HOLLY WOODSEN (25) and ALLY FIELDING (25) nervously watch a play at the theater as a STORYTELLER narrates that it’s a story about hope that took place at the town’s High School when three teenagers prevailed to help save a Muslim friend. The play begins. JAMIE, a freshman, resembles Ally, and AMBER resembles HOLLY. They attend band practice with ARIA, a Muslim girl, and KEVIN. When it’s time for their science class, Aria decides to stay behind, as the others go to class. During MISS RITTER’s class an announcement is made that the school’s on a lockdown. The friends worry about Aria. They don’t know where she is. Jamie and Amber sneak out of the classroom to go find her. They see a shadow and don’t know who it is, but then they run into …show more content…
The flute lays bent and dented on the other side of the room. Inside the flute case is a note. In the stairwell, EUGENE WILLIAMS wears all black and a black mask. He holds a knife to the back of Aria’s neck. She’s blindfolded and her hands are tied. He stabs her in the wrist, telling her that she only has twenty-two steps left. He pulls a jar out of his pocket. Jamie, Amber, and Kevin read the note. They are horrified. It tells them that that, “While stabbing is a way to kill, it all depends on the attacker’s will…. Twenty two times can a victim be stabbed, twenty two steps on the hour and eventually death.” Justice is the name signed on the note. They see the number “21” painted on the wall. They don’t know if it’s blood or not. The kids decide to go back to the class and get help from a teacher. They take the note back. The teacher isn’t sure what to think about the note, but promises to give the information to the police. The kids try to figure out what the notes means. They believe the assailant and Aria are still in the school …show more content…
Jamie finds another number on the desk. Jamie and Kevin leave the school building and are stopped by OFFICER BRENT. Jamie and Kevin give the police the information they know. Officer Brent tries to reassure Jamie and Kevin. The police show them the folder of the man they believe has Aria. Jamie and Kevin believe his motives might be racist. Jamie and Kevin sneak back into the school building. They find Eugene and Aria in the Science Classroom. Eugene has a knife up to Aria’s throat. He blames Aria’s uncle for killing his wife. She was in the building when her uncle flew the plane into the North Tower on September 11, 2001. He feels he’s carrying out justice. Eugene is about to kill her when a gunshot is fired from outside through the window. The bullet hits Eugene. The police handcuff him and charge him with attempted murder. They rush Aria to the hospital. In the hospital, Aria forgives Eugene. She knows that she’s not her uncle. Her friends are inspired by how forgiving Aria can be. Aria feels inspired by her friends for saving her
Scott overhears Kelly, Julia’s best friend, asking Julia is she finished her book review. The only people that do book reviews is the club that writes the school newspapers. Therefore, Scott decides to join the school newspaper club, so he can try to get closer to Julia, only to learn that Julia was a guest and never actually joined the club. Scott also finds out that Kelly and Julia are planning to join the drama club. By giving Scott another chance to get closer to Julia, he decides to join the drama club. After a horrible performance, Scott joins the stage crew, later to find out that Julia did not even make the cut. After failing twice trying to get closer to Julia, Scott finds out that Julia is running for student council. So again, Scott decided to run too. As usual, Julia does not make student council and Scott does. With piles of homework, a new baby brother on the way, and tons of activities to do Scott is barely getting enough sleep. After learning how hard starting high school was for him, Scott decides to start a survival guide for his upcoming younger brother. Later in the year, a new girl, named Lee, comes to J.P. Zenger High
In Pleasant Ridge High School’s production of this play, Margo Daley was played by sophomore Maura McClendon, Sarge Abbott was played by Matt Churchill, Hope Halliday was played by Emily Cole, Duncan O’Toole was played by Conner McClendon, Mary Beth Lumpkin was played by Desirae Shackleford, and Tamara Logan was played by Isabelle Lanter. Outside of the council, Hal Webster was played by Duncan Currie, Lamar Bentorres was played by Cameron Kilgore, Zoey Marcus was played by Clarrissa Dusil-Sweet, Opal Bell was played by Savanna Essary, Theodora Van Horne was played by Nicole Patrick, Budgie
One day, Melinda tries to run away from Mr. Neck, and she finds a janitor's closet that hasn't been used in a long time. She thinks it's a perfect hiding spot and she also cleans it up after school. Later that day, Melinda went to a pep rally with Heather ,even though she didn’t want to go. Some girls behind her asks if she the one that called that cops at Kyle Rodgers end-of-the-summer party. At dinner one night, Melinda's parents get on Melinda's back about her grade and that she can do better. After Melinda leaves her parents start to fight. Melinda decides to at least try. She starts focusing in science class. Her science teacher, Ms. Keen, is very smart. So is David Petrakis, Melinda's lab partner. Mr. Stetman, Melinda's algebra teacher, is also very smart, but he can't convince the class why they need to know algebra. Heather joins a group, called the Marthas. The Marthas make Heather decorate the teachers lounge for Thanksgiving. Heather convinces Melinda to help her. When Marthas come into the lounge to see what Heather did, they aren't happy to see Melinda. Heather says Melinda is the first person at school to talk to her. Siobhan (one of the Mathas) says, "She's
Sari is obsessed with her crush David Cole. However, he has a girlfriend and Sari wants him to choose between his girlfriend and her. Suddenly all of this crushes into pieces because Sari and Jess are at a party and Sari ditches Jess to go be with David and people are seeming to be suspicious what's going on between them two. So later on, Erica Trager the biggest drama queen of the school asks Jess what is going on between Sari and David and Jess ends up spilling the beans by telling her that they meet every Thursday after school alone and hangout, which David girlfriend Thea doesn't realize this. With this being told, the next day the whole school knows and everyone is talking about it and Sari comes up to Jess screaming and crying to her
When they got to the office the principal told them to come in her office. She asked what happened and they said
They look for Ash in the house, in the backyard, and in bushes. Kaitlyn thinks that maybe he ran home but she is for sure that he did not as she stumbles upon a note that leaves scared for Ash and heartbroken. The letter read: if you ever want to see your puppy again you need to bring me 500$ an met me in the alley on Peach street and come alone. Kaitlyn quickly runs home and shows her parents the note and thy give her the money. That night Kaitlyn and Mrs. Philipps ( Kaitlyn’s mother) get in the car and drive to the alley and Mrs. Philipps hides the car deep in the alley so that the car is hidden. Kaitlyn has the money but the person who dognapped Ash is not there so Kaitlyn waits and he comes. Kaitlyn gives him the money and just as he give Ash back to her he grabs Kaitlyn and runs and Mrs.Philipps start’s the car and chases the man , once she caught up with them she gets out of the car and helps Kaitlyn fight the man and once they are free they drive away and call the police because they are both happy,scared,upset, and shocked. They are both worried about what will happen next. The next day Emily calls Kaitlyn and tells her she got a kitten
The play begins in a hotel room with a young woman named Cate, and Ian, a homophobic, sexist, racist journalist, who begins by trying to seduce her. Its natural beginnings give way to something darker, as the hotel room becomes a Bosnian war scene, and acts of abuse, rape, cannibalism take place.
