5/4/26 Fine Arts Department News

HPMS Band Concert Thursday, May 14th in the HPMS Gym - 6:30pm. This will culminate the year in a huge mass band performance! Hope to see you there!

On April 23rd the HPISD Fine Arts Department hosted the District Art Show in the Clements Center. The District Art Show is one of the longest running traditions in HPISD Fine Arts! The show is an opportunity for our visual artists to present the skills they have learned to the public. It was a joy to see students of all ages, their families, friends, and teachers celebrating these works of art. Special thanks to HP Arts and Campus PTO's for their support of this event.

The HP team, Rooted, won second place in Urban Land Institute's Urban Plan project based learning competition. The 5 member team consisting of Marleigh Johnston as Site Planner, Josh Wade as Financial Director, Elle Pace as Environment & Equity Director, Bonnie Engstrom as Neighborhood Liaison and Max Taylor as Marketing Director, responded to a fictional Request for Proposal and planned how to redevelop a distressed district.

The Singing Scots competed at the Region XX UIL Concert and Sight Reading competition. Four different ensembles competed, with all four receiving a "Sweepstakes" trophy!!!! This is the highest rating a musical ensemble can receive and means that all 4 groups were rated first division by all six judges! The students sang with artistry, passion, and served the music—well done to the entire choral department!! Please congratulate them on a job well done!

Camden Coale and Layton Braziel won the 5A UIL Cross Examination Debate State Tournament on March 22nd! The guys are pictured here at trophy pick up day! These seniors are State Champions for a 2nd time in a row, having qualified for the State Tournament all four years of their high school career.

CONGRATULATIONS to HPHS Theatre on 9 nominations for The Schmidt & Jones High School Musical Awards for Pippin including Best Musical. These awards honor excellence in high school musical theatre in the DFW area!

⭐️Best Musical

⭐️Best Ensemble

⭐️Best Actor: Jaron Pierce (Pippin)

⭐️Best Actress: Camille Huckaby (Catherine)

⭐️Best Supporting Actress: Sage Rockow (Berthe)

⭐️Best Male Ensemble: Alfred Sun

⭐️Best Female Ensemble: Charlotte York

⭐️Best Sound Design: Biviyana Bhattarai

⭐️Best Stage Management: Faith Mazzucchi and Cadie Walsh

Our Pippin ensemble will perform a musical number at the awards show on Tuesday, May 12th at Moody Performance Hall! We are beyond proud of this “extraordinary” Cast & Crew, Ms. Murphy, Mr. Burnam, Mrs. Walker and Ms. Armoni!

On April 22nd, the HPMS Drumline traveled to Armstrong Elementary School! The drumline performed in a pep rally and helped celebrate the announcement of the 4th grade class gift.

The HPMS Band recently competed in the North Texas Festival of Distinction, earning superior ratings for both the Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band! Way to go Band!

On Monday, April 27, HPMS Choir had their voice lesson recital. It was a huge success! Thank you to our wonderful voice teachers, Ms. Grace Monsanto and Ms. Emily Hansen, for all of their hard work preparing our students for the recital.

Raider Orchestra student volunteers performed at HPCulture Fest on Saturday April 18th for the first time in our program's history!

Beginning, Philharmonic, and Chamber Orchestras participated in the Pride of Texas Performance Festivals in Plano on April 17th. All Orchestras came home with 1 ratings. Chamber Orchestra received 1+ distinction which is reserved for Orchestras that had a performance that was above and beyond.

Orchestra students had a blast celebrating the EOY at our final social of the year at Six Flags of Texas, benefiting Children's Hospital Auxiliary Network. It has been a fun filled month for Orchestra!

The cast and crew of Beauty and the Beast welcomed audiences for performances in April! The production was a huge success! On April 10th, HPMS Theatre enjoyed a special workshop and evening performance with former "Broadway Belle", Kerry Butler! Thank you to all for your support of Raider Drama!

Our PreK students are learning about space in their classroom right now. In art, we learned how to draw stars with crayon, and then we painted with glitter watercolor paint for the background. Finally, we learned about the Artemis space mission and colored the rocket ship and the moon to finish off our pieces! Look at all our future astronauts!

HP Arts brought percussionist Mark Shelton to Hyer Elementary to perform for 2nd and 3rd grade students. His program Strike, Scrape and Shake was entertaining and educational!