Acting The Part Yeshivat Akiva kids bring books to WE ARE FILWEITS BUYI1NG ANTIQUE JEWELRY SILVER COINS POCKET WATCHES GOLD COINS COIN COLLECTIONS TIFFANY ROLEX WATCHES FRANKLIN MINT STICK PINS STERUNG SILVER BROACHES SILVER DOLLARS PUMMELS ANTIQUE SILVER SILVER BARS FLATWARE SETS DIAMONDS CANDLESTICKS GEMSTONES PAPER MONEY SCRAP GOLD PATEK PHILLIPE OBJECTS D'ART VACHERON BOWLS & TRAYS TEA SERVICES COIN WATCHES CARTIER RINGS CLEEF PlfiGET POSTCARDS 10-24 KARAT GOLD PENDANTS CHAINS ROYAL DOULTON EARRINGS We are interested in serving you or your client in the appraisal Of liquidation of your coins, jewelry, collectables or an entire estate. liAT inston Churchill paid a -visit to Yeshivat Akiva on Nov. 22. So did Grant Hill, Annie Oakley, Pocahontas, and both Wilbur and Orville Wright. Shirleen Pensler's fifth-graders portrayed these famous characters, and a host of others, in the school's first wax museum. "I believe book reports should be pleasant, not a chore," Pensler said. The wax museum was a way to do just that. To prepare for their roles, students read a biography or autobiography of an important or interesting person. Standing stock-still (or at least as still as 10- and 11-year- olds can manage) in Akiva's main lobby in Southfield, they waited for museum visitors to touch them on the arm. Then they told all about the character they portrayed. "The parents were absolutely enthralled," Pensler said. "And we're still getting thank-you notes and candy from the other classes." This was the fifth-graders' second book report of the year. For their first assignment, they were asked to "sell" their books in an oral sales pitch to the rest of the class. "Books are exciting, and I believe [students] should feel that excitement," Pensler said. ❑ - Diana Lieberman, Staff Writer 4 k4to - , , PLEASE CALL OR STOP IN! 33700 WOODWARD AVENUE BIRMINGHAM , MI 48009 248.644-8565 I 12/3 1999 20 Mona-Fri. 9-6 ■ Saturday 9-4 Metro Dealet Since 1956 J CLASSIFIEDS GET IN RESULTS! DETROIT (248)35405959 Lik Clockwise m top: Solly Benaderat of West Bloomfield portrays Babe Ruth. Pocahontas, otherwise known as Chedva Gross of Southfield, tells her story to Akiva parent Sharon Cohen of Oak Park. Telling their stories are Ahuva Blumenfeld of Oak Park, who portrayed nurse Linda Richards, and Shira Borzak of West Bloomfield, as sharpshooter Annie Oakley.