Juniors Madison T. and Erika P. create characters for speech fundamentals class.  Throughout the semester, students will develop characters defining their characteristics through movement, speech, and interactions with other characters.

Also, students will draft, edit, revise, direct, and produce their own one act play.  Students practice weekly monologues as well as a study of theater terms and techniques, often with the support of Barter's Project REAL.  Additionally, students in speech fundamentals will help evaluate open auditions for this year's one act competition piece:  The 10 Best/Worst Things About High School, by M. G. Davidson.  The Patrick Henry Drama Department will compete in the VHSL One Act Sectional Theatre Festival this fall and looks forward to continuing a successful program after competing in regional competition last fall.  Good luck Rebel actors! 

We want to congratulate the girls and boys track teams on their outstanding track season in the Spring. Congratulations to the girls team who finished state runner up. Catherine G. led the team by winning two individual state championships in the 1600 meters and the 3200 meters. Maggie B. was state runner up in the triple jump. Others making the All State team were Madison B., Abigail B., Katie C., Rebekah T., Maria H., Kimi W., Annie S., Haydyn F., and Casey Q.

And congratulations to the boys track team as they won the first Boys team state championship in school history, beating runner up Covington by 14 points. Leading the boys team was Alex D. who won his 5 th overall individual state championship and his third in the 110 hurdles. The boys 4 x 100 meter relay team consisting of Alex D., Zach B., Jackson C., and Connor B. also won the state championship with a school record time of 43.67 seconds. Gavin G. was state runner up in the 800 meters and the 3200 meters, Connor B. was state runner up in the 200 meters, and Austin F. was state runner up in the 300 hurdles. Also making the all state team were Jarrett A., Brady S., Cole D., and Campbell B.

Also congratulations to Gavin G. who broke the school record in the 3200 meters in a time of 9:54.41, a record which had stood since 1993 and Alex D. who broke the school record in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.48 seconds, a record that had stood since 1980. Congratulations again to the girls for their state runner up finish and the boys, 2017 state champions.

For many people, a total solar eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime event, so students at Patrick Henry High School jumped at the opportunity to travel to Clemson University, which was in the path of totality.

While on campus, the students took a tour of the campus, ate at a dining hall, and, oh yeah, saw a total eclipse of the sun!  Clemson University reports that fifty-thousand people visited the campus to witness the natural phenomenon that hasn’t happened in the United States for 99 years; a coast-to-coast total solar eclipse.