By Jack Elliot Lille Yerington and Elijah Frederick Harris
The 4th graders are working on a play for the lower school and their parents. So far they have created seven scenes. They are working really hard on the play. They have written the play with some guidance from the teachers. Their music teacher, Aaron, taught them how to play and sing the songs. The kids have their own orchestra. They are playing a song called Vevo. The children have their own parts in the play. A student named Eli is a thug. A student named Jack has a lot of roles. He plays a policeman, a little boy making artificial flowers, and a child who is really poor. A student named Johnny is playing a cutter in the sweatshop/ factory scene. Eli said, “This is so exciting.” Jack really liked watching the other people in the play rehearse. A student named Olivia said, ” I think that the play is really good so far and it could use a little more work. It’s good though.” A student named Emily says, “It could be worked on a lot more and some kids are forgetting all their lines. It’s still going really well.” The 4th graders got split up into 4 groups and they worked on it within their groups. When they were in second grade they did something very similar, they did a Brooklyn Bridge play. They have been doing Social Studies skits and plays since second grade. In conclusion they are having a lot of fun working on the play and they say you should come see it.