you, Mary Cam Connor. >> Congratulations. >> Great job, Mary. >> Carly Hyatt, good job. >> Good job, Carly. >> Jackson Roupert. >> Good work, Jackson. >> Good job, >> Robbie Harris. Okay. >> Scout Perryman. >> Scout. >> I love your name, by the way. Finley McGee. >> Finley. Good job. >> Great job. >> She's not here. >> Okay. Thank you. Ethan Parsons. >> Good job, Ethan. >> Good job, Matteline. Uh, Maddie Hendricks.
136She Thank you, Brooks Webb. >> Good job, Brooks. >> Great job, Matteo Ruiz. He just went Bria Bo Bomar. Congratulations, Bria. >> Mia Roberts. Proud of you. >> Thank you. >> Finley Walker. >> Good job, Finley. >> Thank you. >> Aubrey Bell. She go maybe shouldn't show today. Aiden Frey. Good job, Aiden. >> Great job. Colton Taylor. Good job, Colton. >> Way to go, Colton. >> Lily Fioli. I get it. >> How do you say it? >> You said a perfect. >> Yes. >> Can I shake your hand? >> Yes. >> Congratulations, Lily. >> Uh, Charlie Busby. Congratulations. >> Congratulations, Charlie. >> Townsen Galloway. >> Congratulations, Town. >> Thank you. Proud of you, girl. >> Naomi Braden. >> Oh, not here. Sorry. Eloise Harmon. >> Congratulations. You are so welcome. Thank you for coming. Walter
137Mlanahan, excuse me. Congratulations. >> Virginia Torstick, >> she went. Okay. Amelia. >> Amelia, you know about your last name. You're going to come up here and tell me. >> Yay. Ameilia, >> how do you say your last name? >> Zebahazy. >> Say it one more time. >> Zebahazy. >> Zebahhazy. Amelia Zebahhazy. >> Congratulations, He's not here. Juliana Shay. >> Good job, Juliana. >> Congratulations, Juliana. >> Um, Jenny Eling, >> good job. >> It's >> Ebling, I'm sorry. >> Charlie Karini, >> good job, Charlie. >> Congratulations, Charlie. Elijah Dykes. >> Good work, Elijah. >> Great job, Elijah. >> Jillian Sharp. >> Proud of you. >> Thank you. >> Tyler Sharp. >> Congratulations. Nice to meet you as well. Zapola. Zipola. >> She's not here. Thank you. Annie Roberts. >> She got called. Thank you. Parker McDow.
138>> Congratulations, Parker. You're welcome, Parker. >> Z Edwards. Good work, Z. >> Thank you, Z. >> Jason Aina, Jaclyn. >> Jacquellyn. Jason. Jaclyn. Nope. Okay. Um, Nikolai Freeman. Did I say that right? Okay, got it. >> Great work. >> Good job. >> You're welcome. >> Coulson Burrow. Yson, >> good job, Coulson. >> Thank you. >> Not a VS fan. >> Okay, >> Arwin Foster. >> Roll Tide. Oh my gosh. >> Congratulations. >> Great job, Arwin. >> Bennett Stone. >> Thank you so much. You are so welcome. >> Congratulations. >> Okay. Lock Rogoinski. >> I got it. Yes. >> Congratulations. You're welcome. >> Good job. >> Castle Havasi. >> Havi. >> Tried my best. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Good job. >> Oh no. Um, McKenzie Minnow. She left. Okay. Oscar Maples. Thank goodness.
139>> Great job, Oscar. >> Good job. Whan Gustafson. >> Congratulations. Happy to have you. >> Great job. >> All right. And I do believe that's it. Does anyone not get a certificate? And I will make sure you get one. All good. All right, guys. Everyone be proud of yourself. This is a really, really hard competition. You are all amazing. Fourth graders, we hope to see you next year. Um, fifth graders, best of luck in middle school. >> Best of luck. All right, guys. We're going to go ahead and start dismissal. Um, your parents are waiting out front. So, how we are going to do that? >> Um, do you guys have their letters? Do they need to get them? Okay. So, if you're an orange crew, get your letter from Miss McDaniel. Um, everyone else.
140>> Hey, Miss Timmer, do you think they could follow you to the front? Okay. >> Yeah, maybe just stop them in the hallway. Let me figure out how that's going to go. One final question. >> You have to give us your neck. Hello. How are you? >> It's been good. >> Yeah. I did not think I would. Top 11. >> Top 11. >> Yeah. All right. There you go. >> If you could have any superpower, what would it be? >> Shake me. So he just likes questions. Good job. >> That was when she got that first book to cry. Thank you. >> 360. >> I have no idea. I got my daughter. >> Yeah, I did. video. >> The thing I do the most, I would say, is probably go to work, but that's boring.
