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Second graders on the Bolles Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus showcased their oratory competencies March 3 during the school’s annual Grade 2 Wax Museum.
Held onstage in George Hall in a museum setting, the event demonstrated students’ grasp of research material and their ability to present it.
Preparation for the annual Grade 2 Wax Museum event requires significant research and presentation skills of students, who spend weeks beforehand studying historic luminaries and readying accurate portrayals.
After selecting their historical figures, students began learning key facts about their characters — from their childhood interests to their biggest achievements in life.
In art class, they painted portraits of their subjects. In the final weeks, students considered how they might portray their characters onstage — writing scripts and developing costumes and props that would best tell their story in a performance setting.
The final result was a colorful Live Wax Museum show, directed by music teacher Stacey Posick. Students rotated through three large frames onstage, freezing in various poses then sharing their presentations.
Some of this year’s characters included Harriet Tubman, Marie Curie, Frida Kahlo, Martin Luther King Jr. and Usain Bolt, among many others. About 25 grade two students practiced the art of public speaking by sharing their historical findings with stage confidence and presence.
