• Congratulations to this year's Rising Star Challenge Winners - Junior Division - Overall - 1st Place - Katara Banks, 2nd Place - The Littles, 3rd Place - Dy'she Mansfield. Senior Division - Visual Arts - 1st Place - De'Sean Isom, 2nd Place - Aaron Dorsett, 3rd Place - Diana Flores. Senior Division - Overall - 1st Place (tie) - PC Network / Bryan Thompson, 2nd Place (tie) - Kelly Thomas / Lyric Pickens, 3rd Place - Blaze Stahl.

• Thank you to the students, parents, and staff that supported the canned food drive yesterday. Great community relations and we actually collected food for the victims of the Southern Indiana tornadoes!

• Congratulations to this week's attendance winners! Middle School: Jade Armstead; High School: Anika Johnston. Please see the social workers in Room C250 to pick up your prize!

• Congratulations to the Broad Ripple Magnet High School Symphony Band, the first middle school band EVER to travel to contest from our school. On Saturday, they made history while earning a GOLD rating for their performance. Keep up the good work!

• Extreme congratulations to senior Joy Johnston!! Her painting for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards has received a Silver Key award in the National competition. There will be a ceremony in New York City in May. Rocket Artists Rule!

• Congratulations Petra Carrillo, Regional Academic All-Star! A well earned honor for our valedictorian! Congratulations, Petra!

• This past Saturday, the middle school students in Treble Choir participated in the ISSMA Middle School Music Festival. These young ladies were the only girl's ensemble entered in Group I - the highest and most difficult level of the festival. The Treble Choir performed 3 selections and received a Gold Division rating for their outstanding performance.

• Congratulations to the following POWER TEAM students who received awards this past Saturday at the 2012 IPS Weight Lifting contest.

MALE award winners - 150lb.-below wt. class - Greg Mansfield finished 1st in the Broad Jump 9'6, Jonathon Schumpert finished 3rd in the Broad Jump 9'0. 151-185 wt. class - Ajani McClendon finished 1st in his wt. class, Chase Parker finished 2nd in the Pro-Agility, Donte Ferguson finished 3rd in the Broad Jump. 186-220 wt. class - Sir Chris Jones finished 3rd in his wt. class, Sir Chris Jones finished 2nd in the Pro-Agility, Sir Chris Jones finished 1st in the Broad Jump. 221-above wt. class - Nathan Gay finished 3rd in the Broad Jump.

FEMALE award winners - 151-above wt. class - Laveda Chester finished 1st in the wt. class, Ayanne McGill finished 3rd in the wt. class

Overall Team Score-Broad Ripple finished 2nd overall, losing by a few pts. GREAT JOB POWER TEAM!!!

• Congratulations Julian Pickens and Asia Martin, winners in the annual Y Men's and Women's essay contest. Julian will win a $100 savings bond and Asia will win a $50 savings bond.