Courtesy of Lisa Warren

Clearbrook Elementary School gets a visit from Roanoke College Theatre.

On Friday, Nov. 13 kindergarten through fourth grade attended the performance of "Jack and the Wonder Beans" by James Still at Clearbrook Elementary School.

"Jack and the Wonder Beans" is different from a typical theater setting. Here, students are encouraged to interact throughout the show with the actors, which is called participation theater.

The cast included: Jack (Ryan Webster), Mam/Chicken Woman (Samantha Clifford), Gypsy/ High Tall Giant Woman (Megan Corsnitz), Carpenter/Giant (Jordan Henderson), Storytellers/ Musicians (Rita Yoe (fiddle), Jordan O'Brien (guitar), and Haley Thomsen (autoharp).

About the play:

All is well for Jack and his Mam. They have their home roof, a patch of land, and a cow. One spring, when the cow goes dry, life on Wolfpen Creek has to change. In hard times no one wants to buy a cow "dry as a hat." Jack trades his bossy to a Gypsy for "seeds." That's when the real trouble starts. His adventures with the High Tall Giant Woman and her husband teach him that "the simple life is right for Jack."

On Dec. 6, Roanoke College Theatre did a final performance in Olin Theatre on the Roanoke College Campus to benefit Toys for Tots.

Second-graders take on new names for class

Second graders in Elizabeth Deane's class made headdresses with their "new" names and explained the reason behind them on Nov. 19.

The students are studying a class called Native American history and recently learned that in many such cultures, names were changed to reflect significant events. Here are the names the students came up with:

Rosebud - I like roses

Fabula - I'm fabulous

Gymnastics Girl - I do gymnastics

Girl of the Gym - I do gymnastics

Boy of Football - I like football

Kitty - I love cats

Songbird - I like to sing

Girl of Blue Speed - I am very fast

Kingfisher - I caught a huge fish

Slowpoke to China - I'm slow

Driver - I'm a good driver on my toy gator

Boy of James Bond - I like James Bond

Flower - My name means flower

Submitted by Laura Neff-Henderson

Eight North Cross School students selected for All-District Choir

On Nov. 7 North Cross School middle and upper school students Aishah Brown, Nicole Chaney, Kerin Daly, Kirsten Hargett, Julia Kennard, Walter Mann, Caitlin McDonnell, Heather Podell, Brittany Taylor, and Jane Ward auditioned for the District VI All-District Choir at Blacksburg High School.

The choir is comprised of students in Roanoke Valley and surrounding counties who scored above average in the following categories: tone quality and diction, intonation, preparation of audition material, musicianship, and sight reading. Daly received a score that put her 10th in the district for her part. Taylor received a score that put her 14th in the district for her part. Chaney received a score that put her 16th in the district for her part.

Submitted by Laura Neff-Henderson

Honor rolls

Here are the honor rolls for the first nine-week grading period:

A honor roll

6th Grade: Robin Boch, Sara Brunstetter, Meredith Campbell, Charles Chang, Mickhal Clary, Jordan Clingenpeel, Thomas Conroy, Hana Coogan, Cole Cowher, Kaitlyn Creekmore, Paxton Daniels, Caitlin Flippen, Alayna Foutz, Eva Goldsmith, Kyndal Grammer, Lina Habazi, Meagan Harrison, William Hicks, Taylor Jeffrey, Joshua Key, Karah Kittinger, Molly Kwitny, Madeleine Lawson, Katarina Martin, Claire Overstreet, Rachael Powell, Taylor Powell, Nathan Rose, Zachary Shannon, Kaitlyn Spangler, Lidya Tadesse, Morgan Todd.

7th Grade: Wyatt Abshire, Saffeya Ahmed, Lauren Austin, Samantha Casauay, Sarah Clark, Danielle Durrance, Alex Emery, Kinsey Fitzwater, Lauren Flores, Alayna Francis, Emily Graham, Emily Hadfield, Jeremy Holt, Gillian Horn, Kayla Huff, Grant Iannello, Sydney Mctigue, Rachel Ramsey, Jonathan Roach, Maeve Sedivy, Hailey Sitze, Jessica Slakman, Jasen Tran, Rebekah Wellons, Amanda Williams, Christopher Woodrum, Alicia Zheng.

8th Grade: Brianna Agee, Taylor Alouf, Peter Ayers, Parker Benzie, Benjamin Cardenas, Sandy Chang, Emma Coogan, Aaron Devera, Mason Early, Katie Fortner, Deena Habazi, William Inman-Goecke, Allison Kelley, Benjamin Kennedy, Krysta Luzynski, Andrew Maczugowski, Haley Mitchell, Erika Mountcastle, Jesse Newman, Alexander Nguyen, Megan Pasquarell, Kylie Rudder, Annalee Schuck, Alexander Smith, Jordan Stafford, Stephanie Weisberg, Sebastian Wellford, Brittan Wilcox, Kallie Wilkes, Caitlyn Williams.

