Students learning roles ranging from sets and lighting to costumes in addition to acting in new production at Niagara Falls high school
Paul Forsyth, Niagara This Week - Niagara Falls
The enduring charm of an eccentrically macabre family that’s had more lives than a cat for generations will be brought to life at Saint Michael Catholic High School in January, when the three-day run of the Addams Family — The Musical hits the Mustangs stage.
The cast and crew of the production at the Niagara Falls high school have been rehearsing every day — sometimes twice a day — after starting preparations for the lively musical comedy back in September, said student Emily Felstead, who, along with fellow student Alicia Reichenbach, plays an ancestor of the Addams family while also serving as co-stage managers.
Unlike many high school productions when students hold rehearsals after school and focus mostly on acting, the Saint Michael students have been working on the production during drama class and are taking on a vast number of roles necessary for a theatre show to become reality, said school drama teacher Roxanne Rees.
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Teens at Catholic high school in Niagara Falls gain insight into their strengths and style of learning as part of preparation for job fair
by Paul Forsyth Niagara This Week - Niagara Falls - Nov. 26, 2019
Hannah Cukierski knew the path to becoming a veterinarian would be a long one with many years of study, but what threw her for a loop when she investigated it as a career choice were some of the requirements.
“I’d need a lot of math and science, and that’s not my strong area,” the Grade 10 student at Saint Michael Catholic High School in Niagara Falls said.
Hannah and other Saint Michael students studying French were taking part in a job fair exercise at the school on Nov. 22 where they created displays, cobbled together resumes (as best they could in their still-young lives) and wrote cover letters on specific careers they believe they’d be interested in pursuing.
The careers they explored ranged from doctors and paramedics to police officers, hair stylists, florists, meteorologists, musicians and radiograph technologists among others.
Along with creating their letters, resumes and displays in French, the students had to undergo job interviews in a language that isn’t their first language with school French teacher Antoinette Lambert.
Lambert said the exercise was designed in part to have the students undergo an authentic learning experience and take the French skills they’ve been honing on a test drive that’s close to real life.
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By Bernie Puchalski - November 1, 2019
After defeating the St. Francis Phoenix 14-7 in the Niagara Catholic Athletic Association semifinals Friday, it was a joyous bunch of Saint Michael Mustangs senior football players who boarded the bus in the Saint Paul parking lot.
“We’re going to the ship. We’re going to the ship,” they could be heard chanting on the bus.
The ship they were yelling about was next week’s NCAA championship game against the unbeaten Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Mustangs will be hoping to play the role of an iceberg against a Notre Dame ship that looks unsinkable.
“We are going to do our best and that’s all we ask our kids to do,” Saint Michael head coach Brian Carter said.
Saint Michael’s last won a championship it 2016 when it captured the AA league that was made up of public and Catholic high schools. It beat Holy Cross 28-8 in the championship game that year.
“We know they (the Irish) are a very tough opponent and a well-coached team and we will get them to enjoy this game, prepare them the best we can and then enjoy playing in a NCAA championship,” Carter said.
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The Guelph Gryphons announced a big addition to their football program Wednesday.