History lesson

Olen­tangy Oak Creek Ele­men­tary School second-grader Madyn Murt­land, por­tray­ing Clara Bar­ton, is pho­tographed by her grand­par­ents, Gail and Gary Ebright, dur­ing a his­tory pro­gram at the build­ing Thurs­day. About 120 second-graders par­tic­i­pated in the school’s “A Night at the Wax Museum,” por­tray­ing his­tor­i­cal fig­ures of their choice. They mim­ic­ked fig­ures in a wax museum, pre­tend­ing to come to life and describe their char­ac­ters for onlook­ers. Laura Simp­son, one of the school’s second-grade teach­ers, said the project com­bined read­ing, writ­ing and his­tory. Stu­dents did their own research and wrote their own pre­sen­ta­tions. (Gazette | Paul Comstock)