141>> Yeah. >> So, You know, >> I will say I love walking around downtown. >> I work for Girl Scouts. >> Really? I'm a girl. Okay. >> Are you going to summer camp? Thank you very much. >> Standing here in case. >> Oh yeah, that's good. I'm not >> here for the next room. What is that? your favorite little child. >> How many people were here? I thought that they just had like How did your joke? >> What did you say? I took the animals and all together. >> Yeah. I mean, I was like I wonder Yeah. >> No, I said that at the end. like anything. And then the I was like, "Hey, >> I was like I was like I knew it was something that was so anyone? They were like I said
142I said is there anything you can like look at you had to read it and it gave you like you had to do they said I I named I made them name the fish they said they the one that was >> and then I just You just had to pick number two and you had to like pick something. All right. >> All right. >> How was the work? >> Was it tough? Tough. >> It was kind of tough. It >> was kind of tough. What was so tough? was so tough about it. >> Jump spot. >> Yeah. Yeah. It's hard to enter. Good job. You should all really be proud of yourself. >> Okay. Okay. But now it's time. >> Now it's time >> for our top three. All right. >> One of our final
143three is >> Tora Craig. >> Joining her will be Virginia. >> Congratulations. >> You're welcome. And our final contestant of the final round will be Audrey Audrey Cleveland. >> To all of our other contestants, like I said, you should be so so proud of yourself to make it to that round. Um, just think about all the people that you beat out to get there. The our final round is going to start in just a second. We're going to get the stage set up. Miss Schulman's going to tell us upwards. If you did not make it to the final three, you are welcome to stay and cheer on these people. You are also welcome to leave, but you know, if you're more than married, we're happy to have you stay. Okay, so our final round, you
144will engage in discussion forum together. Together, >> she's going to ask questions. You guys will all be up on the stage at your own podium. You will have to speak loudly because we don't have a mic for you. So when you're answering the answer, you have to project, but our judges are pretty close by, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. The moderator will present with a series of questions related to hot topics or current events. For the first three rounds, you will each be directed a question. She will direct the question at one of you first, and then after that person's answer the question, any of you can jump in and add during that round. >> Okay. The final two rounds will be open. So it won't be a question directed at
145you specifically. Anyone will be able to answer. >> Once again, first three rounds will be directed at one of you first. So you're good to answer and then anyone can jump in. The last two rounds are open. Each round 5 minutes. It is not an official debate, but you should be able you should be prepared to support or even disagree respectfully with the claims using specific evidence or bouncing ideas off of each other. Your panel of judges are out in the audience. They will be scoring you on a scale of 1 to 10 for each round >> with 10 being the highest score possible. >> Scoring for round three will begin at zero and only scores from this round will be tabulated runner up. Yes, we have move your hair for me, sweetheart. We have
146we have number number 71, Virginia. >> We have number 13, Tora. And our final contestant is number 49, Audrey D. >> Yep. Yep. No, that's right. >> That's right. Timmer. >> Timmer, >> can you grab my chair? And our guest moderator is Britney Bailey. Give a round of applause. Hello everyone. >> And first of all, huge congratulations to the three of you. Three ladies up here. You did so great. You ready for the final round? Final round. >> Yeah. >> We love live. This is live. >> Yes. >> And a reminder, we're going to start this end and go down. So you get the first question to answer all by yourself, but then after you answer, you all can jump in as well, right? Okay. So the first question tonight is, what is one way
147technology helps and one way technology hurts you at home or at school? I would definitely think one way it helps is it makes um life much easier and more efficient because you always have something to help check your work or you know it's just much easier in the olden days. We it was you know we didn't have technology like we do today. And the reason we do have technology is to help our lives and make it much easier and more efficient so we can get more things done. And con I would say during school and what was the other one >> at home or at school? >> I would say at school there's a lot there's a lot of gaming like everyone's talking about like you know they're rushing for their test to get done
148so they can play book it or something like that and it's like stupid because like school matters more than um you know video games. So, like I definitely think that like they're starting to put games before technology, before school, and I don't think that's um very good at all. So, that's what I have to say about technology. >> Well, thank you so much for that answer. Ladies, would you like to jump in here? >> I'll jump in and say that I do agree with people do rush on their test to play and something called game kit. But then again, there is also education of the games. So, >> it's still somewhat >> I'm gonna hop in and say I agree with Torah because there are games like Cahoot and Book where teachers can make up
149games about um learning. So, for example, if you were doing um book it, you would have to rush and try to answer the questions, which is hard for me, but it also helps me a bit better. >> It just it like depends. In our class, sometimes we'll have look at learning games that the teacher assigns for us and I ready and that sort of such, but other things it's like they're going to play this game that's like brain rot. Steal brain rot. Like they're starting to play like Minecraft. I'm like, come on. School is much more important than that. And I think that it's just stupid. And it's mostly boys. Boys get it. They're very attracted to technology and gaming and all that. So I definitely think that, you know, school is much more important
