By: Mikey McGuire
Congratulations to all of our 2025 Scholastic A class finalists! View a recap of their productions below in order of Finals placement.
1st - Clinton HS (97.038)
Clinton High School’s 2025 program, “The Trouble Tree,” featured a large tree prop that performers interacted with throughout the show. They brought the arena to its feet and ended A class finals with a bang.
2nd - Choctawhatchee HS (95.975)
Just like the common sunflower, we all need some sun to reach our full potential, and with their 2025 program “Grow as We Go,” Choctawhatchee HS explores that idea beautifully.
3rd - E.d. White Catholic HS (94.275)
E.D White Catholic HS can’t stop horsing around in their 2025 program “Our Tender Land.” This quite beautiful meditation on the American landscape and the beauty of horses had the finals crowd erupting as the show came to a close.
4th - Unionville HS (93.625)
Unionville HS takes us with them on a trek up the mountain for their 2025 program, “The Mountain.” Full of ethereal beauty and a deep appreciation of nature, Unionville HS puts together something incredibly beautiful.
5th -Dakota Combined Schools (91.938)
Dakota Combined Schools looks for the origins of music in their 2025 program “The Fundamental Forces of Music.” They brought the arena on a beautiful journey through nature and life itself that ended with the crowd on its feet.
6th - Temple City HS (91.588)
Temple City HS brings a retro-futuristic feel to the floor with their 2025 program “In the Year 2000.” They showed the year 2000 through a 1950s lens with a great sense of humor and had the arena on their side immediately.
7th - North Penn HS (91.113)
North Penn HS breaks out their Tarot card deck and gives us a reading for their intense 2025 production, “Tarot: Cards of Fate”
8th - Hamilton Southeastern HS (90.638)
Hamilton Southeastern HS gets a good ol’ cowboy party going in their 2025 program, “The Southeastern Saloon.” With a great sense of humor and many yee haws, Hamilton Southeastern blew the saloon doors off the place and brought the finals crowd to their feet.
9th - Plainfield Combined Schools ( 90.038)
Plainfield Combined School’s 2025 production, “Fade,” explores the delicate transitions between presence and absence, using sound, motion, and visual design to depict the concept of fading.
10th - Catawba Ridge HS (89.888)
Catawba Ridge HS lights their way to a fantastic finals night performance. Their 2025 production “Light Our Way” sees them find a path in the darkness and come out the side.
11th - Kings Hs (89.338)
Kings HS finds their path home across the hazy purple night sky using the ever-present North Star in their electric 2025 program “That Which Guides Us.”
12th - Pearl HS (88.025)
Pearl HS rolls into UD like a sandstorm with their 2025 production “Dust.” Setting the table with ethereal desert sounds and serving up an exciting production, Peral HS rocked the house on finals night.
13th - Sycamore HS (86.900)
With their sweet 2025 production “A La Mode” Sycamore HS serves up a double scoop of tasty beats and all the whimsy in the world to make a delightful sundae. The ice cream parlor aesthetic brought a smile to the faces of everyone in the finals night crowd.
14th - Lakeway Christian Academy (85.200)
Lakeway Christian Academy brings the comforting embrace of a warm ocean wave to the finals floor with their 2025 production “Riptide”
15th - Lower Dauphin HS (85.125)
Lower Dauphin HS hits the library and embarks on a mythical course of study in their wicked and wild 2025 program “Materia: Elements of Mastery”
