Lori Roper

"Chatham Township Celebration of the Arts" is an event created by Roper for students at Chatham High School to honor literary and performing arts. Roper's project incorporates students from several classrooms. English students will write original poetry and short works of fiction to perform at the festival. Students in the Business Principles course will be responsible for marketing and promoting the event, which includes working with the Web Design class to create a Web site to feature highlights of the fair. The entire event will be filmed and edited by students in the Video Production course. Music ensemble classes, along with other students at Chatham High School and Chatham Middle School, will be invited to participate in the celebration. Roper envisions the festival as a source of spiritual renewal that will germinate hope and stimulate a reconnection to humanity. She lives in Plainfield.