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    Storytelling Festival
October 9, 2008

High schoolers create goblins and good times

Although not quite Halloween, a few witches and a goblin or two could be seen at Crystal Beach Park Wednesday.

Woodward High School students took on the role of these and many other fairy tale characters as they entertained area second graders at the park during the annual Storytelling Festival sponsored by the high school humanities and art classes.

As humanities students acted out stories like “Hansel and Gretel” and “Rumpelstiltskin” and “Rikki Tikki Tembo,” the high school art students acted as guides leading the 15 area second grade classes from story to story, said JoLynn Love, Woodward humanities teacher and festival co-sponsor.

Youngsters from Sharon-Mutual, Fargo, Fort Supply and Mooreland attended the festival as well as Woodward second graders, she said.

Love noted that one of the best things about the festival is that “it promotes reading.”

“Most of the stories they see here, they can find in their grade school libraries,” she said.

In addition, Love said the event “gives the high school students a great chance to mentor younger students.”

But besides being beneficial for both the high school and elementary students, Love noted that the festival is also a lot of fun for both groups.

In fact, the humanities teacher noted that the festival is something her students “look the most forward to” each year.

“They love the Storytelling Festival,” she said, noting that it has become a tradition for the school as the humanities classes have sponsored the event for more than 10 years now.

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