SUBMITTED PHOTO Roncalli’s speech team placed third at the state forensics finals March 11 at Fishers High School behind the first-place finish of Luke Jones (second from left) in oral interpretation. He was also a runner-up with Grace Murphy (center) in original performance, while Amy Weilhammer (second from right) finished fifth in poetry. The team, coached by Phil Milroy (left) and Tristan McGill (right), also features Elizabeth Woodruff, original performance; Nicholas Plahitko, radio broadcasting; Grace Plahitko, dramatic interpretation; Cameron Irwin, radio broadcasting; and AJ Singh, extemporaneous speaking.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Franklin Central High School’s freshman class hosted a pencil drive the first week of March and collected more than 1,000 pencils for One Mission Society, a Greenwood-based organization whose main purpose is to see the Gospel of Jesus spread throughout the world. The pencils are for the agency’s Bridge to Reading literacy ministry, which teaches adults to read the language they speak. Volunteers tutor throughout Africa and in Colombia, South America. Seen at the presentation are (from left) Susan Loobie of One Mission Society, freshman class officers Larry Cress, Emma Knaack and Emily Robinson, the society’s Mike Dragon, class officer Lydia Laker, freshman representative Rachel Loobie and James Kigamwa, the society’s literacy coordinator.