Creative and Performing Arts
The North Pulaski High School band is a 22-time consecutive winnerEmpty citation‎ (help) of the Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association (ASBOA) Sweepstakes Award. In addition, the marching band has been awarded the 1991 Sweepstakes Winner at Worlds of Fun Music Festival in Kansas City, Missouri; the 1994 Best in Class at North American Music Festival in Atlanta, Georgia and the Arkansas representative in the 1997, 2000 and 2003 National Independence Day Parade in Washington, DC. The choral program at North Pulaski continuously scores First Division ratings at evaluative festivals, and places large numbers of students in the Region and State choirs.
The Drama and Competitive Speech program at North Pulaski is competitive and became one of the charter chapters of the Arkansas district of the National Forensic League (speech and debate honor society). North Pulaski has won Sweepstake awards at statewide tournaments and produce two mainstage productions a year. North Pulaski is known for its Performing Arts Department offering classes in Drama, Stagecraft, and Competitive Speaking.
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