E-NEWS  9/23/11 

This Week's Highlights  

On Wednesday, all the Cordova students, EC1 through 6th grade, gathered around the Cordova Elementary flags to observe "See You at the Pole." They sang songs and prayed for our nation and all who serve our country. We are very fortunate to live in this country and to attend a school where we have the freedom to worship and pray each day. The White Station and Cherry Road campuses will observe "See You at the Pole" on Wednesday, September 28. 

See pictures - click here 

Four Harding Academy students have been named Commended Students in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program.  Commended Students placed in the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2012 competition by taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). These scholastically talented students will receive a letter of commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program.

"The young men and women being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success," commented a spokesperson for NMSC. "These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation.  We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success."

Harding's Commended Students are John Frizzell, Madison Massey, Jacob Matthews, and Audrey Sharp.

EC - 6th grade News

Cordova Campus: Lions on the Lawn! 

Bring a picnic dinner, your lawn chairs and blankets, or set up to tailgate TONIGHT, September 23, at 5:30. The Cordova campus is the place to be!  Enjoy inflatables and performances by the pee wee and elementary cheerleaders. Remember that the varsity football team will play St. George's AWAY at 7:00! Get ready for a big night.  

STRINGS program REGISTERING NOW! 

Learn to play violin, viola, cello, or bass. Private lessons (and semi-private lessons as needed) are 30 minutes each for $200 per semester ($400 yr.) which is less than $20 per 30-minute lesson - a great deal! These lessons will be at your location after school. Students will also participate in at least four ensemble practices in the fall either on Monday evenings and/or Saturday afternoons in the band room at the Cherry Road campus.     For Grades 3-6.

• Instructor:  Michael Neal 
• Amro Rental night is Thursday, September 29 at 5:00 at the Cordova location.

• Register online with $100 and you will receive an invoice for the balance.  

• Download and print or register online at www.hardinglions.org/leap  

For questions about classes or online registration please contact Sheryl Ragland at ragland.sheryl@hardinglions.org 

Fall Break - October 3-7  

Fall Break is October 3-7; Teacher Inservice is Monday October 10; Classes resume Tuesday, October 11. 

• Holiday Care for EC through 6th grade held at the Cordova campus - CLICK HERE  
• Basketball Camp for JK - 2nd grade held at the Cordova campus - see below 

Questions? Holiday Care:  white.lesa@hardingacademymemphis.org

                   Basketball Camp:  cancienne.kerry@hardingacademymemphis.org 

Jr./Sr. High News

Quarter Exam Schedule   

Monday (9/26)    social studies, speech

Tuesday (9/27)    science, art, music

Wednesday (9/28)    Bible, Spanish, French, sociology 

Thursday (9/29)    mathematics, computer apps, accounting

Friday (9/29)    English, humanities seminar  

Fine Arts News 

Mark your calendars for Harding Academy's fall production, The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, October 20 - 22 at 7:00 p.m.  This is a fabulously fun comedy through the human experience . . . with some prominent voices from literary history . . .  with a twinge of a dark side. The Skin of Our Teeth is directed by Cheryl McClurg so it is sure to be a "must see" for fall.  

Athletics News 

What's Happening Tonight . . .   

Harding Varsity Football in the News . . .   

Harding shuts down the SBEC Trojans - article in the Commercial Appeal

Free Basketball Clinic for Girls (3rd - 6th grade)    

Coach Becky Starks and the Lady Lions are hosting a free basketball clinic.

• Harding Cordova - Tuesday, September 27, 3:30 - 4:30  
• Harding White Station - Wednesday, September 28, 3:30 - 4:30 

Basketball Camp Offered for Fall Break . . .   

Coaches Kevin and Becky Starks will host a Basketball Camp Monday through Wednesday,  October 3-5, in the Harding Academy Cordova Elementary gym. This camp is for students in senior kindergarten through second grade. The cost is $90. Camp begins at 9:00 a.m. and runs through 12:00 p.m. Please make checks payable to Harding Academy. They may be mailed to 1100 Cherry Road, Memphis, TN, 38117. They can also be brought to any elementary campus where they will be placed in our campus mail.

• THIS WEEK IN SPORTS (Cherry Road)
•  THIS WEEK IN ELEMENTARY SPORTS  

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