Eighth-Grade Students Make Mythology Come Alive

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A fearsome Cyclops has taken up residence in the Holliday Library, his one huge eye trained on librarian Kay Daniel's desk.

Nearby, a furry Trojan Horse stands ready to fulfill its mission of treachery.

The imaginative projects were the culminating assignment in Russell Shelley's eighth-grade students' exploration of Edith Wharton's Mythology. Concentrating primarily on Greek mythology, the students learned about the Olympians, the Trojan War, the adventures of Odysseus and Aeneas, and the great families of Greece.


Two girls caught in the act of doing something no eighth-grader should
ever do: open Pandora's box.


Noted Shelley, "Mythology is indeed an odyssey and an eighth-grade rite of passage, but this year the students produced some exceptional projects."


The gods live on Mt. Olympus among classical wedding-cake columns.

It was clear from the projects that the students really enjoyed their literary sojourn with the gods and warriors of ancient Greece and Rome.


These students created the papier mache monster using a plastic Halloween
skeleton as an armature.



This imposing Trojan horse is built of popsicle sticks; his tail of drapery
fringe adds a decorative flourish.

Several projects are currently on display in the Middle School library.