Oldenburg Academy hosted Matthew Taylor, a magician, on Monday, January 10th. Taylor's theme for the performance was trash and the idea of "reduce, reuse, recycle." OA students are focusing on the Franciscan value of "caring for creation" this year, so the performance was a way to merge that value with some entertainment.

Batesville Middle School seventh-grade students spent approximately two weeks reading, analyzing, and “performing” an adaptation of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. The version shared with the students came from our literature series (Savvas Realize). The adaptation was entitled A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley by playwright Israel Horovitz. While working on this piece, students learned new vocabulary words, made inferences based on dialogue and stage directions, and

Actors from Bright Star Theater performed Holidays Around the World for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders in BHS’s auditorium. Students “traveled” around the world and learned about different winter holidays like the Lohri Festival, St. Lucia Day, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Chinese New Year, Christmas and more. Students laughed out loud through this “trip” and enjoyed watching a live performance in a real theater setting. To prepare for the show, students learned about theater and audienc