The cafeteria at Stanley Switlik Elementary took a trip through the decades on Jan. 29 as costumed fifth-graders presented the school’s annual Living Wax Museum. Each selecting their own historical figure to research, the students brought their lives and accomplishments to the forefront with costumed impressions and posters for visiting families and friends.
The Weekly caught up with a few of the school’s junior historians on Wednesday night, eager to know the “coolest” facts they learned about their pillars of history.
Name: Zoe Todd
Historical figure: Vincent Van Gogh The coolest thing I learned was that he painted at least 39 self-portraits before he died at 37.
Name: Ian Reyes
Historical figure: Abraham LincolnThe coolest thing I learned was that he wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
Name: Kelly Amaro
Historical figure: Pablo PicassoThe coolest thing I learned was that he was a huge animal lover.
Name: Aaliyah Leatherwood
Historical figure: Ella Fitzgerald The coolest thing I learned about was her performance at Super Bowl V.
Name: Roselyn Garces Boza
Historical figure: Kathrine Johnson The coolest thing I learned was she calculated Neil Armstrong’s historical mission to the moon.
Name: Riley Buttner
Historical figure: Ray Charles The coolest thing I learned was that his preferred instrument was the piano only.
Name: Jashly Suarez
Historical figure: Sally Ride The coolest thing I learned was that she was on an episode of “Sesame Street.”
Name: Daniel Jose Molina
Historical figure: Andrew CarnegieThe coolest thing I learned was that he was one of the richest philanthropists of his time.
Name: Sadie Hiber
Historical figure: Johnny Appleseed The coolest thing I learned was that he had 13 siblings.
Name: Cameron Coletti
Historical figure: Robert Wyland The coolest thing I learned was that his love for whales started when he was 4 years old.
