Fayetteville High School combined two events today that signal the school year is almost finished. The Parade of Champions was held at Harmon Field, and student groups in every area that won a first or second place in a state competition were recognized.

Following the parade, the Moving Up Assembly, which has quickly become a tradition at FHS, was held on the field. The faculty formed a gauntlet through which the seniors walked, stopping to hug and thank their teachers. Juniors and sophomores watched, and the juniors then took places in the Senior bleachers.

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Six FHS seniors have signed to participate in collegiate athletics in signing ceremonies at FHS on May 8 & 9. The students are:

• Aidan Swain, University of Arkansas (track and cross country)
• Tevin Whitney,  University of Arkansas (track and cross country)
  
• Macy Manning, Princeton University (track and cheerleading)  
• Nathan Varady, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (football)
• Will Montgomery, Rhodes College (soccer)
• Parker Meinecke, Southern Methodist University (swimming & diving)

Congrats to these seniors!

Congratulations to the FHS Boys Track team for winning the 2012 7A state championship yesterday in Rogers! The FHS Girls Track Team finished as the state runnerup.

Individual event winners for the Bulldogs included Tevin Whitney (800 meters), Aidan Swain (1600 meters), Jorge Gonzales (300 meter hurdles), Boys 4x400 relay team, Boys 4x800 relay team, Bradley Culp (pole vault), and Sydney Conley (100 meters, long jump).

Congratulations to both teams on yet another banner year!

Thirty-three FHS juniors have been selected to attend the 2012 Arkansas Governor's School this summer at Hendrix College. Those selected include: Clayton Adams, Prashant Anand, Mia Bautista, Alahna Blakeman, Isabella Blakeman, Phillip Brida, Margot Brown, Peter DeLong, Samuel Goll, Elizabeth Harrison, Sarah Huang, Min Kim, Nate Korth, Katherine Kroening, Catherine LeBlanc, Tony Li, Fariah Majid, Eleni Mauromoustakos, Rebecca McCann, Emily McComas, Dylan Moore, Megan Prettyman, Amber Sarvestani, Sarah Stark, Christine Tan, Nicole Villacres, Angela Wang, Mathew Wang, Amelia Whitaker, Shelby Williams, Nilufar Zaifi, Haley Zega, and Sydney Zotti.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to FHS seniors Macy Manning and Peter Montgomery for being named the 2012 Matthew Moore Superior Students by the Northside Rotary Club.

Matthew Moore was the first Superior Student to visit the Northside Rotary Club when the program began in the fall of 1990. After his death in an auto accident in the spring of 1991, the club named the Superior Student Scholarship in his honor and has given two scholarships (one male, one female) each year since.

FHS Seniors Macy Manning and Peter Montgomery have been named to the Arkansas Times' 2012 Academic All-Star Team, which highlights the accomplishments of the top 20 high school seniors in the state.

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Congratulations!

Pieces of varying sizes from the old FHS Gym floor for now for sale. If you are interested, please come by the FPS Athletic Offices during normal business hours (M-F, 8-5). Pieces will be sold on a first come, first served basis.

The floor has been divided in two categories:

• Strips of wood with any purple on it. This wood is approximately 1.5 inches wide and varies in length from a couple of inches to about 15 inches. These pieces are $30.
• Strips of wood without purple, similar to above but without purple are marked at $20.

For more information call Linda at 479.973.8683.

Fayetteville High School is once again the top high school in Arkansas in Advanced Placement Scholars. Two hundred and twenty one FHS students achieved AP Scholar status on the 2011 exams, including the following current FHS students:

SCHOLARS WITH DISTINCTION: Connor Ahrendsen, Sami Belford, Emile Blouin, Serena Caffrey, Timothy Dahms, Alex Freeman, Joel Freeman, Kathy Gea, Andrew Kaiser, Hunter LaTourette, Abigail Lee, Macy Manning, Nicole McNabb, Peter Montgomery, Mark Owens, George Paulson, Ryan Pinter, Carlin Purcell, Hyrum Richardson, Austin Ross, Rob Rutherford, Tyler Steiner, Emily Webb, Helen Zhang, and Rachel Zweig.

SCHOLARS WITH HONOR: Forest Agee, Meg Austin, Andrew Bakewell, Emily Beaver, Erin Boss, Tim Cavell, Ashley Cunningham, Colin Devine, Ryann Flippo, Brandon Fross, Aaron Gibson, Madison Harper, Austin Hayes, Tyler Ho, Kaitlyn Hurlbut, Kyle Lawrence, Stephanie Long, Cody McAbee, Matt McEver, Will McEver, Will McIntyre, Madison Pitts, Kaylee Scott, Ezra Smith, Harrison Smith, Bethany Sykes, Stephen Thoma, Nathan Varady, Hannah Weber, and Ian Wicks.

SCHOLARS: Shannon Airola, Shelby Armstrong, Briana Boyd, Deven Bolding, Austin Bramwell,, Katherine Buehling, John Cale, Cameron Clark, Jesse Clark, Emerald Cole, Alyssa Cover, Kagan Dupuy-Reagan, Rachael England, Hannah Golden, Carter Harlan, Ethan Hetherington, Taylor Hightower, Harrison Hunt, Andrew Ironside, Cydney Johnson, Jae Kim, Meredith Lea, Caroline Lehman, Kaitlin Lobb, Miracle Loniak, Byron McClendon, Parker Meinecke, Cat Milus, Will Montgomery, Katelyn Page, Ally Rohrbach, Dylan Roth, Erin Schaffer, Conner Stevens, Jordana Thibado, Josh Thurman, Courtney Ulrich, Tyler Umphred, Derek Wilson, and Alec Yenawine.

A Scholar with Distinction is a student who has an average of 3.5+ on all AP exams taken with a grade of 3+ on at least 5 exams. A Scholar with Honor has an average of 3.25+ on all AP exams taken with a grade of 3+ on at least 4 exams. An AP Scholar has an average of 3+ on at least 3 exams.

Congratulations to these students for their outstanding work!