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SAVE THE MOUNT HOPE MASQUERADERS

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Lynne Kern
5 years ago

Theater (and all arts) are essential for development of all persons especially high school. It gives people confidence in speaking to large groups. It challenges your thinking and theirs. Theater was the best thing for my son, Dillon Medina, when he attended Mt Hope. It completely changed him and made him into the wonderful man that he is today .

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katie
5 years ago

Stop cutting arts. School is miserable enough for kids already

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Felicia Wise
5 years ago

Masqueraders was part of my life during a time it was at its worse. My mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, and I needed something to keep me from breaking down. Theatre was that outlet for me. To me theatre is a necessity, because without it, those who were the odd ones in, the outcasts, would not have anywhere to help them grow and feel accepted. The Masqueraders were my family. Don't take that family away please..

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Aren Longo
5 years ago

Theater is important! COVID is not an excuse to cut the program!

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Linda Lauder
5 years ago

Arts are important!

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Diogo Ventura
5 years ago

Don’t cancel the Theater program! That’s just wrong!

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Daniella Ventura
5 years ago

Do not cut the theater program.

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Emily Spence
5 years ago

Please don't cut this program. Theatre I such an important program for many youth in our district.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Keep it

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Monica
5 years ago

The arts are one of the last lines of connection today's teens have. There are important life skills for all students involved in theater: performance, communication, design, marketing, teamwork, inter-personal relationships, fundraising, project management and so much more. Teen suicide rates are growing. Don't take away every last drop of hope they have. Give them a chance to connect, to learn valuable skills, to have fun, to experience the rewards of hard work, and to build the confidence they will need in the world.

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Kasey
5 years ago

The Arts are an important part of a child’s life. It helps them with public speaking, confidence, finding who they are and as a way to express themselves. It is integral that they stay running. Being a music director at Joseph Case High School since 2013, under the late Thomas Marcello and now my brother - Neil Jeronimo - it is so amazing to see the growth and happiness in each student.

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Dallas Myers
5 years ago

The Arts (Theatre and Music) are a National Core Standard. Data for why Theatre Education matters can be found at: https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/SCHOOLTHEATRE/7f9e7fa8-ea41-4033-b6a3-1ce9da6a7b6f/UploadedImages/TIOS/2021/TIOS_2021_31_Facts.pdf

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Coralee Lazebnikova
5 years ago

Being part of the Masqueraders were some of the fondest memories I had at Mt. Hope. Some students who were masqueraders continued on and followed their dreams to Hollywood be it acting, writing or producing. It would be a terrible to lose the program.

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Larry P
5 years ago

Performing arts has always been a key element of our educational process. Please find a way to keep it that way.

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Georgia Leming
5 years ago

SAVE THIS THEATRE PROGRAM!!!

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Grace Coon
5 years ago

this theatre department better stay

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Frances Marino
5 years ago

Save Mt Hope performing arts

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Lesley Guertin
5 years ago

Keep arts in school! Bristol high class of 93

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Nate Luis Silva
5 years ago

The fact that there’s a petition to save the theatre department is disappointing. Let these kids create and grow their artistry. Bristol is beautiful, hurting the arts will cause too much bad blood in the community

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Tim Thibodeau
5 years ago

We need theater more than ever, we need students learning to connect and reconnect with each other, to share their emotions, to overcome their fears and to gain confidence in themselves.