ASL students sign important message through show

The American Sign Language show put on Feb. 6-8 was a big blast. All the attendees seemed to have a really great time.

The show took place at a fictional school named Keller High School. Keller High School has its fair share of good people, jocks, and bullies. The show begins in a chemistry lab when one of the students is being bullied about being a freshman and being small. This same freshman is also bullied for causing a spill in the lab. The theme word for the show was WHAMO, which stands for What Heroes Are Made Of.

“Basically, we made an anti-bullying message campaign where we don’t focus on props. We focus on the message people are delivering. The last hour is dedication to teachers, other staff, and more,” said Ovida de Julia, ASL teacher at CVHS.

Although there are many people involved, the main director was Alyah Thomas. “This is my first year directing. I started prep work in december,” said Thomas.

Unfortunately, de Julia is not the only sick teacher on campus. History teacher and activities director Nicholas Whitaker is battling cancer as well. At the show, there was a dedication to Whitaker in which a song about being happy celebrated his wonderful outlook on life.

“It was good. I got really tearful near the end when Ms. de Julia was signing,” said Nicole Tripod, a second year ASL student.

Besides simply being at the show, de Julia must do many other tasks to ensure the show’s success. Her other jobs include advising, writing, and facilitating the show.

“Ms. de Julia was a huge support. She is our motivation to do well in the show because she has done so much for us in the past four years. Giving her a great show is kind of like our gift to her from all of us,” said senior Victoria Skinner.