Time flies when you’re having fun! The Myers Park Hoofprint Staff can hardly believe the third quarter is coming to a close this 2022-2023 school year. This year so far has not failed to demonstrate what community looks like, as it has been full of endless, special moments of fun, learning, and accomplishments. Going into the 4th quarter, there is only more for students and staff to look forward to. It is always a good day to be a Mustang!
Just recently, there has been huge accomplishments for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams. The boys ended their season by bringing home the trophy from UNC’s Dean Dome in the 2023 NHSA 4A State Championship! All in the same weekend, the New Balance Indoor Track Nationals was held in Boston and members of the Myers Park Track team competed against the best high school runners in the nation. Events included the Men’s 4 x 400m, women’s 60 m Dash, Women’s 5000 M run and 1 mile, Women’s 800M run. The winter sports’ season will be hard to beat, but the start of the season for spring sports gets students, staff, and MP supporters excited for warm weather, spring flowers, and more wins to come.
Outside of the sports scene, MP Odyssey of the Mind groups placed high at the central region tournament and won The Fusca award. The chess team won the CMSCA high school team tournament, DECA attended the North Carolina State Conference, and orchestra students have been selected to participate in Western regionals. Along with such amazing awards, Dream Team has been active at the park in many ways that included their kindness week, full of activities related to positivity. They also held a January Hygiene drive, and the organization is now planning the Prayers for Elijah Kickball tournament on Friday, March 31.
Enough about the accomplishments of so many clubs and organizations at The Park, let’s talk about the fun that has been filling the time of some MP Seniors off campus. As some students and community members might have heard, the ‘senior assassin’ game has been full of intensity and determination from participating seniors this year! With a money award of over $800, many seniors have been dedicated to the act of sneaky water gun assassinations. In the first round, over 180 students were participating and hopeful that they would make it through the week to move on to the next round, but after just round one, there were only 69 students remaining. After week two, the reaiming students continue to try their hardest to eliminate their target via water guns, and not be eliminated by another student in the process. May the best senior mustang win!
In other senior news, there has been a busy schedule for students in the 12th grade, and it will only get more busy from here as we head into the spring. Senior ‘skip day’ was Friday, March 17th, and St. Paddy’s day was celebrated by most seniors that day. Just the week before, there was a classwide senior meeting where details about graduation and other exciting announcements were discussed as well as the distribution of senior t-shirts and graduation cap and gowns. June 12th, 2023 is the date for the graduation ceremony, where graduates will walk the stage at 7:30 in the Spectrum Center, in the heart of Charlotte. But seniors, do not forget to show up for the graduation rehearsal at 5:30 on June 5th, also held at the Spectrum Center. Along with the big graduation day, there will also be a “T-shirt Day”, as well as a senior carnival, where students get to share their future plans on a shirt and wear that to take pictures and celebrate finishing out their high school careers! Stay tuned into the Myers Park High School Instagram to follow up for specific dates and times for such events!