YWIE Skit School of Excellence Custodian: Enters with bucket whistling down center isle. Get’s to the chalkboard which has a poster on it. And sticks a poster labeled “The Musical” on top. Bell Rings: Students (Mia Maids) file in with books and bags and sit down in the desks. Two or three are pretending to be talking, one is playing with her gum, one is heavily into her book. Two are texting. One is painting her nails, etc. Teacher: Quiet for announcements please! Intercom: (strum of a xylophone) Good Morning students and Welcome to the School of Excellence today! Before we begin we have a few announcements: Announce 1: Today for lunch we will be having breaded fish, breaded spinach with garlic bread and bread pudding. What? Oh, scratch that. We will be having Apple Crisp. Announce 2: Those of you who participated in “Bring your parent to School Day” today, please try to keep them quiet so as to not disrupt the other students. Thank you. Announce 3: A special thanks to all those who helped with “Missionary Week” last week. It was a huge success as we discovered that many of you can infact live without your cell phones for one whole week. For those of you who are still suffering from separation anxiety, grief and loss, our counseling staff is available in the Bishop’s Office. Announce 4: Our volleyball team has done a wonderful job this season. They have a game this Thursday. Meet at 3:45 at the church. Announce 5: Next week we will have class activities, so please check with your class presidencies for more information. Announce 6: We hope you are all practicing your etiquette skills as we have an etiquette dinner combined with Standards Night on Tuesday, November 17th. Announce 7: There will be no Young Womens the Week of Thanksgiving. We hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday! Announce 8: Principal Hales would us to remind each of you…AGAIN… TO STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM THE MALE GENDER AS POSSIBLE (girls mouth it as though they have heard it a thousand times) Intercom: That is all of our announcements. Have a wonderful Day. ------------------------------------------------------ Teacher: (with nasally voice voice) Okay class, today we are going to learn about the Universe and YOU! It is called “The Plan of Salvation.” Say that with me Class: (bored and slow) The Plaan of Saalvaaatiooon Teacher: Excellent! Now, you will need to be able to answer three questions. #1. Where did you come from? Mia Maid 1: (Raising hand saying, Oh I know, I know until teacher calls on her. She stands). I lived in heaven a long time ago it is true. (Piano starts playing) Lived there and loved there with people I know so did YOU and YOU and YOU (class stands one or two at a time) Class: (Singing with actions) Then Heavenly Father Presented a beautiful plan. All about earth and eternal salvation for man. Teacher: (to Mia Maid 1) Thank you Miss ________________, that is correct. (All sit down) So, We were sent here down to earth? Why? Mia Maid 2: (raising hand and saying Oooo, Ooooh) To Get a Body! Teacher: Yes… Mia Maid 2: (interrupts) See I have a body! Head Shoulders Knees and Toes , knees and toes, (two others join her) knees and toes, Head shoulders knees and toes, eyes, ears, mouth and nose – Faster! Heads… Teacher: That will be quite enough! Please…(adjusting jacket) Sit…Down… Mia Maid 3: But… it’s a musical! Teacher: SIT!!!! Now, Each one of us was sent here to get a body and to fulfill a specific mission. Mia Maid 4: (to her friend) I hope they call me on a mission when I have grown a foot or two. (talking not singing) Mia Maid 5: I hope by then I will be ready..to teach and …teach… Do you know the rest? (asking 4) Mia Maid 4: Shakes her head and they both stop. They look at the teacher as if listening. Teacher: By “mission” I mean that you were each sent here with a specific purpose that only YOU can fulfill. Each one of you are very special and unique and important. You are each part of the Plan. You are to shine your light into the dark corners and cold hearts… Shine your light, shine your light, shine your light! Mia Maid 6: (Strum of Music, and 6 stands up on her desk as if it is a stage) I am Like a Star Shining Brightly…Smiling for the whole world to see…I can do and say Class: (Do star hands up at six on her desk. Join her and dance and sing around her desk) “and say”…”each day” …”Heavenly Father Loves Me..” Teacher: That was lovely my dear. Are you quite finished? (all sit) Thank you. Now, as I was saying… (MM 7 is itching and moving and wiggling) Miss __________________ can you please sit still. Mia Maid 7: (wiggling) I can’t! sometimes I just have to “Wiggle my fingers, I wiggle my toes…” Teacher: Don’t even think about it! Like I was saying, The goal in life is to keep the commandments so we can return to live with Heavenly Father some day and be Happy. It is called the Plan of Happiness. Class: If you’re happy and you know it….(sing the 1st verse of the song and get the audience to join in? the class starts square dancing do-se-do around the desks singing) Teacher: The point is, that if we all follow the Lord’s plan we can all be together again. Mia Maid 8: Sings “Here we are together” to the tune of “We’re all in this together” Class: Wrong Musical!!!!!!!!!!!! Mia Maid 8: Oops, I mean… Here we are together, together, together… Class: Here we are together for E-Tern-I-Ty. (repeat with choreography) Bell Rings: Grab books and leave class talking, etc.