Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts students participating in the State Foreign Language Festival placed third and received a distinguished rating in the French Talent category. ASMSA senior Thanh Hoang wrote the play, which was a modern-day version of “Sleeping Beauty,” in which the princess rescues the prince. Pictured are (from left) Kat Steel, Lucinda Morphew and Kaia Duke who performed in the play at the state competition. Kaia also placed third in the French Advanced Reading category. The festival was held April 2 at Harding University.