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PTS students attend Circle the State with Song

Portage Township Schools’ presence was both seen and heard at the Feb. 27 Circle the State with Song event, where 88 students showcased their singing talents.


Willowcreek Middle School choir director Natalie Franks is in her 16th year as the event’s Area 1 Middle/Junior High Coordinator. This year’s event was particularly special for her as Franks’s daughter participated in Circle the State with Song for the first time. 


This year’s participants include the following:


Aylesworth Elementary School

Tripp Aimutis

Jaelynn Chavez

Eva Erickson

Chloe Franks

Cheyann Kilbury

Aria McIntire

Abbi Rains

Avery Stifal

Adam Tucker

Lindsay Villarreal

Dani Wheeler

 

Crisman Elementary School

Addie Androff-Kestermann

Taryn Doyle

Skylan Galindo

Bria Mullin

Heidi O’Bannion

Aleena Palm

Aubrey Reyes

Isabele Rodriguez

 

Jones Elementary School

Matthew Eriks

Jackson Kelley

Cora Kubicki

Ethan Martyka

Liam Martyka

Kaylin Mundell

 

Fegely Middle School

Alina Castillo

Olivia Farris

Lila Lawrence

Quimby Lonergan

Savannah McCaffery

Ava Miranda 

Lauren Mitchell

Edward Oziminski

Micaela Rideout

Isabel Sanchez-Scott

 

Paul Saylor Elementary School

Skylar Bentley

Elias Guess

George Porter

Amelia Sanchez

 

Rowena Kyle Elementary School

Riley Doring

Willow Faraone

Charley Guetschow

Arabella Hollinger

Ysabella Martinez

Kendall Peterson

Jencarlos Santiago

Genevieve Schulz

 

Willowcreek Middle School

Kaitlyn Ackerman

Trinity Adler

Anaya Alioto

Draco Bardsley

Fiona Barnes

Leilani Berrios

Leilah Berumen

Natalie Bovair

  1. Henry Brown

Ethan Collins

Alyson Copland

Jillian Doran

Jacqueline Escobar

Avery Feczko

Andrew Fehlman

Troy Ferrel

Marilyn Garcia

Zoey Gomez

Calleigh Grutsch

Bella Hawkins

Paige Jones

Kayce Karban

Skyler Kremke

Bailey Leonard

Matthew Lingenfelter

Sophie Medley

Lacey Napier

Hannah Nieves

Sadie Plebanski

Emma Podgorski

Abigail Pratt

Avalyn Ramos

Miley Shields

Lillian Shultz

Fiona Stifal

Arabella Sweeney

Briar Swift

Cameron Tylor

Kara Wasieleski

Emily Whited

Morgan Wright

 

Elementary performances included “How Far I’ll Go” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, “I Want to Rise” arr. by Mark Weston, “In the Arms of an Oak” by Andy Beck, “Murasame” by Victor C. Johnson, and “Route 66” by Bobby Troup.

 

Middle school performances included “Baloo Baleerie” by Ruth Elaine Schram, “Credo” by Mark Hayes, “Elijah” by Dan Davison, “Kimineero” by Linda Spavacek, and “Walk Through Life” by Pink Zebra.

 

The elementary and middle school groups collaborated on a combined performance of “Can You Hear” by James Papoulis and Francisco Nunez.