AB honor roll

6th Grade: Dakota Amos, David Anderson, Noah Averill, Connor Bayne, Taylor Billings, Amanda Boris, Kristen Bradshaw, Sydney Breiner, Jasmine Brickey, Weston Brown-McCullum, Hanna Buck, Lilly Carr, Emma Cass, Christian Champney, Walker Christley, Redzo Colic, Grant Culbertson, Joshua Defalco, Barbara Delp, Jasmine Demir, Christopher Dickenson, Joseph D'Alelio, Kayla Early, Anna Elmore, Brittany Ferguson, Ashley Fimbel, Davis Fore, Darian Fox, Abigail Frazier, Juliet Fueglein, George Funk, Lance Garrett, Colton Grimes, Ebony Hale, Laurel Harris, Jennifer Hartman, Natalie Horn, Zoe Hulak, Kaitlyn Ireland, Chandler Keister, Luke Kelley, Hammza Khan, Justin King, Roshni Lalchandani, Justin Larkin, Christian Loop, Mason Lowen, Christa Madison, Jason McCarthy, Casey Milan, Hunter Mollica, Samantha Molloy, Hannah Mone, Madison Monsour, Sarah Moonen, Rod Morgan, Jillian Morganelli, Tessa Muzzy, Andre Nguyen, Emma Olson, Dylan Overfelt, Supreet Pannu, Emma Pendleton, Haille Pettersen, Jacob Plunkett, Mason Reyer, Jarod Roberts, Amber Robtison, Sean Romano, Eleah Ruffin, Kemper Scott, Charles Seymour, Noah Sharp, Gregory Shaw, Hope Sitze, Adam Sledd, Mark Stanisic, Jordan Stovall, John Swisher, Justin Swisher, Michaela Trout, Clayton Trump, Austin Trundy, Alexa Vaughan, Delaney Waller-Smith, Ada Wellford, Noah Wells, Seth Weston, Paul Wheelock, Taylor White, Ryan Williams.

7th Grade: Taylor Agee, Rabiya Asim, Lauren Baker, William Beard, Abigail Beatty, Andrew Bond, Hannah Bryant, Kelsey Burchett, Ryan Carver, Mejra Colic, Juliana Crouse, Annabelle Davis, Lila Derrico, Kaitlyn Dwyer, Kyle Ewoldt, Brendan Gallagher, Abigail Gregory, Kristina Hale, Veronica Hamilton, Kendall Harris, Daniel Hartman, Wesley Hicks, Samuel Hillyard, Lydia Hoeppner, Zijian Huang, Kaitlyn Huff, Ryan Iler, Kelsey Johnson. Kylie Kent, Shane Kinchen, Contessa Klimaitis, Joe Lankford, Lauren Lichtenstein, Taylor Lumpkin, Jolie Matze, Justin McGuire, Robert Milby, Sara Muncy, Caitlyn Murphy, Benjamin Nease, Jace Olsen, Jayden Olsen, Mallory Orr, Cassandra Parulis, Kinjal Patel, Littleton Perkins, Josephine Perrin, Megan Phillips, Danielle Pursel, Dominic Russo, Joshua Smith, Ryan Smith, Spencer Smith, Aaron Sortore, Matthew Stiles, Adam Sulkin, James Truskey, Samuel Walker, Stuart Whisnant, Pamela White, Garrett Williams, Tristan Witham, Cassandra Witten.

8th Grade: Saqib Ahmed, Taylor Asimakopoulos, Nathaniel Axt, Elias Azar, Kendall Bayne, Lance Bibbs, Hailey Bivens, Meagan Board, Kayla Boris, Jacob Cash, Sloan Champney, Emily Clark, James Cole, Cameron Conner, Lauren Cowher, Lisa Crawford, Kyle Curtis, Lilian Darist, Matthew Doughty, Jennifer Elig, Taylor Eubank, John Ferguson, Tayllar Gardner, Joshua Garrison, Zain Haider, Kathleen Harris, Carl Heath, Camillus Huggins, Megan Keesee, Sarah Lawryszek, Sarah Lowen, Chase McDaniel, Chandler McGraw, Kaleb Mehrer, Kayla Minton, Lucas Mobley, Lauren Nepper, Cody Peery, Matthew Phlegar, Breann Ragan, Binuk Samarasinghe, Anthony Sanders, Daniel Seymour, Brooke Smith, Nicholas Smith, Nicholas Snodgrass, Lucas Trundy, Heather Vandergrift, Tara Wells, Steven Westlake, Julia Weston, Cassandra Wright.