The Spanish Four and Five classes at Stroudsburg High School have a fun teamworking project at the end of the year, where students come together in groups to plan and bring a skit based on a fairy tale to life.
“Cuentos de hadas,” Spanish for “fairy tales,” usually contain a structure of animals attacking, a happy ending, and characters who are fantastical in some way (witches, talking animals, etc).
After students wrote a storyline, they had to design props, create sound effects, find music, and make a background for the Promethean board while they presented.
Some kids even invited their teachers, who happened to have a prep or lunch period at the time, to come watch.
All the students were happy with their work and had positive comments about the project.
One skit, performed by Elizebeth Eberz, ’25, Jessica Klein, ’25, Julianna Vo, ’25, Carolyn Roberti, ’25, and Cate Brinker, ’25, was about an evil turtle who stole a magical necklace from a mermaid, and there was a whole search for it.
Another skit, performed by Peter Leyba, ’25, Bella Piper, ’25, Elif Zeytinoglu, ’25, and Carlos “Gabe” Dominguez, ’25, was about two brothers when they were kids. One of them was bitten by a werewolf and banished from the kingdom, only to come back years later to steal away the princess that his brother was about to marry.
The brothers had a big fight, and the first brother died, but was brought back to life by a fairy godmother, at the cost of turning into a werewolf himself.
“It was fun and it was my favorite project this year.
— Austin Herman, '25
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A crowd favorite was a Mario game skit performed by Jake Bostwick, ’25, Alex Pacitti, ’25, and Austin Herman, ’25.
Mario and Princess Peach were running when Bowser took Princess Peach away. They had a big fight scene, and in the end, Mario saved Peach, and they “lived happily ever after and ran into the sunset together,” as exclaimed by Austin Herman, ‘25.
Overall, kids had only positive things to say about the project, and it was a great experience for the students.
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Jake Bostwick, '25, Alex Pacitti, '25, Austin Herman, '25, posing for a group picture.
Photos provided by Amada Nicholson