St. Jude's students turn to wax for history

In a decades-old tradition, fifth- and seventh-grade students at St. Jude Thaddeus School helped portray history by portraying wax figures in a museum.

The students held the annual Wax Museum Thursday night in St. Jude's Havre Central Gymnasium.

In the Wax Museum project, fifth-grade teacher Kristen Takeuchi and seventh-grade teacher Carly Brunk had their students research historical figures - this year's theme was child saints - write a research paper in MLA format, and create a display and a costume.

The students and their families had a pizza party in the St. Jude Parish Center, then...