We had students from Boston Higashi share a gallery space in Massasoit Community College with students from Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children for the Abled 11 Art Show. Students from both schools worked hard on both individual and group pieces to be added to the walls in the gallery space. The art alone was worth the visit to the gallery but on the day of the reception students from both schools had the opportunity to meet each other and that was truly something special. There was nothing but joy in the air as students ran right over to meet
and greet, taking cues right from their communication lessons. Conversations were had entirely on assisted devices paired with smiles, laughs, and great high fives! After mingling together and sharing stories, we were graced by the artists themselves speaking about their art to the large group in attendance. We had students get up and explain the thought process that went into their creations. Thank you to the team over at Pappas and to our BHS staff that put this together. A truly incredible experience! We are very proud of our BHS students and family!
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Art & Theater
There is always something happening at Higashi! We were lucky enough to have Theater CALL from Japan come to our school and perform "Three Lucky Charms". Theater CALL is a group from Japan that puts on bilingual plays with live musical accompaniment. The play we were so fortunate to see was presented as 2D Puppet Theater with a little surprise! The story follows a young boy that gets lost in the mountains, thinking he is saved by an old woman he stays the night, only to find out that she is a witch hungry for children!
Our students absolutely loved the presentation! The 2D puppets turned into live actors that ran through the crowds interacting with the viewers. Some of our students even tried saving the young boy by hiding him in our viewing chairs! In the end our spirits at Higashi never faltered and with our help the boy was saved from the mountain witch! We’d like to thank Jun Takashi, The Japan Society of Boston, The Tokyo Club, & Japan Airlines for working with us to make this wonderful event happen at our school!
