Wisconsin School for the Deaf - The Wisconsin Times Vol. 135 No. 2 Winter 2013-2014 | Page 7

These talented fifth graders had full creative
control including writing the script for
the interpreter, determining who played
which characters, and editing to be sure the
audience would understand their vision.

Also featured were the traditional ‘12 Days of
Christmas,’ performed by WSD’s Elementary
ASL Club, an A to Z ASL poem entitled, “What I
Want for Christmas’ featuring all the elementary
students, a touching tribute to families from the
Sign Song Dancers and Rhythm Club and a much
anticipated visit from Santa Claus.

ABOVE & BELOW: Rehearsal for the big show.

Thanks to this year’s senior class. Some of the
seniors donned costumes and took the stage to
add just the right touch to the younger students’
skits. Other seniors helped decorate and set
up the Lee Gymnasium for the big night. For
all their help, seniors were given a ‘Christmas
bonus’ to include in their checkbooks for their
budgeting class with Therese Pohl-Markowitz.
As long as we’re on the subject of Therese,
a big THANK YOU goes out to Therese and
Karen Copeland for their marvelous costumes.
They worked tirelessly sewing, altering and
organizing almost 40 costumes! Seeing each
and every student come on stage in their
adorable, unique, sometimes recycled costumes
makes the performance so much more special
for all the viewers. Therese has been sewing
costumes for the WSD winter plays for over
20 years! She will be retiring at the end of this
year. Therese may not be at WSD everyday,
but her joyous spirit and her priceless costumes
will be here for everyone to treasure.

Parents, siblings, extended families, WSD staff, friends and alums came to see this year’s
performance and they were IMPRESSED! Christopher did a fantastic job directing his first
WSD winter play. We look forward to many more to come!
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