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Show Mid School Notes The emperor turns his thumbs down the Christian is sent to the arena the lion circles cautiously, then attacks! All this is happening on the stage of Jan Taylor's 6th grade classroom. In response to an assignment to produce something that was typical of life during the early years after Christ's death, some of the 6th graders are putting on a play depicting the early Christians Christ-ians struggle with the Roman rulers. The lion is played by Heather Moyle who has constructed con-structed a sack head with long golden yarn hair and a ferocious look on its face. The emperor is played by ' Sheila Hannay, and others of the cast are Mary Savage, Julie Dearden and Kayleen MacNaughton. It is going to be quite an exciting production when it is finished. Some of the other students have chosen to do soap sculpture to portray the Christian life. Miriam Hamilton has carved a gleaming chariot, while Teresa Hull, Joyce Olson and Susan Knudsen are making intricate crosses to represent the early church. After these have been completed complet-ed the class will study the Moslems. Again, each student will choose to do something to represent that lifestyle. Who knows what interesting things will emerge! Marsac fourth grade students and students in grade five through eight at the Middle School are currently involved in preparations for the annual state Spelling Bee sponsored by the Deseret News. The program is designed to recognize individual improvement improve-ment in spelling, using a list of words which has been distributed to all eligible students. Each grade level will determine four semi-finalists by March 10. On March 20, the 20 semi-finalists will meet at the Middle School to determine a district winner. The district winner will be eligible to participate in the statewide spelling bee to be held in Salt Lake City on April 14. District winners will be given a copy of "Words of the Champions" Champ-ions" to help them to prepare for the more demanding state meet. Several seventh and eighth grade Middle School students are presently working on original short stories and poems to be submitted to the Salt Lake Tribune for their annual High School and Junior High School Poetry and Short Story Contest. Seventh and eighth graders are eligible to compete in the Junior Division of this competition, and interested students have been busy writing and revising their work. Rules for the contest are relatively stringent, and the students must work diligently to meet both the requirements and the March 1 deadline. |