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March Madness Ends this Week
In celebration of March Madness, the BW English Department is sponsoring a contest for students to select their favorite book from the BW Library. Each week in March, students can vote for their favorite books by visiting this link. Every student who participates will be entered in a drawing, with the prize winners announced at the end of the month.
This week, the final two books face off: The Hate U Give by Angie Tomas and My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf. The deadline for voting is this Friday, March 28.
Little Theatre Stages Encore Performance of Award-Winning Contest Play
Belleville West Little Theatre will present an encore performance of the 2025 contest drama, The Learned Ladies, this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the BW Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for adults. The cast and crew will compete in the IHSA State Drama Tournament this weekend.
Contest Play Advances to State Tournament
Congratulations to the cast and crew of The Learned Ladies, the 2025 Belleville West contest drama! The production is advancing to the IHSA State Drama Contest on March 28 and 29. Special congratulations to All-Sectional Cast members Quinn Brown, Natalie Hall, Eric Perschbacher, Theo Rickert, Corrine Shoemake, and Jordyn Struense!
Voting in Read for a Lifetime Program Ends Soon
Students who have read any four or more books from this year’s Read for a Lifetime list may vote for their favorite book at this link by April 1. Students who participate in the program, which is sponsored by the state of Illinois, will receive a state certificate and an invitation to breakfast in the BW Library in May.
2024-2025 READ FOR A LIFETIME BOOKS
Accountable by Dashka Slater
All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Baby & Solo by Lisabeth Posthuma
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
Divine Rivals: A Novel by Rebecca Ross
Four for the Road by K.J. Reilly
Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
Golden Arm by Carl Dueker
Here to Stay by Sara Farizan
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy
Impossible Escape: A True STory of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe by Steve Sheinkin
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes by Travis Baldree
My Lady Jane by Cyndia Hand, Brodie Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Rez Ball by Byron Graves
Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim
Sunshine: How One Camp Taught Me about Life, Death, and Hope by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
The Loop by Ben Oliver
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
What the River Knows: Secrets of the Nile by Isabel Ibanez
Little Theatre Stages Classic Comedy This Week
Belleville West Little Theatre will present the annual contest drama on Thursday, March 20. This year’s offering is The Learned Ladies, a classic comedy by Moliere, translated by Richard Wilbur.
Clitandre (senior Theo Rickert) seeks the hand of Henriette (senior Natalie Hall), a match heartily approved of by Henriette’s father, Chrysale (senior Eric Perschbacher). However, his wife, Philaminte (senior Sylvi Segraves) has other plans for her younger daughter—namely marriage to Trissotin (senior Quinn Brown), a foppish wit who panders to Philaminte’s intellectual pretensions.
Further complications are quickly introduced: Armande (senior Jordyn Struense), Henriette’s older sister, once rejected Clitandre but now resents his attentions to Henriette. Belise (freshman Corinne Shoemake), Chrysale’s sister, believes (incorrectly) that all men are wildly in love with her. And Vadius (junior Savannah Hay), another scholar, is jealous of Trissotin’s hold on Philaminte.
Did you get all that? Needless to say, the course of true love does not run smoothly!
The contest play offers a unique opportunity for drama students. The play must be performed within a 40-minute time period, and student technicians have 20 minutes to set and clear the stage for performance. The Learned Ladies will compete against other area schools to win a berth in the IHSA state tournament. This year’s sectional competition will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 21 and 22.
The production is directed by Mr. John Lodle and Mr. Tyler Herron. The student directors are senior Elda Thacker and sophomore Bree Aplin.
The March 20 performance is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in the Belleville West Performing Arts Center, located at 4063 Frank Scott Parkway West. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for adults. Advance tickets are on sale at this link.
Students Choose Final Four in March Madness Reading Event
In celebration of March Madness, the BW English Department is hosting a contest for students to select their favorite literature from the BW Library. Each week in March, students can vote for their favorite books by visiting this link. Every student who participates will be entered in a drawing, with the prize winners announced at the end of the month. The deadline for the third week of voting is Friday, March 21.
Belleville West Students Share Reading Recommendations
Throughout this year, members of the BW chapter of the National English Honor Society are creating book displays in the BW Library. The eighth set of selections features books by W. Bruce Cameron, books by Ana Huang, books by George Orwell, books about mental disorders, celebrity memoirs, dystopian novels, the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, and romances.
BW Stages Classic Comedy for Theatre Competition
Belleville West Little Theatre will present the annual contest drama on Thursday, March 20. This year’s offering is The Learned Ladies, a classic comedy by Moliere, translated by Richard Wilbur.
Clitandre (senior Theo Rickert) seeks the hand of Henriette (senior Natalie Hall), a match heartily approved of by Henriette’s father, Chrysale (senior Eric Perschbacher). However, his wife, Philaminte (senior Sylvi Segraves) has other plans for her younger daughter—namely marriage to Trissotin (senior Quinn Brown), a foppish wit who panders to Philaminte’s intellectual pretensions.
Further complications are quickly introduced: Armande (senior Jordyn Struense), Henriette’s older sister, once rejected Clitandre but now resents his attentions to Henriette. Belise (freshman Corinne Shoemake), Chrysale’s sister, believes (incorrectly) that all men are wildly in love with her. And Vadius (junior Savannah Hay), another scholar, is jealous of Trissotin’s hold on Philaminte.
Did you get all that? Needless to say, the course of true love does not run smoothly!
The contest play offers a unique opportunity for drama students. The play must be performed within a 40-minute time period, and student technicians have 20 minutes to set and clear the stage for performance. The Learned Ladies will compete against other area schools to win a berth in the IHSA state tournament. This year’s sectional competition will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 21 and 22.
The production is directed by Mr. John Lodle and Mr. Tyler Herron. The student directors are senior Elda Thacker and sophomore Bree Aplin.
The March 20 performance is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in the Belleville West Performing Arts Center, located at 4063 Frank Scott Parkway West. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for adults. Advance tickets are available at this link.
March Madness Continues in the BW English Department
In celebration of March Madness, the BW English Department invites students to participate in a challenge to select their favorite books from the BW Library. Each week in March, students can vote for their favorite books by visiting this link. Every student who participates will be entered in a drawing, with the prize winners announced at the end of the month. The deadline for the second week of voting is Friday, March 14.