The sound of African drums filled the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway while a diverse group of senior English students eagerly waited for the Lion King to begin.

Ms. Aarons, Mrs. Cutuli-Block and Ms. Abrahamsen put together the wonderful senior English trip to see the Lion King. The Lion king is based off of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, which will be read by the senior English students.

As the Lion King began there was a variety of colors and magnificent animal costumes. The stage lifted and made many twists and turns, spins and rotations while the characters danced around and sang. Each costume was detailed and the actors moved as if they were the actual animal. The actors interacted with the audience by dancing through the isles of the theatre. What appeared to be flying birds soared above the audiences’ heads while African dancers graced the stage with chanting and African dance steps for the opening of the second act.

The bell rings at the end of the lunch period. Students have two study halls the last two periods of the day. You have two options. Either sit through a study hall for 45 minutes and then leave to go home or just leave right after 5^th period.

One of the many privileges to being an upper classman is being able to take open end. What about double open end? Technically double open end does not exist. But how many juniors and seniors actually follow “No double open-end”? Many students are in agreement that having to sit through two study halls at the end of the day is pointless.

“There’s no point in staying in school when you don’t have a class to go to. It’s boring and we just want to leave, so double open end should be allowed.” Eamari Bell (10’)