Lena realizes Lu, who is part of the Invalid group, is a traitor. She is cured and turned the group into the society. Lena thinks about killing Lu, but lets her live to help the dying guard. Hana steals information about Cassie. Half of the group leaves to find safety. The other half stays behind to fight off regulators. Everyone notices the tension between Alex and Julian is escalating. Lena falls asleep at the abandoned house they find. However, when she wakes up in the middle of the night, members of the group reveal to her that Alex took Julian outside to “show him how to fight.” When she arrives outside, the two are arguing and Julian has a broken nose. Then, Alex runs away.
That was the bell for 8th hour. Everyone starts to run around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to get to class before the tardy bell. Then there’s us, in our little pack. Anastasiya and James head off to the band room while Mia, Kyle, Aaron and I head towards Mr. Quinn’s classroom. Mr. Quinn isn’t the greatest teach nor is he the worst. Everyone claims that Mr. Miles, the history teacher, is the teacher you want.
They are all nervous, some more than others. But, they all calm down after meeting their new teacher, Mr. Terupt. He's smart, kind, and knows how to handle them all. Shortly, they become very comfortable around him. One day, the class becomes excited because Mr. Terupt attaches the last link that reaches to the floor. This means they will get a “free day” because of their hard work and good behavior! The class decides to go outside to play in the snow on their free day. It's all fun and games until a prank turns into a freak accident. As Mr. Terupt lays in a coma, the classmates wait patiently because “...patience makes the world go round…,” as said by
They kept writing back and forth up until the end of the school year. Throughout the rest of those few weeks, the boy kept trying to figure out who the girl was based on her handwriting. He kept searching in the classrooms and up and down the halls to see if a certain girl stood out to him, but no one did. On the last day of school, he asked to meet up to figure out who it was, but he never got to see her answer. The library unexpectedly closed early that day, due to summer break. But in the end, the guy finds out who she was by singing her friends yearbook before something big happened. A fellow student shot up the school that next hour killing many kids. No one knew who did it until the boy’s friend looked back at his film and saw a gloomy guy showing signs of shooting people in the background. That was then when the police found out who the murderer was.
Hannah and Clay connected at a school but a crass rumor ruins the mood. Clay takes Courtney to visit Hannah’s grave. Hannah’s date on valentine’s day doesn't go as planned. Alex gets in a big fight at school and has to face the honor board. Another student sabotages Hannah during a class project. Clay’s nightmare about Hannah spill over into the daytime. Inspired by a friend’s poetry reading, Hannah pours her heart out. Tony confides in Clay about the night of Hannah’s death.
Rosa yelled, “I was not done speaking to you!” Catie completely ignored her as she slammed the school door open. She rummaged through her backpack and fished out her car keys. The headlights flashed and the car beeped signaling it was unlocked as she pulled the door open. Sitting in the front seat, tears started to flow down Catie’s face. She didn’t know what to do. She couldn’t go home and face her parents fighting, but she couldn’t stay here and listen to Mrs. Rosa drone on anymore. Suddenly her phone started to vibrate and beep. She glanced over to see who was calling and scoffed in disgust when Sarah’s name popped up onto the
The novel opens with Isolde’s lesson teacher and her many Abbey Grange students, the all girls school Isolde attends. These girls are confiding in the saxophone teacher about the scandal that has been taking over their school. People have found out that Victoria, Isolde's sister, had a sexual relationship with her music teacher named Mr. Saladin. The girls believe that Victoria wasn't raped, but their relationship was consensual. All the girls in Victoria’s year are now being forced to participate in grief counseling at school. Isolde, who is two years younger than all of these girls, is also required to partake in this councling. These are the sessions in which Isolde takes an interest in Julia. Julia is known around school as a lesbian, but all Isolde can notice is how she stands up to the cousler to make him uncomfortable. The lesson teacher invites both Julia and Isolde to a concert. After this the
Blaze explains to her he was sorry, he had overslept. Penny then tells him, you made me lose everything! The codes, the universal redirect links, everything! Then the teacher, Mr. Ken comes by and hands them both a detention slip and explains to them how he’s been watching them and he knows what they’re up too. Their grades will only stay F’s because they don’t work!