Rose Beilman
Pratt Tribune
After competing at the West Kansas National Qualifying Tournament, all of Pratt High s forensics kids who made it into semi-finals will be going to nationals competition. On Friday, April 16th and Saturday, April 17th, sophomore Alyssa Green and senior Hogan Thompson competed through five rounds to earn 1st at the qualifier, which will propel them into the NSDA virtual nationals tourney.
Other students also earned top medals to qualify for nationals. Senior Colby Barradas earned #2 in Program Oral Interpretation (POI) and #3 in Humorous Interpretation, but since he had to choose only one primary event to bring (part of the NSDA rules), he chose POI. This senior made it to NSDA s virtual competition last year in 2020 at the national level, and with a Dramatic Interp, he made it past all of the preliminary rounds and into the top 60 nationwide. He s hoping to best that placement this year with his POI about the pandemic.
Ruby Howell
Pratt Tribune
Two Pratt High School activity groups made presentations at the April 12, 2021 meeting of the Pratt USD 382 Board of Education, extending the timein session but enlightening those in attendance as to what these groups have been up to. Board of Education President Bill Bergner called the meeting to order at the ACE building, noting the attendance of Pratt High Student Council representatives.
First on the agenda was the PHS Robotics team, who gave a presentation about their club and the recent awards they won this past season. The presentation was led by Andrew Van Slyke (jr), team manager, Nick Vail (sr), head programmer, and Mr. Heath Sharp (advisor). The Robotics team has been at PHS since 2006, and they have competed through several organizations throughout the years. This year, robotics looked a little different due to COVID-19. However, the PHS team did not falter with all the change and won their local hub competition, as well the Top Gun Overal
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Rose Beilman
Pratt Tribune
The Pratt High School 47th Annual Scholarship Banquet will be held at the Pratt Municipal Building on Monday, April 19, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. Graduate Christina Howell from the class of 2005, stylist and local owner of Signature Style, will speak to the students.
In consideration and continued concern to maintain social distancing guidelines and safety for students and their families, the scholarship committee is limiting in-person banquet attendance to junior and senior students and their parents. They feel it’s important to recognize Pratt High School students for their academic achievements.
The “Greenbacks Styling the Future” themed banquet will give the committee an opportunity to challenge the students for the future as well as honor them for their outstanding accomplishments this year. This theme will correspond with Howell’s background and message.