Auditions for the School Play

By Sara Prygocki, staff reporter

Auditions for the school play, "Rumors" by Neil Simon, had a very successful turnout. For a cast of eleven, nearly thirty confident students showed up for the event. After the greeting, she chose excerpts of the script and divvied the roles between the actors.

Following the usual routine, the hopefuls assembled into a theatre circle while the stage director Mrs. Botsford gave a short summary of each of the characters, and an overall gloss over of the play.

Although there were some ‘old faces’ in regards to theatre auditioning, incoming freshman and once-shy upperclassmen decided to participate.

The Lion King 3-D Review

By Lucie Palmeri, staff reporter 

Mufasa enjoyed the movie in 3-D.

When I was little, I remember watching The Lion King movies like it was my religion. Every time my brother or sister would put the VCR tape into the machine, I would get so excited, for who could resist the catchy tunes of “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King” and “Hakuna Matata” and the invigorating plot line of a lion struggling to find his identity as the king of Pride Rock? I sure could not, and as I took my seat and watched the movie, I realised that that very same excitement came back to me. Along with the excitement came the other emotions that any kid would have felt watching The Lion King for the very first time: amazement, shock, anger, sadness, joy (basically any emotion). Over all, the movie was an A- in my grade book. The only thing that stopped it from getting an A or an A+ is because it was in 3-D. Usually I don’t mind 3-D movies because most of the time it makes all the action so much more exciting in action movies, but The Lion King isn’t much of an action movie,  so the 3 dimensional aspect was a bit too much. Plus, it made me dizzy. Other than that, well done Disney. You once again have made me a happy camper.

Charlie Powicki Wins Poetry Out Loud Contest

Photo by Lily Haselton, staff photographer
Poetry Out Loud Winner Charlie Powicki

Freshmen Charlie Powicki won the Poetry Out Loud School Contest on February 3 and will move on to the state sectionals at the Cultural Center in South Yarmouth on March.

Powicki was one of eight freshmen who participated in the afternoon in the library. The contest, sponsored by the Huntington Theatre of Boston's Educational Outreach Department, started as a poetry recitation unit in the three freshman English classes.