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Belleville West Students Share their Favorite Books
Throughout this year, Belleville West students are sharing their favorite books with the school. This week features recommendations from Mrs. Short’s students.
Speech Team Wins Sectional Title, Advancing Nine Events to State
The Belleville West Speech and Acting Team won the IHSA Sectional Tournament at Chatham on Saturday, February 9. The following students qualified for the IHSA State Contest in Peoria on February 15 and 16:
Kaylon Brown – first place in Oratorical Declamation
Kaylon Brown – first place in Original Oratory
Delaney Holliday – first place in Dramatic Interpretation
Delaney Holliday – first place in Poetry Reading
Jaylon Muchison – first place in Special Occasion Speaking
Alex Johnson and Reily Wills – first place in Humorous Duet Acting
Danyelle Scott and Naja Taylor – first place in Dramatic Duet Acting
Jaylon Muchison – second place in Humorous Interpretation
The Performance in the Round cast earned third place, also advancing to the IHSA State Tournament.
Team coaches are Mr. Adam Jenkins, Mr. Russ Reidelberger, Ms. Julie Schloesser, and Mrs. Leigh Reidelberger. Congratulations to the team and its coaches!
Students Share their Creativity in Poetry Cafe
Belleville West students shared their original poetry in this year’s Poetry Cafe. The event, sponsored by Page One (the Belleville West literary magazine) and the BW Library, was held on Friday, February 8. Students attended during lunch hours to read their work, listen to the poetry of others, and enjoy refreshments.
Literary Magazine Accepting Student Writing and Art for Publication
Page One, the Belleville West literary and art magazine, is currently accepting student submissions for the 2018-2019 edition. The magazine accepts submissions of original poetry, short fiction, essays, drama, photography, and art. Work must be submitted through the online Google forms.
The rules for submission are as follows:
1. Each student may submit up to three pieces in any one genre (prose, poetry, and art).
2. The student must use the Google form links to submit work.
3. The student must complete a separate form for each submission.
4. The student must not place his/her name on the submission itself.
By submitting work to Page One, the student is granting permission for the work to be published in the school magazine. The student agrees to the following:
1. The submitted piece of writing or art is his/her own original work.
2. Page One reserves the right to edit the piece for content or length.
3. Page One does not have space to publish every piece that it receives.
Any student of Belleville West High School is eligible to submit work to Page One. The deadline for this year’s submissions is next Friday, February 15.
Book Club Makes Spring Selection
Members of the BW Book Club have chosen David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon as their next selection. The group wil meet on Wednesday, April 3, for discussion. Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk in the BW Library.
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.
Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered.
As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
English Students Enjoy Weekend Field Trip to St. Louis Art Museum
English teacher Mrs. Lannette Story and social studies teacher Ms. Amanda Borkowski organized a student trip to the St. Louis Art Museum on Saturday, February 2.
The group of students toured the exhibit of St. Louis paintings by Kehinde Wiley. Wiley is the first African-American artist to paint a presidential portrait. He created the portrait of President Obama that is part of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
On its web page, the St. Louis Art Museum includes this information about Wiley’s work and his St. Louis collection:
Kehinde Wiley creates large-scale oil paintings of contemporary African American subjects in poses that recall grand traditions of European and American portraiture. His models—real people dressed in their own clothing—assume poses adapted from historic paintings. Wiley’s portraits often feature ornate and decorative backgrounds, elements of which surround and sometimes weave around his subjects. His works address the politics of race and power in art, drawing attention to the pervasive lack of representation of people of color in the art world.
The Saint Louis Art Museum is proud to present Kehinde Wiley: Saint Louis, an exhibition that is deeply connected to this city and informed by visits Wiley made in 2017. Through a process of street casting, he invited strangers he met in neighborhoods in north St. Louis and Ferguson to pose for his paintings. Wiley then created eleven original portraits that are inspired by carefully chosen artworks in the Museum’s collection.
Belleville West Students Share their Favorite Books
Throughout this year, Belleville West students are sharing their favorite books with the school. This week features recommendations from Mr. Reidelberger’s students.
Speech Team Wins Regional, Advancing All Events to Sectional
The Belleville West Speech and Acting Team won its regional tournament in the IHSA Individual Events series this Saturday, February 2.
The following students advance to the sectional tournament next weekend:
Kaylon Brown – first place in Oratorical Declamation
Kaylon Brown – first place in Original Oratory
Delaney Holliday – first place in Dramatic Interpretation
Delaney Holliday – first place in Poetry Reading
Alex Johnson and Reily Wills – first place in Humorous Duet Acting
Jaylon Muchison – first place in Humorous Interpretation
Danyelle Scott and Naja Taylor – first place in Dramatic Duet Acting
Annabelle Brown – second place in Prose Reading
JoJo Holm – second place in Original Comedy
Maxwell Juhas – second place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Jaylon Muchison – second place in Special Occasion Speaking
Ben Hawking – third place in Radio Speaking
Savannah Tiemann – third place in Informative Speaking
Savannah Tiemann – fourth place in Impromptu Speaking
The cast of the Performance in the Round took second place, also advancing to the sectional tournament.
Team coaches are Mr. Adam Jenkins, Mr. Russ Reidelberger, Ms. Julie Schloesser, and Mrs. Leigh Reidelberger.
Mary Poppins Takes the Stage Tonight and Tomorrow
Belleville West Little Theatre presents the 2019 children’s play, Mary Poppins Jr., this Thursday and Friday, January 31 and February 1. Bring the entire family to enjoy this beloved classic, adapted from Disney’s Broadway production and the motion picture.
Bert, the jack-of-all-trades, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.”
The score of Mary Poppins Jr. features such favorite songs as “A Spoonful of Sugar,” “Feed the Birds,” “Jolly Holiday,” “Step in Time,” “Let’s Go Fly a Kite,” and—of course—”Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”
Performances begin at 7:00 each evening in the BW Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $4 for children, $5 for students, and $7 for adults. Advance tickets are available online at bwlittletheater.brownpapertickets.com.
Harambee Presents Annual Performance Next Wednesday
The Belleville West Harambee group will present its annual show for Black History Month next Wednesday, February 6. The theme of this year’s show is the Harlem Renaissance. The Harambee show will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Belleville West Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students and children, and $5 for senior citizens.