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ORHS Masquers presents ‘Our Town’ this week

Posted at 3:29 pm November 7, 2018
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Image courtesy ORHS Masquers

Image courtesy ORHS Masquers

 

Oak Ridge High School Masquers, the school’s drama program, will present Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Our Town” for three performances this week.

The performances are scheduled for Thursday, November 8, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, November 10, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, November 11, at 2 p.m., at the Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Entertainment, Front Page News, K-12, Theater, Top Stories Tagged With: Benjamin Fowler, Oak Ridge High School Masquers, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, ORHS Masquers, Our Town, Thornton Wilder

Three Oak Ridge teachers named outstanding educators by Humanities Tennessee

Posted at 2:16 pm April 21, 2017
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Benjamin Fowler and Julie Golden of Oak Ridge High School and Scot Smith of Robertsville Middle School have been named as Outstanding Educators for 2017 by Humanities Tennessee. Three of this year’s six recipients of the award are from Oak Ridge Schools. According to Humanities Tennessee, the Outstanding Educator Awards recognize teachers who have demonstrated excellence in teaching the humanities and who encourage the humanities to be an important part of their students’ lives. Each of the recipients, selected from a pool of nominees from across the state, receive a $2,000 fellowship to further their professional development in the humanities; their schools receive $1,500 for humanities programs and materials, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12 Tagged With: Benjamin Fowler, humanities, Humanities Tennessee, Julie Golden, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Schools, Outstanding Educator awards, Outstanding Educators, professional development, Robertsville Middle School, Scot Smith, teachers

Masquers’ fall play: ‘Murder in the Magnolias’

Posted at 4:01 pm November 2, 2014
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ORHS Masquers Murder in the Magnolias

By Benjamin Fowler

Oak Ridge High School Masquers, the school’s drama program, will present “Murder in the Magnolias,” an ensemble comedy, in three performances this month.

The performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, November 13, and Saturday, November 15, and 2 p.m. Sunday, November 16, at the Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center. The ensemble comedy blends Southern plays with a dollop of Tara Plantation, delightfully madcap characters, and a garden full of plants with minds of their own. Colonel Rance Chickenwing III passes away, launching a family frenzy to find his buried fortune. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Sponsored Posts, Theater, Top Stories Tagged With: Benjamin Fowler, comedy, Joseph Self, Murder in the Magnolias, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge High School Masquers, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center

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