Once again, the festive season is upon us, and we find ourselves wrapping up another year. As we prepare to welcome 2022, I would like to share some thoughts with you and to extend heartfelt good wishes to you and yours.

In my two years as president of the school board, the thing that stands out above and beyond all else is PASSION. Each person I have met cares deeply and genuinely for each student, teacher, staff member, and our shared mission. I am honored to be in such a committed community. I know that there is no greater reward than the opportunity to work with passionate people in an outstanding organization.

But our journey never stops! We have grown and evolved much over the past 16 years and this year has been both a time for reflection and, also, for contemplation on the opportunities for what comes next. Over the past 10 months, the Harding Fine Arts Academy School Board with input from teachers, volunteers, and students, has worked diligently to create a new strategic plan.

With guidance from this plan, we aim to take Harding Fine Arts Academy into its future with the resources, facilities, and instructional vision needed to clearly establish our school as the flagship school in which to receive an arts-filled, uncompromisingly rigorous education that equips our students to take their rightful place in the world.

I recognize and appreciate everything you have done to make our school a success this past year. In the coming year I commit to listen to your input as we shape curriculum, expand programs, and renovate our historic building for the 21st century. 

If you feel passionately about our mission, I want to encourage you make a donation to the Student Success Fund in honor of our students and teachers. Even $25 will go a long way to ensuring we continue our mission.

Thank you for your past support. I am eager to see how much we can accomplish together in the next year. I hope you have a blessed holiday season!

With the Firehawk Spirit,

Jean Hendrickson

School Board President

Each month faculty and staff select two students from each grade as the student of the month. Please join us in congratulating November's students. In order from left to right:

Elizha Durham (9th)

Ashle Zelda’s (10th)

Troy Eades (10th)

Aztrid Moan (12)

Kaylee Khounkhouamdy (12th)

Payton Grier (11th)

Sadie Adams (11th)

Cosmo Duren (9th)

Jakayla Davies is a Junior at Harding Fine Arts Academy. She is involved with National Honor Society and her favorite artistic discipline is visual arts and photography. Her preferred style of art is drawing and sketching. In her opinion, sketching and drawing are the foundations for all artistic avenues. She is most inspired by the artists she sees on social media who spend their lives honing their craft. “Seeing their success helps me to get better at what I do,” she says. Jakayla also enjoys representing her family in the art realm because they have seen a lot of success in other fields such as nursing and forensic science. “I want to be the artists in our family.”

Jakayla chose to attend Harding Fine Arts because she wanted to attend an arts-based high school. She is also a legacy student – her mother went to Harding High School when she was a student! She loves Harding because the teachers have pushed her to become more creative and master her abilities.

“I believe that having a diploma from Harding Fine Arts Academy will help me get into a great art program in college and will also give me the skills to succeed when I get there.”

Not altogether flawless, but in many ways a perfect movie musical, this iconic MGM masterpiece is such an integral part of the fabric of American culture. With Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Hayley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton and Frank Morgan, and such memorable songs as “Follow the Yellow Brick Road,” “We’re Off to See the Wizard” and the Oscar-winning “Over the Rainbow,” no matter how many times you’ve seen it, THE WIZARD OF OZ is a perpetual spirit-lifter, and always better on the big screen!

Concession will be available and all proceeds will benefit the Film Production Club at Harding Fine Arts Academy.

Masks are encouraged while not enjoying concessions and all audience members will be asked to social distance in the auditorium.

Are you interested in reconnecting with your fellow Harding graduates? Mentoring future community leaders? Supporting a century old institution? All while having fun?

 

 

The Harding Alumni Association, or HAA, was established in the summer of 2021 with the purpose of fostering a spirit of loyalty and promoting the general welfare of Harding Fine Arts Academy. Today, we are inviting you to become a member of this rapidly growing organization.

Being a member of the Harding Family comes with an overwhelming sense of pride for our beloved alma mater. This year, we hope to bring you new and revitalized opportunities that allow you to grow and express your pride for the school; such as Tailgate Parties with current students, Alumni Reunions, social hours, a scholarship program, mentorship and more!

To be included in the class notes, please send your announcement with your name and class year to alumni@hfaafoundation.org.

To join this list, become a corporate sponsor today!