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Hilltop fourth-graders pay tribute to Ohio
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School fourth-grade students played the roles of emcee, scorekeeper, camera man and contestants who answered trivia questions about the state of Ohio during the school’s annual The Buckeye Trivia Show on May 10.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Under the direction of Tom Scurich, Hilltop Elementary School music teacher, and accompanied by Roni Sue Gregory, fourth-grade students presented An Evening of Art and Music, which celebrated the state of Ohio during the school’s annual The Buckeye Trivia Show on May 10.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Several Hilltop Elementary School fourth-grade students cheered and held up O-H-I-O signs while the other students played “Hang on Sloopy” on their recorders during the school’s annual An Evening of Art and Music featuring The Buckeye Trivia Show on May 10.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.A Hilltop Elementary School fourth-grade student read facts about Ohio’s history during ‘commercial breaks’ of the school’s annual An Evening of Art and Music featuring The Buckeye Trivia Show on May 10.
By ABBY SLANKER
The Hilltop Elementary School fourth-grade class presented An Evening of Art and Music in tribute to the great state of Ohio featuring their performance of “The Buckeye Trivia Show” on May 10. The evening featured displays of artwork from each student and musical selections woven into the trivia show.
“Welcome to An Evening of Art and Music. Our fourth-grade students, staff, accompanist Mrs. Gregory and, of course, our music teacher Mr. Scurich and our visual arts teacher Mrs. Leonard, have worked hard to put this show together. It’s an amazing show and we hope you enjoy,” said Joe Maroni, Hilltop Elementary School principal.
The event showcased the efforts of the students in visual and performing arts. It also connected visual art and performing arts with fourth-grade social studies.
The students’ featured artwork, “The Altered Book Project 2015-16,”which was completed throughout the year in art class taught by Diane Leonard, was on display in the hallways before and after the show.
For “The Altered Book Project 2015-16,“ the fourth-graders used old and discarded text books, and upscaled old books into art journals with a theme of “All About Me.”
Some of the pages in the art journals offered visual representatives of their lives and included, The Mica Hand - An Ohio Artifact Page, Our Future Colored Bubbles Pages, Woven Through Our Lives Pages, Cardinal Pages, Stamped Into Our Hearts Pages, Watercolor Secrets Pages, But Wait - Let me Take a Selfie Page, QR Code Pages and A Page a Day.
The performing arts portion of the show was under the direction of Tom Scurich, Hilltop Elementary School music teacher. Musical selections, several of which honored the state of Ohio, included “The Star Spangled Banner,” “Fifty-Nifty United States,” “Down the River,” “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” “Ohio is My Home,” “Hang on Sloopy,” “This Land is Your Land” and “Beautiful Ohio.” Roni Sue Gregory provided piano accompaniment. The students also played the recorder during several selections.
“The Buckeye Trivia Show” operated like a television game show with three contestants answering questions on the subject of Ohio’s history.
The production had a cast of students playing the roles of emcees, contestants, a stage manager, a scorekeeper, a camera man and an applause sign holder.
During ’commercial breaks’ several students from each class had speaking roles, which focused on Ohio history, such as facts about famous Ohioans, the Underground Railroad, the Great Seal of the State of Ohio, the state’s first capitol, Native American Indian tribes, Harriet Beecher Stowe, the naming of areas of the state and biographical information on the eight presidents from Ohio.
The students were dressed in matching T-shirts, which were designed by a member of their class, and had each student’s signature on the back.