Friday, May 13, 2011
Scrap Metal Soul, which will be performed this weekend at Case High School, holds a special place in mine and my daughter's heart.
Several months ago my daughter went with me on the interview when I did a story on a play called “The Great Escape” and I met the director, Nancy Gibson, at Case High School. And now she's in it. Scrap Metal Soul is no Oklahoma! or Tom Sawyer, Miss Saigon or the Sound of Music. No, this was a play about the actors and actresses themselves, and the script came from their own personal experiences through a class called Conflict Resolution Crew. There was music, dance, and song, and these kids put it all out there. But they also show how bad situations sometimes happen to teens and how they can work through it. And it also shows how sometimes teens create those bad situations and how they avoid those situations. It’s all very cool and nothing…
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
A production company is looking for kids who will be in their junior or senior year next fall.
A reality show may be coming to a Racine high school, and people from the production company are looking for teens to join their cast. According to their Facebook page, OVO, the production company that made “The World’s Best Prom,” has put out a casting call for students while be a junior or senior at any Racine high school in the 2011-2012 school year. Many of the staff members of OVO are from Racine and have attended "The World's Best Prom." Their Facebook page says that MTV has expressed an interest in turning the Prom documentary into a reality show called “Racine Teen.” To audition, teens need to get the permission of their parents and make a short video telling the producers 10 reasons why they would make an interesting cast member…
Monday, May 9, 2011
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Michelle has given us a peek inside her world in hopes for a less stigmatizing society.
Michelle grew up in Mount Pleasant as a very popular, active and high achieving student. There wasn't an instrument, team or club that she didn't touch, play, or join. She knew everyone and wanted to know everything. She was never tired, and she would be the best; not at one thing, but at all of them. “In my pre-teen years it started with track. Then the piano. Then the violin. The cello. The clarinet. The saxophone. Then tennis. Then basketball. Then softball. I was the editor of my high school newspaper and community journalism. I became involved in theater getting most of the leads of all the plays. I didn’t want to just excel, but I had a grandiose notion that I would become famous,” recalls Michelle, “I was lively, voted the 'most …
Thursday, April 21, 2011
District makes 15 building Principal appointments for 2011-12.
Alan Harris, a Racine Unified School District deputy superintendent whose position is being eliminated in a cost-cutting move, will become the directing principal at Knapp Elementary School for 2011-12. Harris joined RUSD in 2009, coming from the Madison Metropolitan School District where he was principal at Madison East High School. He had previously been a principal at the elementary, middle and high school levels in California and Wisconsin. At Knapp, he will replace Gayle Titus. “He (Harris) requested it. He feels that a leadership position at an elementary school is where he wants to be. He’ll be missed at Central Office,” said Stacy Tapp, district spokesperson. Harris’ appointment was among 15 principal assignments announced by RUSD …
Denise Lockwood
12:42 am on Sunday, May 15, 2011
I think we need to organize. I have a few ideas. I'll talk to Nancy. more ›