PURPLE & GOLD / 2024-25
“ buddy” that they look after onstage and off. This includes hanging out on breaks, making sure they have their microphones on, ensuring they make all their entrances and exits and offering support onstage when they need help with their lines, music or choreography. It is hard to imagine a truer picture of service learning. To watch our unbelievably talented students step out of the spotlight and use their talents to support these performers with disabilities was one of the most moving and joyful things I’ ve seen since arriving at CPA.
When planning for SpongeBob, Melissa called me and said“ I don’ t know where we are going to get all these specialty props that are required for this show. Someone is going to have to make them”. Enter CPA Upper School Art teacher Judy Klich and our National Art Honors Society( NAHS) students. Judy and her NAHS students were looking for something to fulfill their annual service project requirement as members of a national honor society and this seemed like the perfect fit. These students made everything from jetpacks to rayguns to barrels with toxic sludge and giant clumps of coral. They had a blast, and the props looked fantastic!
A“ BACKLIGHT” IS A LIGHT USED TO SHINE ON A PERFORMER FROM BEHIND TO KEEP HIM / HER FROM BLENDING INTO THE BACKGROUND.
We even got our media students involved, as they came to the show and filmed it for the Backlight families. One of them remarked how special it was to do something so meaningful like this behind the camera.
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