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Pleasantville students celebrated for theater, reading and science achievements
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Summary
District remarks highlighted recent and upcoming student accomplishments and events: BRS—s production of Matilda, a readathon logging more than 150,000 minutes, middle- and high-school theater productions, writing contests, and Science Olympiad teams advancing to regional and state competition.
A district Presenter used opening remarks to celebrate student activities across the Pleasantville schools, highlighting theater openings, a high-volume readathon, classroom projects and Science Olympiad qualifications.
The Presenter congratulated the BRS cast and crew of Matilda on a successful opening weekend and said tickets are available online. The Presenter reported that students in the readathon have collectively logged over 150,000 minutes in the past week and a half and noted an upcoming book-character parade as the culminating event. "Students have collectively read over 150,000 minutes over the past week and a half and they're still going," the Presenter said.
At the middle school, the Presenter congratulated the cast and crew of Legally Blonde Jr.; tickets for the sixth-through-eighth-grade production go on sale Monday, March 2, and performances are scheduled later in March, with exact dates available on the school website. The Presenter also announced an eighth-grade writing contest facilitated by author Joe Wallace, with conference sessions on March 3 and March 10 during periods 7—6.
The Presenter described an eighth-grade project themed on the 1920s and praised the middle-school Science Olympiad team, which will compete this weekend at a regional tournament in Scarsdale. At the high school, the Presenter announced Guys and Dolls opens Friday, March 6, and congratulated the high-school Science Olympiad team for qualifying for state competition in Syracuse. The remarks closed with congratulations to winter teams and a reminder that spring-sports registration is on the high-school athletics website.
For details on show dates, ticketing and exact tournament locations, the Presenter directed listeners to the appropriate school websites.
