The Hattiesburg Public School District is proud to announce that HHS Senior Parker Krag has received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Parker, the son of Charlotte and Roy Krag and grandson of Lynn Grantham, was one of the first students from Mississippi to receive an appointment this year. Parker was nominated for appointment by Senators Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran and by Representative Steven Palazzo. Senator Wicker's Office made the formal…

Hattiesburg Forensics competed at the 2013 National Individual Events Tournament of Champions in San Antonio this past weekend. 100 schools representing 32 states competed at Saint Mary's Hall over the three day competition. HHS fielded six qualifiers and landed four in the final rounds of…

The Hattiesburg Public School District is proud to announce that HHS Senior Parker Krag has received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Parker, the son of Charlotte and Roy Krag and grandson of Lynn Grantham, was one of the first students from Mississippi to receive an appointment…

This weekend the NR Burger Forensics will host the first ever Hub City Junior Invitational Forensics Competition Saturday, April 20, at NR Burger Middle School from 8am until 4pm. The team has had an impressive season this year, besting many high school competitors and this is only the team's…

Hattiesburg HS Forensics captured the 2013 Mississippi Forensic League Championship plaque and the Mississippi Traveling trophy this past weekend at Oak Grove HS.  (This marks the 10th State title won by the team since 2000.)  

The team received the 1st place overall position after finishing the…

Hattiesburg High is hosting the MHSAA State Championships for Speech Events, Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas, and Policy on April 26 & 27. More info about the tournament and the Congressional Debate in Madison:

MHSAA State Championships Congressional Debate, April 20, 2013, Madison Central High School.

MHSAA State Championships Speech events, Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas, and Policy, April 26-27, 2013, Hattiesburg High School.

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Hattiesburg HS Forensics competed at the 2013 Mississippi Forensic League Congressional Debate Championships held this past weekend at Murrah HS. HHS fielded 10 students in the competition and 5 of those students advanced from preliminary chambers of competition to the super session (Jonas Johnson-Senate,…

(Pictured left to right: Treya Brown, Deja Samuel, Isreal Lyons, and Paris McClendon)

Hattiesburg HS returned to the final round again this year at the Harvard National Invitational in Cambridge.  Treya Brown and Paris McClendon, presenting For Colored Girls, finished 5th in Duo…

NR Burger Forensics continued to show excellence during the competition season.  The students competed at the Sacred Heart Junior Invitational this past Saturday.  The team competed against four different teams, including Sacred Heart Junior High, Laurel Middle School, and Presbyterian Christian School.…

NR Burger Forensics is extremely competitive with some seasoned competition from high school programs from the area, region, and nation, despite being a middle school program in only its second year!

NR Burger Forensics Coach Rachel Clapper (pictured left) credits the team’s success to a…

The NR Burger Forensics team once again excelled at a high school competition.

William Carey University came to HHS on Thursday and showed how the fine arts can flourish outside of a high school setting.

The William Carey Music Department performed Stephen Sondheim's "Putting It Together," a musical revue of some of Sondheim's best songs from his famous musicals. The…

Competing against over 200 schools at the 38th Barkley Forum for High Schools at Emory University, seniors Treya Brown and Paris McClendon, presenting For Colored Girls by Ntozake Shange, bested the highly competitive field capturing the coveted gold key and championship trophy presented at the Emory Woodruff Science Center.



The national tourney win catapults the HHS Forensic team to a 3rd place ranking nationally by DebateRankings.com.…

Hattiesburg HS represented Mississippi at the Martin Luther King Invitational, James Logan HS-New Haven Unified School District, in Union City, California. Competing against 89 schools from across the country, including perennial national championship contenders and host, James Logan, HHS speakers put the nation on notice winning 1st place in Dramatic Interpretation. …

Completing the regular season undefeated, HHS Speech and Debate won Overall Team Sweepstakes at the Petal Panther Classic Forensics Invitational at Petal High School this past weekend.  Over 300 students competed at the regional event. The NR Burger Forensics Team had more semi-finalists and finalists at a high school competition than in its entire three year history

HHS won the following events:

Parker Krag, 1st place, Congressional…

NR Burger Forensics team once again showed excellence at the Oak Grove Warrior Invitational. The middle school team had multiple students place in rounds against varsity high school competitors. Derek Collins and D'anorez Pams placed second in duet acting and Collins also placed 3rd in Humorous Interpretation. NR Burger Team President Chrystal Wilson and Derek Collins semi-finalled in Varsity Poetry Interpretation.

The NR Burger team is now preparing for Pascagoula's Singing River…

For the fourth consecutive year, Hattiesburg HS Forensics won the Overall Sweepstakes award at the Oak Grove Warrior Invitational this past weekend. The team scored 114 sweeps points topping Laurel Christian School with 76 and Petal HS with 51 who finished in second and third place respectively.  Over twenty public, private, and parochial schools competed in the tournament.

Senior Treya Brown captured the Individual Overall Sweepstakes for her performances both days…