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Student serenade

Published 10:30 pm Sunday, October 1, 2023

By Ashlyn O’Hara Peninsula Clarion

Aurora Borealis Charter School Art and Music Teacher Eleanor Van Sickle leads students in a performance of "Autumn Canon," a Hungarian song at a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meeting on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
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Aurora Borealis Charter School Art and Music Teacher Eleanor Van Sickle leads students in a performance of "Autumn Canon," a Hungarian song at a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meeting on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Aurora Borealis Charter School Art and Music Teacher Eleanor Van Sickle leads students in a performance of "Autumn Canon," a Hungarian song at a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meeting on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

Members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education were serenaded by students from Aurora Borealis Charter School during their regular meeting on Monday. Under the direction of Eleanor Van Sickle, the school’s art and music teacher, roughly 20 students — three on the marimba — performed “Autumn Canon,” a Hungarian song. The students attended Monday’s board meeting as part of a school presentation given by Principal Cody McCanna.

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