Creative kids paint the town

Car painting photo courtesy Red Oak Elementary

BUSY BOYS AND GIRLS--The students at Red Oak Elementary School in Oak Park do the darndest things, but funny how it all makes sense. Below, Tabatha Just and Courtney Collins giggle with anticipation prior to the start of the school's April 16 kindergarten play, "The Three Piggy Opera." At left, students from the Red Oak second-grade classes of Amy Katz and Debbie Pinckley celebrate raising the most money for the April 10 Great Race of Agoura by painting art teacher Laura Ornstein's car bright shades of red, white and goo. This spring, help support your local schools by attending a variety of plays, fairs, carnivals and car washes. See Datebook for related activities.

"Three Piggy" photo by IRIS SMOOT Acorn Newspapers