 Wednesday, March 23rd, Pikeville Elementary hosted its annual 6th grade wax museum spearheaded by 6th grade teacher, Jatana Hall. The museum began as a student project when Miss Hall began teaching at Pikeville Elementary. This is kind of the culmination of a two month project. We started right after Christmas. The kids randomly drew a name out of a bucket. They really are a little nervous about not getting to choose their person. But I know that if they chose, they would choose somebody they already knew about. So they have to randomly choose a person out of a bucket, and then they spend two months doing research. They write poetry about that person. We talk about biographies and autobiographies. There's a lot of reading involved. The students spend time doing various projects focused on their character and working on their speeches, which could be heard by pressing a paper button at the museum. The wax museum is where a bunch of the 6th grade students come and make their own projects about a certain character from the past. We've been working on this for two months and basically just making little projects and stuff about that character. It helps littler kids that don't know as much about that character and even older people that don't know more about that character learn about them. At Pikeville Medical Center, we believe that together we can make a difference in the fight against cancer. We are proud to have patients who have experienced successful outcomes over many years. As always, we believe in the power of faith. Pikeville Medical Center, where cancer can be defeated. Miss Hall will be retiring from Pikeville Elementary at the end of the school year, but hopes the next teacher keeps the tradition going. I have accumulated a lot of things over the years that students and families have donated to the wax museum and I would love to leave those behind for somebody to continue with this project because it's one of my favorite projects. It gives the kids so much confidence. Kids that are so shy, suddenly today you're out here in the gymnasium just they're blossoming and they are just little rock stars and I just love it. The wax museum featured 95 6th graders representing athletes, presidents, actors and many other historical figures. For Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.