March 17, 2018 - With two special assemblies, one for the older students and one for the younger students, professional storytellers Anne Rutherford and Norm Brecke performed for all Sierra Foothill Charter School students on March 14, 2018. They are master storytellers who not only kept the students engaged with their entertaining stories, but they kept the students involved throughout. Students loved it! It was a very worthwhile assembly.
Rutherford and Brecke traveled from Oregon and performed at multiple Mariposa County elementary schools as well as other schools in a larger region and at community events thanks to the efforts of the Keeping Storytelling in Schools SIG (Special Interest Group).
Rutherford and Brecke surrounded by SFCS students Daisy Salonen, Lily Grauman, Khalil Neogy, Jamie Ardell, Wyatt Brouillette, Conner Eastwood, Reese Evans, Chloe-Jean Blagg, Elle Sexton, and Atticus Yu.
Norm Brecke relays the story of a poor farmer trying to pull out an enormous turnip from his field while Anne Rutherford plays the farmer and employs the help of students Weston Frazer, Wyndham Evans, Natalee Marundee, Samuel Harveston, and Atticus Yu.
Students sing along and act out the parts of meatball and spaghetti with Anne Rutherford sitting in front and Norm Brecke playing the guitar in back. The students are Melody Neimier, Astrid Ardell, Tavin Vaziralli, Madison Michael, Westley Sheffield, Colin Jensen, Amaryllis Joslin, and Levi Evans.
Norm Brecke and Anne Rutherford in character for a story.
