They are going by train; many students were excited about doing that.

Our state representative helped with tickets to that.

They each have two minutes to speak. Get them in and out quickly.

This idea [for the theme] had the most room for creativity of costumes for students. It's a good, laid-back, fun theme; people could be goofy.

Students love it and they're excited weeks prior to the project. As far as I know we're the only school in the district that has a program like this.

Talking about a war on the other side of the world can get kind of abstract for some students.