Hanzhi Zhang is an 8th grader in Beckendorff Junior High and is a member of the 2023-2024 Science Olympiad team. In the 2023 SPBCN (Spelling Bee of China), he placed 4th place in Chengdu’s city spelling bee, which led him to the national spelling bee contest. He has shown a lot of interest in biology, anatomy especially, and chemistry. In his spare time, he likes to play the violin, play tennis, play with his dog, Ellie, or do photography. He has volunteered in the Maldives and the Cinco Ranch Alzheimer’s Special Care Center, and had a great time in doing so. He has been playing the violin for 4 years and is in Beckendorff’s honor orchestra.

Justin Zhang is an 8th grader at Beckendorff Junior High. He is interested in mathematics and is a part of the Beckendorff Junior High Science Olympiad Team. He is a 2x AIME qualifier, a USAJMO qualifier, and a perfect scorer on the AMC 8. In Science Olympiad, He has more than 25 medals, including a 1st and 3rd place at the Science Olympiad National Tournament in Road Scholar and Experimental Design. Some of his other hobbies include playing on a basketball team with friends, and playing the viola.

Abigail Lei is an 8th grader who is passionate about math. She has qualified for AIME, made DHR AMC 8, and competed at Mathcounts State. Outside of school, she enjoys reading fantasy novels and playing basketball.

Sophia Fu is a 7th grader at Seven Lakes Junior High. She enjoys speech and debate, having experience from two years of speech and one year of debate. In the summer of 2023, she broke into semi-finals in public forum debate from the Strake Jesuit No Limits Debate Tournament. At the same time, Sophia excels in music. She plays the piano as well as the violin. Her love for music brought her to a third place in the Houston Forum Young Artists Piano Competition. In her freetime, she has an interest in reading historical fiction books.​​

Albert Yue is a 7th grader at Beckendorff Junior High. He has participated in MST, and was awarded a 20th place at State Championships, three 1st places in invitational and State Qualifiers in science among many other TMSCA science awards. He also has twice won Judges’ Choice Award at the KatyISD Spring Art Show, and made the Achievement Roll in AMC8. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer, improving on his cubing, folding origami, and drawing.

Lina Lu is an 8th grader at Cinco Ranch Junior High. She's a track runner and sprinter on the school's track team. She made districts in track with two events, Triple Jump, and 4-1 Relay, both of which placed and got fifth. She has dedicated her time to art and won a few medals. She does speech and debate, having done debate for two years and speech for one year. She is currently learning Python and Java programming. She's also a dancer and plays the flute. She's on her school's National Junior Honor Society team and volunteers at places such as the Houston Food Bank, Music of Harmony, and C.A.R.E organization.