150than games, but when the teacher signs them, it's very helpful. Well, I'm glad no boys are up here um to hear this tonight. Are we all finished with that question? Are we ready to move on? Anyone have any last thoughts? >> Okay, second question to you in the middle. If a computer can make fewer mistakes than a human, should people trust technology to make important decisions? >> Um if it does make better answers in some cases and is more efficient. I would say you could, but then have someone like back it up because it is still possible for a computer to make a mistake. >> I I agree with that. But I also think that, you know, people should still do it before you ask the computer to do it because technology and AI are
151starting and robots and all this sort of thing. to take over the world. And the reason is that is because for some reason they think that, you know, computers can do better than humans. And I don't agree with that because, you know, we need some type of um you have to have some type of like when you're asking a computer to do something, you're basically like give me the answer, right? But I think like a long time ago and still today, we have to solve problem and figure out the But if we have a computer there now to just do it all for us, then what's the point? Like of like society like we're supposed to do things ourselves and then we're supposed to have, you know, computer and sources and resources like that to
152help us but not to do the work for us. I agree with both of those. But there are also situations where you can ask the internet questions, but some are more important than others where like you can't just ask you can't ask GBC like you need to think about that because that's the name that your whole life. So it really just depends on the question on what you should be asking the internet and what you Well, let's let's ask a quick follow-up question within this same round. So, what do you think is more important, creating new technology or learning how to use it wisely? >> Learning how to use it wisely? Because if you use it the wrong way, you can see different things and you can see things that you might not um need
153to see. Like, especially social media these days, you know, if you see things, they could really um you know, take you down as a person. I think like there might be this filter, right? And it makes you look like you're at the beach even though you're not. And like you're sitting on your bed looking like that's so stupid. Like go do the things that you need to do. And I also think that like it's more important to use technology wisely instead of making all these making all this new technology that no one has a use for. I think the technology we have today is useful in some ways and not useful in some. I'm going to add in that I do think it was smart though for Australia Australia to ban people under 16 from
154like Instagram and Facebook because like come on that's not very age appropriate people under some people they for example Amazon they have making changes with technology where some of it is necessary and some of it is not. So for example, they're using robots for dangerous more dangerous jobs that should be doing. But there are also jobs that a human is completely capable to do and they're taking over jobs which is making less jobs. All right. Are we ready for round three? >> Yes. >> Okay. Here we go. Third question. Should rich countries help poorer countries get new technology? Why or why not? >> Um, I say yes because a rich country can definitely help a poor country. But even if like the rich country has technology, we can still pass it down and poor country
155still has technology. They should still be working together to figure out what they can do. So there's more chance there's more chances for people to build together and there's more job opportunities, but there's still using robots in a safe way. >> I agree with her, but I would also say like if you're a poor country and for instance, if we're a rich country and there's a poor country I would first like instead of just being like, "Okay, we're going to buy you new technology." Like make sure they actually have like clean water, clothes, shoes, food. There's so many more important things they they're totally capable of doing things just like we are. But then later on once they have the things they actually truly need, they can we could help them invest um technology and
156those apps that could possibly be helpful. >> I'm going to agree with her. More necessities come before technology >> like food, clothes, things that are absolutely needed for everyday life. techology because some people don't need technology. That's so much more. >> Well, let's continue on for just a moment with this before we move on to the last two rounds here. You've seen, I'm sure, a lot of things change in your young lives. How do you think technology is going to be different once you're an adult? >> I think that people are still going to use technology more than they should have, but it feels like if we try to work hard and we put people instead of technology first, I think our world can get a bit better. Instead of just saying technology is going
157to take over, we need to step up and make sure that we're putting people first and that there's more important things. >> I agree with that. But I would also say like when when these people our world needs helpfulness and kindness and funniness and humor and you know each and every one of us has a different emotion and has different ideas and all unique but I think that when you have technology I mean there's no emotion in the robot or the computer they can't tell you what's right or wrong. You're the one that, you know, has the emotion. This is this is what makes up the world. It's, you know, happiness and all this, but robots don't have that. They just they're metal machines that move and helping. And I think that that's great because
