Outstanding Performance Award
The files below include all information about the OPA, including school classification levels, award point charts, and helpful information. Please pay close attention to submission deadlines.
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SCMEA ORCHESTRA DIVISION OPA BOOKLET
- Application forms and payment must be submitted by April 1st.
- Verification forms must be submitted by May 10th.
A $50 late fee will be charged per school for late applications. Applications no longer accepted after April 29th.
Good luck to you and your students!
OPA HISTORY
2024-2025 OPA Awards
| Director Name(s): | School Name: | AWARD |
| Chad Hammer | Ten Oaks Middle School | Junior Gold |
| Margaret Selby | Laing Middle School | Junior Gold |
| Katy Martin | Sterling School/Charles Townes Center | Junior Gold |
| Director: Michael Baier, Assistants: Leyla Nero, Sydney Steele, Merrit Jones, Madelyn McGarity | Alice Drive Middle School | Junior Gold |
| Krystin Baier | Bates Middle School | Junior Gold |
| Rachel Shealy | Chapin Middle School | Junior Gold |
| Shelby Lindler | D.R. Hill Middle School | Junior Gold |
| Elizabeth Gibbs | E. L. Wright Middle School | Junior Gold |
| Cortney Dial | Fairforest Middle School | Junior Gold |
| Rebecca Leonard | League Academy | Junior Gold |
| Jennifer Diehn & Allison Key | McCracken Middle School | Junior Gold |
| Celeste Griffith | Southwood Academy of the Arts Middle School | Junior Gold |
| John Roe | Williams Middle School | Junior Gold |
| Payden Nichols | River Oaks Middle School | Junior Silver |
| Patrick W. Murch | Northwood Middle School | Junior Silver |
| Zoe Harbison | Abner Creek Middle School | Junior Silver |
| April Troglauer | Aynor Middle School | Junior Silver |
| Bonnie Pruitt | Beechwood Middle School | Junior Silver |
| Aaron Yackley | Dawkins Middle School | Junior Silver |
| Brian Gencarelli | Florence Chapel Middle School | Junior Silver |
| Matthew Wyatt | L. E. Gable Middle School | Junior Silver |
| William Slechta | Meadow Glen Middle School | Junior Silver |
| Adam Rafferty | Dreher High School | Senior Gold |
| Susan Wines | Byrnes Freshman Academy | Senior Gold |
| Melissa Martin | Lucy Beckham High School | Senior Gold |
| Tammie Burrows | Chesnee High School | Senior Gold |
| Arlyn Mills | Dorman High School | Senior Gold |
| Ann Buttimer | Dorman High School Freshman Campus | Senior Gold |
| Audrey Bass | Eastside High School | Senior Gold |
| James Johnston | Greenville Sr. High Academy | Senior Gold |
| Mark Mooningham | Lexington High School | Senior Gold |
| Alan Clark | Southwood Academy of the Arts High School | Senior Gold |
| Jeff Kuntz and Helen Tipton | Spartanburg High School | Senior Gold |
| Dr. Sharese Pearson-Bush | Stratford High School | Senior Gold |
| Erik Hines & Krystin Baier | Sumter High School | Senior Gold |
| Dr. Ryan Silvestri & Mr. Mitch Goodwin | Wando High School | Senior Gold |
| Kelsey Grant | Byrnes High School | Senior Silver |
| Jeremy F. Shaw | Rock Hill High School | Senior Silver |
| Stephen Williams | Carolina Forest High School | Senior Silver |
2023-2024 GOLD OPA AWARDS
| Alice Drive Middle School | Michael Baier |
| Beechwood Middle School | Bonnie Pruitt |
| Byrnes Freshman Academy | Susan Wines |
| Byrnes High School | Kelsey Grant |
| Charleston School of the Arts High School | Christopher Selby |
| Chesnee High School | Tammie Burrows |
| Chesnee Middle School | Tammie Burrows |
| Dawkins Middle School | Aaron Yackley |
| Dorman High School | Arlyn Mills |
| Dreher High School | Adam Rafferty |
| Eastside High School | Audrey Bass |
| Fairforest Middle School | J. Cortney Dial |
| Greenville Sr. High Academy | James Johnston |
| Laing Middle School | Margaret Selby |
| League Academy | Rebecca Leonard and Matthew Lipinski |
| Lucy Beckham High School | Melissa Martin |
| McCracken MIddle School | Allison Key and Jennifer Diehn |
| Meadow Glen Middle School | William Slechta |
| Riverside High School | Rich Harbison |
| Riverside Middle School | Angela M Rex |
| Southwood Academy of the Arts High School | Alan Clark |
| Southwood Academy of the Arts Middle School | Celeste Griffith |
| Spartanburg High School | Jeff Kuntz and Helen Tipton |
| Sterling School/Charles Townes Center | Katy Martin |
| Sumter High School | Krystin Baier and Erik Hines |
| Ten Oaks Middle School | Chad Hammer |
| Williams Middle School | John Roe |