Mrs. Heming was inspired by the 9th grade Honor students to perform the wedding scene that was left out of Shakespeare’s most famous play, Romeo and Juliet. Mrs. Heming said, “I wanted the Honors class to do something creative. Many students were commenting about how Shakespeare didn’t include the wedding and I figured that it would be a good thing for the Honors students to be creative and make their own wedding. That is exactly what they did!”

A lot went into the preparation for this wedding. The Honors class spent weeks reading Romeo and Juliet from start to finish. Many students put in work after school and during class to make preparations for the wedding. One of the students, Javin Ward, said “I thought the wedding went pretty smooth. All of the groups had their stuff done and prepared.” The decorating group put in many hours of work making decorations for the wedding ceremony and came in early the day of the ceremony to set up. The music group was in charge of finding the best music possible for the performance of the wedding. They also were in charge of the vows and the performance of the marriage itself. Javin Ward was acting as the friar and was the one who married Romeo and Juliet. Ward said, “I enjoyed being up in front of the class. I felt pretty important.” The next group was in charge of food. This group was required to make a menu and make the food that was from that time era. The fashion group was in charge of drawing out sketches of what the bride and groom would wear at the wedding. The wedding included: decorations, invitations/guest list, music, performance of the vows and marriage, and dancing.

Every person in the Honors English class had a specific role in the performance of the wedding. Every student stepped up and did exactly what they were supposed to do in order to make the wedding an event to remember. Mrs. Heming says, “I feel that it went very well because the students did exactly what was assigned and then some.” The Honors English class took up high levels of responsibility and commitment to put together a great representation of what Romeo and Juliet’s wedding would have been.   “I thought it was really fun and interesting that we got to do an in-class assignment based upon the play,” said Lindsey Kemmerling.