158later in life, we're going to get much more things done that we need to be done. But also at that standpoint, other things other cons are going to happen like we're not going to have the world we have today. Today I think we don't really need any more technology. I would like technology for like illness and sickness but I think like robots cannot robots do not compare to humans. I think cuz humans like God made us who we are. They didn't he did not intentionally make robots for this reason. like we are the people that you know make a change in the world and robots don't. >> All right, these last two rounds anyone can jump in and answer first. Okay, here is our question. Should schools use virtual reality instead of sending students on
159field trips? Why or why not? >> No. >> It's so much better to live in the moment. Like if you were going to a zoo, you get to be there with all of your friends and you can be there with your friends, you can be there with your family, you just spend more time because then what's the point of there being a zoo if you're not going to go there for field trips? if you're not going to go there with your family cuz you could if there was an app called zoo and you clicked on the app and you found a virtual zoo that makes no sense because there's a zoo out there that makes Halloween fun make Christmas fun and they decorate that place for you to go there. So it would be funner
160not just to be there in virtual to look at a screen for like two hours or how long field trips are. You should go there and live in the moment because if I had no field trips, school would be so boring. >> I agree with Carol definitely. I think like instead of looking on a screen of what you could be doing, like go live it. You have one life and you should not be sitting on the screen that's basically showing you what you're missing out on. Like go do what you're supposed to do. Stop playing video games and go run in the yard. I don't know. Just do things that like actually count in your life. You're not going to remember a moment when you're watching videos on how to curl your hair or something
161like that. You're going to remember actually doing it with your mom. >> I also agree with the note. And like yeah, you need to do it yourself because in school too like whenever we had co and you had to do virtual reality like you weren't actually with the people you knew. You were just seeing their face on a screen and it much different than if you are actually at school. You can actually communicate with them or Recess for instance, you can play, you can do whatever. As for on a computer, what are you supposed to do? >> Well, let me ask this little bit of a devil's advocate question here. What if you have a student who has some accessibility problems and is not able to get out and about and therefore might not be
162able to experience going to the zoo? Is there a place then for virtual reality when it comes to that? >> Yes. >> Definitely for talking. There aren't buttons that say what they want. So if somebody couldn't talk, couldn't speak, or they have a disability that literally can't make them speak, you can click a button that they understand, like 1 2 3 4 5 all the way to 100. They can click that. So if they say, "How many chocolate bars do you want to eat?" They could say, "One, and they could hit the button one." So then the person that is taking care of them can know what they want and what they need. So for a disability or somebody who can't do something that is really important to do, I think technology can step in
163just a little bit and help them out. >> Yeah, I agree with that. I think the people that, you know, do have disabilities or can't do what we do. I think that, you know, if we have if we have, you know, programs and things that can show them like, you know, like pretend they're, you know, us, you know, like they can actually like walk or they can actually talk cuz, you know, when you're in real life, you know, there's judginess and all this. It's just that sort of thing. But in real like on a screen, this is when this could possibly help these people when like they feel, you know, like they can do what you can do even though they can't. But it just makes them feel like warm and like comforting because they
164can actually, you know, do something without having a person behind them pushing them to do it. Like they can actually, you know, touch it and, you know, have a good interaction. I'm going to agree with her too because if you did have the if they couldn't talk, you could push the button like it kind of says what they want to say or if they couldn't walk, that's what they have wheelchairs for and someone could help them move around places. >> Yeah. >> Well, thank you ladies so much. Are we ready for the final question of the night? And actually what's interesting is this question is a little bit um going back to something you briefly mentioned Torah and we had already planned to ask this question but it's about the Australian government rule. It recently
165went into effect back in December and it bans students or children younger than 16 from using social media platforms. Parents can't even allow their students or children to do that. So in your opinion was that the right stamp for the government to take? I would kind of say yes because I don't think it is for the things they show on Facebook, Instagram, um whatever weird things they have, Tik Tok. Um it's not really good for young people, especially with all the brain rot and stuff. So >> I agree. I think that like Australian kids under 16 are probably actually like having, not to be rude, but they're probably having like a better life. Like they're actually going to go live their life and they're not going to be judged or they're not going to feel
