Carlton students get creative learning experience designing Cinderella set
Students involved with the drama program at Prince Albert’s Carlton Comprehensive Public High School were put to work in September designing a set for their upcoming pantomime performance of Cinderella.
David Zulkoskey, the drama teacher at Carlton, instructed the students to create set pieces based off of their own whimsical interpretation of the Cinderella story. The students were separated into groups to tackle certain areas of the set design, and given creative freedom to complete the set as they envisioned.
“In a lot of ways I’m a mentor because I have the experience, but that being said I don’t have all the answers, and that’s what makes this a very innovative program, because these students are the leaders of tomorrow,” Zulkoskey said. “Basically the project slowly got bigger and bigger and bigger. I got to see the creativity rise in these students … it’s a wonderful moment when you see students inspiring other students and in turn their teacher.”
The students involved in the drama program were split into groups that included a team in charge of manufacturing set pieces, which included a moveable pumpkin wagon, a team in charge of painting and artistic design and students fabricating three-dimensional houses.