Thursday, April 18, 2024
Glen Head Elementary School was chock-full of historical figures on June 1, when the school’s third-grade students staged their annual Wax Museum for their classmates and families. Titans of history including Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks and George Washington stood side by side on stage in the school’s auditorium with latter-day heroes like Barack Obama, John Herrington and Cristiano Ronaldo.
This was the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic that the third-graders had the chance to present the show with the entire class together indoors. In 2021 they were forced to hold it outdoors, and in 2020 they weren’t able to present their work at all.
“This was the first year since Covid started that the kids could really come together and perform it as a whole class in front of their parents,” third-grade teacher Meryl Fox said a few days after the show. “The past two years it was very individualized, so it’s nice for the kids to be able to do it as a whole class again.”
Each of the school’s three third-grade classes, taught by Fox and her co-teacher, Helene Stein; Milena Scalzo and Jeanine Bernsby, had their own shows last Wednesday.
Wax museums are a popular project in schools across Long Island. Students learn about famous people, make posters with information about their subjects, and dress up like them as well. Traditionally, the presentations are much like regular wax museums, with students in costume standing stock-still until a visitor walks up to them. With the press of a paper button, the “figurine” comes to life, giving a brief description of his or her accomplishments and answering questions.
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