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MONTGOMERY ACADEMY MOCK TRIAL TEAM PLACES 4TH IN NATION
Coached and led by Stephanie Hill , a team of five MA Upper School students spent the first week of August in Minneapolis participating in a mock trial competition at St . Paul ' s beautiful Capitol Complex . The group placed fourth in the nation . The YMCA ' s National Judicial Conference attendees placed first in the regional competition and third in the state competition last fall and received a bid to attend NJC at the conclusion of Alabama YMCA ' s Youth Judicial statewide mock trial event . Seniors Holden Habermacher , Charlie Hill , Claire Moore , and Laura Stanton Strickler traveled with sophomore John Alford . The group was tasked with learning both the plaintiff and defense sides of a fictional case where a high-performing high school track athlete died after illegal steroid use . Alford and Moore were witnesses on each side of the case . Habermacher initially prepared to be an attorney in the event but stepped into the third witness role at the last minute when team member Katie Brown was delayed during travel . Strickler and Hill were attorneys and absorbed Habermacher ' s attorney role . The team intends to compete together again and MA looks forward to hosting Alabama YMCA ' s Youth Judicial regional competition this fall .
BTW DANCER OFFERED TO TRAIN AT DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM
Booker T . Washington Magnet High School senior Lauren Rudolph has received an offer to train as a future company dancer at the Dance Theatre of Harlem . Lauren auditioned for and was accepted to attend the Dance Theatre of Harlem ’ s Summer Intensive on a full merit scholarship and afterward received the offer to train with the theatre . She chose to complete her senior year as a BTW Dance Magnet member and company dancer at Montgomery ’ s Symphony Q Academy of Dance ( SQAD ). Her BTW dance instructors are Joy Ohme and LaQuangela Littleton .
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