Arctic animals bring arts, science to life for RCS students

A pack of wild, arctic animals invaded A.W. Becker Elementary School on Friday to teach students a lesson.

The “animals” were fifth grade students who have spent weeks creating paper mache animal masks and they performed skits and poetry for students in the third and fourth grade.

With the assistance of Paul Hurteau, an Arts in Education presenter who has spent time in northern Canada, the students created their theatric pieces about arctic animals. Their acts featured arctic hares, wolves, orca, walrus, caribou, musk ox, foxes, and polar bears.

The program is funded through an Arts in Education grant and is designed to combine lessons on the arts and sciences.