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College School showcases student talent
11:42 a.m., Dec. 22, 2006--The strains of Für Elise, played by Matthew Dunn, a student at UD's College School, filled a darkened Pearson Hall Auditorium, Wednesday, Dec. 20, as the first act of The College School's 12th annual talent show got under way. Family and friends packed the auditorium as students and College School staff sang, danced, acted, read poetry, cheered and told jokes to the delight of the audience. The College School, on UD's Newark campus, serves students in grades 1-8 who demonstrate learning, attention, mild social or mild behavioral issues. The aim is to return them to a mainstream educational environment. Student emcees Paige Edmonds and Andrew A.J. Jones introduced each act and entertained the audience with asides and snappy patter.
The show ended with a sketch by the staff in which no one had time to prepare an act, so, the staff performed three-second demonstrations of their unrehearsed talents, while Laura Dougherty, admission director, sang, “Talent Show at The College School,” including lyrics such as, “We're all great at multitasking “All children and staff members must perform,” Jeanne Geddes-Key, the Emily L. Phelps Director of the College School, said. Geddes-Key initiated the annual talent show as a method of building confidence. “There's a real change in the kids after they've performed. After we did it the first year, I saw how it transformed them, and we've done it every year since,” she said.
Ginny Watson, grandmother of Roman Reid, who performed “A Little Bird” said the show was “fantastic.” Mike and Diane DeStefano said they “loved it. It was awesome.” Their son Nicholas was in the Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes sketch and Matthew Dickerson's mother, Kim, said the show was great. Matthew was one of the students of Room C who performed the “12 Students of Room C” to the “12 Nights of Christmas.” Article by Barbara Garrison
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