166like they have to do this because this girl h did this that's very popular. Like they just can live their life that they want to live, you know? Like they don't have to look up to people. like they can still look up to people, but they don't have to buy the certain thing or they don't have to play the certain game to have friends. It's just more of like a, you know, community. >> I agree with both of those statements. Um, I'm going to add on and say that without technology, most judgments can stop because if somebody isn't watching technology and somebody is, they haven't, you know, seen the latest trend. People are going to make fun of them for that. And for everybody under 16, they can just talk and play and live their
167life in the moment. That's so much more important than some brain rot or Roblox or YouTube. There's also inappropriate stuff on all of those apps and pages that kids should not be seeing or they should not be listening to or they shouldn't even be getting into that stuff because you're just a kid just like all just like all the kids in the world. They shouldn't be like just like their screen is like in the middle of their face. This will be the very final follow-up question because I'm interested in hearing from each of you. Having said all of that, would you all be willing to give up all your social media platforms until you were 16 years old? >> Yes. Yes. >> Even though I go on my tablet like every day, it feels like
168I can stop that because I have so much in my backyard. I have swings. I have a trampoline. I have a huge yard. And I have friends just next door that I can play with. And if we all stop that, we can all finally get ourselves together and play outside. And so just staying inside, being lazy, laying on the couch, there's nothing about being comfortable, but like when you're watching your screen for that long, that's bad for your health as well. So it feels like if I stopped, my health would get better. I would get better. And definitely if everybody under 16 would get better and realize that outside is so much better than technology. Yeah, I agree. But also like these people that are watching it and I'm I'm guilty too, but these people
169that are watching it like they're I've I've been to a friend's house before and they're, you know, they get on their iPad, right? And I'm like, "Don't you want to do your homework first?" They're like, "Oh, I'll do that later." I'm like, "No, we're doing that right now." They're like, "No, I need to watch this." I'm like, "Oh my gosh, it's due tomorrow. You can watch this anytime." But it's like it's start like for some reason it's like re it's very hard to get off the screen. It's like it's super hard. I mean these people that are by friends it's like they they're fine at school because they don't have anything to get attached to. But at home I'm like what do you do all day? Like they just sit here and then you know
170their parents ask them have you done your homework? They're like oh yeah I've done my homework. No you haven't. You've been watching how to curl your hair. I'm like, but I mean like you can do your homework. There's nothing wrong with doing your homework, doing your sports, and then doing maybe like I can only watch my iPad 30 minutes a day. Thank you. But um but I definitely think that like if if we could if we didn't have such thing as a time limit, I'd probably be on there like 24 hours a day. I probably would be like, "Oh yeah, I'll go to school later." you know, like it's just it's just so addicting. But you can I think if we pulled that away, the thing that would be more addicting would be playing with
171your friends instead of talking to them on a group chat or something like that. You can actually like meet up at the park, swing, do a dance, do something funny. I don't know. But like just to actually interact with people instead of being on the screen that's 6 cm 6 in long and just talking on that all day. Like I don't understand. >> All right. And that's the end of our our time for that round. >> Thank you ladies so very much and congratulations again for making it this far. You're all wonderful. online. All right, we're gonna get these stories finalized and then we will announce our winner. >> Yeah. Well, uh I think it's true. roll for that. >> Huh? >> Roll for that. >> There's children experience what our Long days working night.
172>> Oh, I know. A lot of days on overnights. >> Cool. I mean, it was cool stuff. Oh, wait. Really? >> I'm going to go in there. >> Oh, yeah. I could be like I mean the second like that Hollywood Thank you. Yeah, you get it. >> I said that. after that. But anyway, lateral. >> Is that for you? >> It's for you. Just fill it in. >> She tried to say I want you to watch. >> No, you're fine. It's not your fault. It's just It's just right. >> I think it's going to be so much fun for you to take We're back. Yeah, that's why she thought I didn't know she had it. It's a really >> All right, that was certainly some hot topics and some hot debate. Can we have another
173round of applause for our contestants, please? Perfect. All right, it's time to announce our winner and our runners up. And Mr. Lap, what is our first place person taking home? >> The grand champion. >> Uhhuh. >> The grand champion will have a um sorry, a registration for the global amazing shake at the Ron Clark Academy paid for for themselves and the ch And then a sorry to not stay in a hotel to go to the competition of course. >> Okay, >> without further ado, in third place we have Tora Craig. Good job to thank you. Our runner up, we have Audrey Cleveland, >> which means our grand champion this year is Virginia Torstick. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. Great job, ladies. >> And can we give one final hand to our judges, please?
174Our judges who all stayed. Thank you so much. And one final standing ovation for these ladies. Excellent job, girls. >> Thank you guys so much for being here and we hope you join us again next year. Judges especially, we're keeping your name on a list. All right, everybody. Have a great night. Enjoy your evening. Thank you. >> Exactly. All right, man. Handy. Bye.