Connecting Reading and Creativity Celebrate Seuss At The Library

BY CATHY MOLITORIS

He’s given us Thing One and Thing Two, Sam I Am and Cindy Lou Who. Now you can honor the man behind these characters at Celebrate Seuss. The event will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday,

March 3, at Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy.

Celebrate Seuss is an opportunity to mark the birthday of Dr. Seuss, and it will provide fun for the whole family, said Jan Betty, director of children and youth at the library.

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BY CATHY MOLITORIS

Parents of young children, have you ever wished your kids wouldn’t outgrow their shoes so quickly? Well, thanks to the ingenuity of two Kraybill Mennonite School students, help is here. Seventh-graders Russell Schaefer and Jayvian Girom have invented Little Big Foot, an extendable baby shoe. You can’t really buy the product - yet - but you can see a prototype in action and learn all about the students’ invention at Kraybill’s Middle School Project Night. The event will be held on Friday, Feb. 17, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the school, 598 Kraybill Church Road, Mount Joy.

For the project night, seventh-grade students were charged with inventing something that solved a problem, an idea inspired by the TV show “Shark Tank.” “It had to be an original idea that had not already been patented,” Russell explained. The students were also inspired by the book “Freak the Mighty,” which tells the story of a boy who builds creative inventions.

Sixth-grade students at Kraybill will be showcasing projects they created based on a book of their choice. Sixth-grader Lily Martin created a menu inspired by “The Island” and classmate Gibson Melhorn read “The Swiss Family Robinson” and then created a diorama of the family’s treehouse.

Eighth-grade students designed food trucks based on books they read, and they will be serving up samples at the project night. Abby Keller, AJ Herr and Emma Lewis created a food truck called Cookin’ by the Fire, based on the book “Touching Spirit Bear.” It will serve sausage pasta and a berry spritzer made with berries native to Alaska, where the book is set.

Eighth-graders Riley Patrick and Abigail Heisey read “Trouble” and created a food truck called Chouan’s

Culinary Kitchen. The truck is named for the main character and decorated with flowers and symbols to represent Cambodia, the character’s homeland. “We’ll be serving bai sach chrouk, which is a Cambodian dish with rice, pickled vegetables and marinated pork,” Riley said. “We’re serving it with a traditional Cambodian iced coffee.”

Language arts teacher Curry Snell said the Middle School Project Night serves several purposes. Not only does it provide hands-on learning opportunities, but it also focuses on written and oral communication, reading and collaboration.

“Each year builds on the skills the students use,” Snell explained, noting that sixth-graders make independent projects, while seventh-graders can work with a classmate or alone and need to be able to discuss their project with visitors. Eighth-grade students work in groups to complete their project, and they will give oral presentations to all of the

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“Brighton Beach Memoirs”

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Nostalgia

BY CATHY MOLITORIS

“I would call this play a dramedy,” said Jonah McDonald, describing “Brighton Beach Memoirs.” “Parts are very funny, but parts are sad, too.” “Brighton Beach Memoirs” will be performed at Susquehanna Stage, 133 W. Market St., Marietta, See Brighton pg 8

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