The Marionette would like to extend congratulations to the students who have represented the school in various spring activities. We feel it is important to be strong both academically and in extra-curricular activities. Thank you to the following students and groups for their tireless pursuit of excellence:

The following Speech and Debate students qualified for the state tournament:

Policy Debate: Alana Austin & Joey Maher and Bobby Walters & Robby Walters

Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Wesley Tomlin and Rachel Wood

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking: Alana Austin, Jorja Rose, and Wesley Tomlin

Poetry: Jorja Rose

Alternates: Holly Osterberg (Poetry) and Isaac Kabrick (Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking)

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Congratulations to Jorja Rose, who, in addition to being successful in speech and debate, had her science fiction story and memoir selected as Gold Key winners in the Scholastic Art and Writing Contest. Her memoir also won an American Voices medal, which she will travel to Carnegie Hall to accept. Jorja also qualified for the National Forensics League National Tournament in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking. She is the first from Harding to do so. Great job Jorja!

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Preston Selby was selected into the 2013 All-State Boys swimming.

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Many band, orchestra  and choir students went to contests, and did very well. Here are their scores:

Rachel Howard — violin solo, III

Seth Hill — violin solo, III

String Orchestra — II

Advanced Percussion Ensemble (Stephen Fields, Emily Holliday, Isai Lopez, Jacob Seikel, Aaron Gonzalez, Guillaume Saaty) –II

Intermediate Percussion Ensemble (Guillaume Saaty, Elise Widmer, Claire Widmer, Rebekah Dow, Daniel Henthorn, Blanca Gonzalez, Phillip Le) — II

Matt Webb — alto sax solo, II

Blanca Gonzalez — alto sax solo, II

Daniel Henthorn — baritone sax solo, II

Stephen Fields — snare solo, II

Kayleigh Peters and Lizzy Ta –violin duet, II

Seth Hill and Danny Nguyen –violin duet, II

Claire Widmer — clarinet solo, I (with music, not state-eligible)

Jake Burga — tenor solo, I (with music, not state-eligible)

Allegra Knight — oboe solo, I

Cerelia Larrinaga — cello solo, I

Blanca Gonzalez, Matt Webb, Jake Burga, Daniel Henthorn — sax quartet, I

Rebekah Dow, Claire Widmer, CJ Koso — clarinet trio, I

Elise Widmer, Allegra Knight, Rebekah Dow, Mitchel Williams — woodwind quartet, I

David Messiah, vocal solo, II

Logann Wyatt and Torrie Eddens, vocal duet, II

Elise Widmer, vocal solo, I

Hannah Mitchell, vocal solo, I

Zach Teller, Marc Noto, Luis Palomino, Gage Hitzeman, and Chris Salzwedel, vocal quintet, I

Allegra Knight, Elise Widmer, Hannah Mitchell, Cerelia Larrinaga, the vocal quintet, the sax quartet, the clarinet trio and the woodwind quartet are all going to state! Awesome job guys!

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Congratulations to all of the sophomores and juniors tapped for NHS who will be initiated on April 10.

The Boys’ Soccer team won third place in their tournament on Saturday, beating Muskogee, a 6A school.

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Again, thank you to all of the students, mentioned and not, that excel in their daily activities. You’ve done an amazing job, and your successes make HCP even better! Keep up the good work.