March 28, 2019 — The Harding Academy Wildcat Theatre Co. will present “Radium Girls” on Saturday, March 30 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 31 at 2 p.m. in the Academy auditorium. Written with warmth and humor, “Radium Girls” is a fast-moving, highly theatrical ensemble piece featuring the 16 Advanced Theatre students who play more than 30 roles — friends, co-workers, fiancés, relatives, attorneys, scientists,
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Nov. 28, 2018 — Wildcat Theatre Company’s production of Newsies, the smash-hit musical, played at Harding Academy from November 30 to December 1. The musical featured a score by eight-time Academy Award® winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Sister Act) and Jack Feldman and a book by four-time Tony Award® winner Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy). Set in New
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Oct. 10, 2018 — Harding Academy hosted the eighth annual Micah Rine Wildcat Legacy Race at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. The race began at the Academy campus and included a 5K race and 1-mile run/walk. The event is named for Micah Rine, a former Harding Academy and Harding University student who was murdered in 2009 at age 26. “Micah was a runner and loved the
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June 15, 2018 — The Harding Academy Junior High Quiz Bowl team was named the winner of the 11th Annual Junior National Academic Championship in Chicago on Monday, June 11, 2018. Approximately 20 junior high teams from around the United States participated in the three-day national competition. “Quiz Bowl is more than memorizing facts; it involves math computation, critical thinking and teamwork,” said Kevin Ganus,
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Aug. 9, 2017 — The Academy’s Breakaway 3937 robotics team was among nine American teams invited to the 2017 China Robotics Challenge in Zhengzhou, China, on July 18-30. Blane Eaken, Evan Hall, Clara Henderson and Anna Westbrook were teamed with students from Lights Out 323, a team from Mountain Home, Arkansas, to compete using Breakaway’s robot, Dreadnought. “Our mission is to bring science, technology, engineering
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May 3, 2017 — On Friday, May 5, Harding Academy will break ground on an addition and renovations to its current facility. The $6 million project will help eliminate the need for portable classrooms currently in use as well as create room for growth. “We appreciate Harding University president Bruce McLarty and the board of trustees’ approval of this expansion project,” said Academy Superintendent James Simmons. “We are
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March 31, 2017 — Harding Academy’s robotics team Breakaway 3937 qualified for the FIRST Robotics World Championships while competing at the Bayou Regional in New Orleans from March 23-25. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology) is an organization focused on inspiring young people for futures in science and engineering related fields. This is the team’s fifth time to qualify for the world championship competition
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March 30, 2017 — The Columbia Scholastic Press Association recognized Harding Academy’s yearbook, “The Wildcat” as a Scholastic Silver Crown winner at the 93rd annual Scholastic Convention on March 17 in New York. “Our yearbook staff worked with great passion and intensity and did a marvelous job,” said Superintendent James Simmons. “I am so pleased they are seeing their efforts receive great commendation.” From a national pool of
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