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IN THE CLASSROOM

William McCleod’s hobbies include woodworking, sparring and piano.

Brittain Lawrence of Germantown, Caleb Cranford and Spencer Hebert of Germantown star in Harding Academy’s upcoming production of “Little Shop of Horrors” which opens Sunday.

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Lunch menus

MENUS FOR OCT. 28-NOV. 1

BREAKFAST

Monday: Sausage breakfast bagel, ultimate breakfast round or Grizzlies breakfast kit; juice; fruit; milkTuesday: Mini maple pancakes, soy butter and jelly Jammerz or cereal and graham crackers; juice; milkWednesday: French toast sticks with smokies, apple cinnamon bar with string cheese or cereal and graham crackers; juice; milkThursday: Sausage kolache, yogurt and granola or cereal and graham crackers; juice; milkFriday: Sausage and biscuit, blueberry muffin or cereal and graham crackers; juice; milk

LUNCH

Monday: Choice: turkey burger on whole grain bun, Mexican style pizza or soy butter and jelly Jammerz with cheese; crinkle cut potatoes, California blend vegetables; chilled pear slices; assorted fruit; milkTuesday: Choice: barbecue pork sandwich, three cheese bread with marinara or chef salad; baked beans; coleslaw; whole kernel corn; assorted fruit; chilled peach slices; milkWednesday: Choice: mini burgers, veggie burger, oven roasted chicken or chef salad; baked sweet potatoes; turnip greens; cornbread; Mandarin oranges; assorted fruit; milkThursday: Choice: grilled chicken salad, chili with cheese toast or chef salad; black bean and corn salsa with scoops; baked potato; romaine garden salad; broccoli with cheese (elementary); pineapple chunks; assorted fruit; milkFriday: Choice: pizza, chef salad or veggie salad (or fish sticks — elementary; fish strips with roll — secondary); steamed baby carrots; garden salad; whole grain roll (elementary); fruit cocktail; assorted fruit; milk

WILLIAM MCLEODHouston High School

Age: 14Family: Dad, Je!, mom Andrea,

brothers Ian and CollinPeople I admire: Nikola Tesla,

Erwin Schrödinger, Thomas Berg-erson

What is your favorite school sub-ject: Sciences — excluding biology

What is your least favorite sub-ject: English

What is your favorite class and teacher: Latin class with Abigail Braddock

What famous person would you like to meet? Michio Kaku

What is the best thing about be-ing a kid: Little responsibility

What do you want to do when you grow up: Acquire an advanced de-gree in physics or chemistry

What are some of your hobbies:Woodworking, sparring, piano

What is the last book you read: A Little History of the World

If you were principal for a day, what would you do: Cancel HEAT, which is a study hall/tutoring time that is twice a week and is geared toward helping students increase standardized test scores.

STUDENT PROFILE

McLeod’s goal: Degree in physics or chemistry

KEITH SALTERCollierville High School, Theater

How long have you been teaching at Collierville High School: 14 years

What do you like most about your school: The students and my fellow fine arts col-leagues.

When did you know you wanted to become a teacher: My freshman year of college.

What are some of the big-gest challenges of being a teacher: The ever increasing demands of the state.

What are some of your proudest moments as an

educator: When two of my former students starred in Broadway musicals.

Do you have any teaching in-spirations? If so, who? Dr. Carl Vaulpel and Mickey Hutson.

Favorite subject as a kid: English

Least favorite subject as a kid: Math

Hobbies outside of school: Travel

Favorite vacation spot: Eu-reka Springs, Ark.

What is the last book you read: “God Stories”

Favorite movies: Amadeus, The Ten Commandments, Spirited Away

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT

Salter enjoys students,

fine arts colleagues

Keith Salter

By Debra SissonSpecial to The Commercial Appeal

On Sunday, the Harding Academy the-ater department will open “Little Shop of Horrors,” its first production led by new director of theater arts Jennifer Daniels. Vocal direction will be by Dan Burdette, and orchestration will be by Colby Can-terbury.

Rehearsals for this production began in early September and set construction was completed in early October, with the help of Paul Hayes and Je! Frizzell. Hayes and Frizzell also are responsible for the creation of “Audrey 2,” making Harding Academy the brand-new owner of the only second set of Audrey 2’s in Memphis. The cast has been working very hard, and having a blast as this sto-

ry of the man-eating avocado from outer space attempts to take over the world.

Wilson Hughes provides the pow-erful bass of Audrey 2, and the rest of the lead cast includes Audrey, played by Brittain Lawrence of Germantown; Seymour, portrayed by Caleb Cranford; Crystal, played by Cameron Donlin; Chif-fon, portrayed by Katie Fisher McHugh; Ronnette, played by Maria Jackson; Orin

Scrivello, played by John Shanklin; and Spencer Hebert of Germantown as Mush-nik.

Performances will be in O.O. Emmons Auditorium at Harding Academy, 1100 Cherry Road. For more information call 901-767-4949 or visithardinglions.org.

Debra Sisson handles communications for Harding Academy.

HARDING ACADEMY

Oh, the Horror

Harding students (from left) Caleb Cranford and John Shanklin rehearse a scene from the school’s upcoming play “Little Shop of Horrors.”

TALENTED YOUTH Briarcrest Christian Middle School had 59 eighth-grade students to qualify and par-ticipate in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Program. Qualified students must be ranked in the 95th percentile on a reasoning section of a national or state achievement test. These students will be invited to take the ACT or SAT Assess-ments during the 2013-2014 school year. Based on their performances, the students will have the opportunity to participate in a multitude of academic offerings sponsored by Johns Hopkins University.

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ opens Sunday at Harding