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TuesdayFebruary24201515ByDALICARMICHAELAneveningofcreativeenergyheldatFortSmithsPaulWilliamKaeserPWKhighschoollinkedatrifectaofprojectslastweekasat-tendeeslearnedthevalueofprosehealthandcom-ingtogether.StaffstudentsandtheirparentscameoutfortheSpeakfromtheHeartshowcaseonFeb.17whereyoungmindswereinvitedtoshareprojectstheyhadbeenworkingontopro-motethenationwideHeartHealthMonthcampaign.PWKisalwayslookingforwaystobringpeopleinsaidschoolliteracycoachJodiMcMahontheeventsorganizer.Oncestudentsentertheirteenageyearsshesaiditcanbemoredifficulttogetthemandtheirfamiliesin-volvedinschoolactivitieswhichiswhyshedecidedtousethisopportunitytogetthecommunityinvolved.Theschoolrunsayear-longcompetitionthatseesthestudentbodydividedupintofourclans.MuchlikethehousesofthereveredHarryPotterserieseachclanearnspointsthatgotowardprizes.Through-outtheeveningstudentsearnedprizesforpresent-ingandevenjustforshow-ingup.Grade11studentskickedofftheeveningbypremier-ingtheirshortfilmsonseizingtheday.FollowingthatGrade8and9stu-dentsperformedspokenwordpiecesonthediffer-entelementsthatmakethemwhotheyare.ThoselessinclinedtospeakinfrontofacrowdwereinvitedtoearnpointsbycompilingresearchonHeartMonth.TidbitslikeHeartdiseaseandstroketakeonelifeeverysevenminutesand90percentofCanadianshaveatleastoneriskfactorandMorethan1.6millionCanadiansarelivingwiththeeffectsofheartdiseaseandstrokewereplasteredaroundtheschoolsfoyer.Oncethevideoandspo-kenwordperformanceswerecompleteelderFran-coisPaulettebroughtafreshtakeonperformanceandpublicspeakingforthestudentsastheeveningsguestspeaker.WethoughtmaybeweshouldtrytogetsomebodytopullpeopleinsomebodywhomighthaveadifferentvoicethanusteacherswhotheyhearfromallthetimeMcMahonsaid.HavingFrancoisinmeantthatwehadsomebody-arespectedelderfromthecommu-nityanAboriginalleader-whocouldcomeandsaysomethingtotheyouth.Wehopeditwasagoodforumforhimtoexpresshimselfandtoencourageourstu-dentstobroadentheirho-rizonsandtobepeoplewhowillstandupandsaysomethingsandexpressthem-selveswhichobviouslytheyhavetriedtodo.Assomeonewhohasad-dressedcrowdsofallkindsandsizesPauletteisnostrangertopublicspeaking.Hesharedhiswisdomwiththekidsamidststoriesofhischildhoodaccidentallymeet-ing70srockbandKISSandtravelingaroundtheworld.Dontstandbehindthepodiumtobeagoodspeakershareyourwholebodywiththeaudiencehesaidgivingademonstration.Speakwithyourheartandyourmind.Thedramacrewalsosharedasneak-previewscenefromtheiroriginalplaywhichwillhaveitsopeningdayattheendofMarch.Asanothermeansofen-couragingparticipationteachersgavetheirownperformancesforevery10presentationsgivenandforaminimumnumberofattendees.ThehighlightforstudentsasdemonstratedbychorusesoflaughterwasseeingteacherandformerelementaryschoolprincipalCraigWalshandviceprincipalDanKearleyshilariousrenditionofImaLittleTeapot.WewantedtohititfromallanglessothatanybodycouldparticipateintheeventsMcMahonsaidadd-ingthatshelooksforwardtohostingsimilareventsinthefuture.FortSmithhighschoolstudentsspeakfromtheheartEveningofprosepromotesparticipationliteracyandhealthPhotosDaliCarmichaelARTSCULTURESPOKENWORDWynterTrudeauperformsanoriginalspokenwordpiecetoacrowdofherpeersteachersandfamilymembersattheSpeakfromtheHeartshowcaseonFeb.17.StudentsofthePWKdramaclubperformascenefromtheirupcomingoriginalplay.TeacherCraigWalshandviceprincipalDanKearleyperformImaLittleTeapotwithfullactionsanaddedincentiveforstudentstoattendtheevent.