Hannah Leatherbarrow, playing Hamlet, speaks with Rowan Van Horn, playing Lord Claudius. “Hamlet” was performed 2016 in the Jerry R. Knight Auditorium. The drama department will present “Mid-Summer’s Night Dream” in February. Photo by Jake Collins
Drama announces ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream’ cast
Drama will perform “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” Feb. 28, March 1, and 2, in the Black Box Theater.
The Athenian Court will be played by senior Christian Gray (Theseus), sophomore Jaden Fields (Hippolyta), senior Hank Geers (Egeus) and senior Shadrach Stitz (Philostrate).
The Lovers are played by senior Grace Engel (Hermia), senior Josie Krueger (Helena), senior Sam Getz (Lysander) and junior Quinn Coffeman (Demetrius).
The Faries are played by senior Rahman Ali (Oberon), sophomore Annalise McCann (Titania), senior Danny Chura (Puck), sophomore Caroline Gillow (Peaseblossom), freshman Sienna DeSuza (Cobweb), sophomore Julia Hamm (Moth) and freshman Claire McCarthy (Mustardseed).
The Mechanicals include sophomore Abraham Wilson (Nick Bottom), freshman Zoie Sellers (Peter Quince), senior Aidan Kurtz (Francis Flute), freshman Thomas Kessler (Tom Snout), senior Mel Carroll (Robin Starveling) and junior Aidan Owens (Snug).
Seniors Clara Veldhuizen and Sterling Smith are crowned Webster Friendship Queen and King at the Webster Groves-Kirkwood High School Friendship Dance at Kirkwood High School on Nov. 3. Photo by Samantha Massena
Seniors crowned Friendship King, Queen
Seniors Sterling Smith and Clara Veldhuizen were crowned King and Queen, respectively, from the high school at the Webster Groves-Kirkwood High School Friendship Dance on Nov. 3, at Kirkwood High School.
Smith was selected by the band, and Veldhuizen was selected by the football team.
“I’m glad to have had this opportunity,” Smith said about winning.
Junior attends South Carolina summit
Junior Claire Kellick attended the Youth Volunteer Corps Summit in Charleston, SC, on Nov. 2 and 3.
The summit included workshops and a service project. Kellick was one of 26 members on the International Youth Advisory Board.
According to the summit’s president and founder, David Battey, the event is an “opportunity to get together as a YVC family. It is a chance to learn from each other, celebrate our successes, and plot our way forward in a relaxing, encouraging and fun atmosphere.”
Senior Phoebe Cattoor observes farm life at the Heifer Ranch, in Arkansas. A group of high school and Webster University students went to better understand poverty. Photo from Julie Burchett
Global poverty class returns from ‘eye opening trip
Real World Problems: Global Poverty class recently returned from a trip to the Heifer Ranch, a 1,200 acre ranch designed to create a simulation of poverty for those who sign up.
Students from the high school, along with students from the companion class at Webster University, went on the four-day, three-night excursion.
“It was eye opening,” senior Phoebe Cattoor said. Cattoor also talked about the perspective she now has on her own life: “It definitely made me look at how privileged my life is.”
The class will spend the rest of the year working towards creating an implementable solution to poverty.
