Chagrin Falls High School Drama Club presents “Anything Goes” March 8- 10 at 7 p.m. and March 11 at 2 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Chagrin Falls High School...
Drama Club Presents “Anything Goes”
Chagrin Falls High School Drama Club presents “Anything Goes” March 8- 10 at 7 p.m. and March 11 at 2 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Chagrin Falls High School, 400 East Washington St. in Chagrin Falls. Tickets can be purchased online by visiting the Chagrin Falls High School website or at the box office. The box office opens one hour prior to curtain.
The show, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, takes place on the ocean liner S.S. American. A nightclub singer Reno Sweeney (junior Adriana Holst) is on her way from New York to England. Her friend Billy Crocker (senior David Marquette) has snuck onto the boat to be near his love Hope Harcourt (senior Marley Vidmar) but she is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh (senior Joey King). Other passengers on the liner are Public Enemy #13 Moonface Martin (junior Chester Hill) and his partner in crime Erma (junior Allison Pilotti). With the help of disguises, tap-dancing sailors, and blackmail, Reno and Martin team up to help Billy win Hope’s heart.
The producer and music director is Nathan Bachofsky and the director and choreographer is Amy Greene. The set design and lighting is being done by Ben Needham.
5th- Grader Qualifies for National Geographic Bee
Chagrin Falls Intermediate School fifth-grader Audrey Holmes is the school’s National Geographic Bee champion. The National Geographic Bee is an annual competition organized by the National Geographic Society, designed to inspire and reward students’ curiosity about the world. Students in grades four through eight from 10,000 schools across the United States will compete in the 2018 National Geographic Bee for a chance to win college scholarships and the glory of being the National Geographic Bee champion.
Audrey recently completed an online assessment to qualify for the state bee. The test consisted of material studied during the STRETCH period that is conducted daily at the intermediate school. Results for this online assessment will be compared to her peers across the state and results will be given by March 2. If she qualifies, then she will compete against other students at the state level. The winner of the top prize at the national level will earn a $50,000 scholarship.
“We are proud of Audrey as she progressed through the preliminary round and stood out among her peers in the final round,” said fifth-grade social studies Teacher Pat McArthur.
Budding Architects at CFIS
Fourth-graders at Chagrin Falls Intermediate School had the chance to be architects as a part of a project focused on design thinking. Students had been learning how form follows function in different types of architecture. They examined why structures are built the way they are. For example, schools are only a few stories tall but are large buildings to accommodate many people and allow easy accessibility. Banks do not have large windows due to security purposes and grocery stores have sliding doors, so people have an easier time getting in and out with their purchases. Students also learned how architectural features and color schemes affect how people feel about a building.
These lessons led to a project in which students had to design an original building in such a way that the purpose of the building was obvious. They thought about who would use the building, how and why. After the planning stages, students used cardboard to construct a building from scratch using different attachments like L-braces and brackets.
Students did not create these buildings by using a template such as a shoebox. Each piece of recycled cardboard was measured, cut, and joined from scratch with no pre-assembly. Teacher Kate Oulton said it involved using a whole new skill set and was a challenge for her students. She even ordered new scissors made especially for cutting corrugated cardboard.
“They enabled even tiny hands to do things that I would have needed a box cutter to do. The result is that my kids can now construct whatever they imagine, almost totally independently,” Oulton said.
They used measuring tools such as rulers, T-squares and compasses to cut and accurately join the cardboard pieces. To ensure structural soundness, the buildings underwent the “shake test,” where the student held the building upside down and shook it. The final step of the project was to paint the building and add details. The result included cafes, rooftop patios, hotels, houses, museums, factories and a stadium among other structures.
“They turned out really nicely,” said Oulton, “The kids especially loved getting to do a 3D construction project and had a lot of freedom in their design choices and construction methods.”
