Mark C. Holden, right, from Brainstormers!, holds a mike for story author Amelia Schlisman at Churchill School in Homewood, IL on Friday January 11, 2013. The Homewood PTA is turning 100 years old and sponsored the event. The group has actors and students acting out stories students wrote earlier in the year. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Mark C. Holden, right(background), from Brainstormers!, and story author Amelia Schlisman, left, look on as fellow student Luci Mahoney and actor Jordan Trovillion act out her story at Churchill School in Homewood, IL on Friday January 11, 2013. The Homewood PTA is turning 100 years old and sponsored the event. The group has actors and students acting out stories students wrote earlier in the year. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Actor Jordan Trovillion, right(foreground), from Brainstormers!, and students Luci Mahoney, left, and DyNijah Harris act out story author Amelia Schlisman's story at Churchill School in Homewood, IL on Friday January 11, 2013. The Homewood PTA is turning 100 years old and sponsored the event. The group has actors and students acting out stories students wrote earlier in the year. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Kameron Box, left, a student author, looks on as Runako Marshall, from Brainstormers!, acts out his story at Churchill School in Homewood, IL on Friday January 11, 2013. The Homewood PTA is turning 100 years old and sponsored the event. The group has actors and students acting out stories students wrote earlier in the year. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Mark C. Holden, left, from Brainstormers!, and student Ariana Bilenda act out a story at Churchill School in Homewood, IL on Friday January 11, 2013. The Homewood PTA is turning 100 years old and sponsored the event. The group has actors and students acting out stories students wrote earlier in the year. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

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