Achievements Congratulations are in order •
To Sophie Bougeois, Erin O’Brien, Somer Smith and Alternate Aurin Woods who were selected to the All-State Choir.These girls will be performing for All-State at the Opryland Hotel in April.
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Alyssa Donato who appeared in the Crittenden Youth Theatre production of A Christmas Story,The Musical in December.
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Jessica Foster for receiving The Excellence in Acting Award from Playhouse on The Square Conservatory last summer.
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To Niki Lewis and Christian Presley who were selected to the Junior High All-West Choir.
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Emma Sorette who appeared in the Ballet Memphis production of The Nutcracker at the Orpheum Theatre in December.
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To Vanessa Tejada for her selection to the Columbia Engineering Experience at New York’s Columbia University in October.
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To Baylee Theilemier who auditioned and was selected for the prestigious “Open Jar Institute” Broadway prep program in New York City in July and on her recent casting in Playhouse on The Square’s Sister Act next summer.
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To Jacob Timmins and Allison Weske, who were guests of the Memphis Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis “Dinner for Winners” in December for their achievements in AP Macro Economics. • To Eric Rosenthal who recently earned his Eagle Scout ranking for his project of providing new perches and clean cages at the MidSouth Raptor Center. • Emily Haff, Rebecca Nieves and Erin Haff, who are national winners, placing in the 75th percentile or higher in the National French Exam last spring. Emily placed 12th nationally and 11th in the state. Rebecca and Erin placed 14th nationally and 13th in the state.
Sophie Bougeois participated in the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition at University of Memphis this fall and brought home 2nd place honors for musical theater and 3rd place for classical. She advances to the State competition in Knoxville in the spring. Sophie was also selected as a member of the All-National Honor Ensembles Mixed Choir for Soprano 2 in June by the National Association for Music Education.
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