Audyn Deterding, Henry Seitz, and Tom Rush, 12, prepare show makeup for a dress rehearsal March 3. Show makeup was more dramatic than normal makeup because it enhanced facial features under the bright lights of the stage.

On March 6, Randy Anderson, played by Tom Rush, 12, and Bob Sheldon, played by Trystan Wood, 11, threaten Ponyboy Curtis, played by Andon Mattox, 12, with a switchblade during the matinee performed for the eighth graders.

Darry Curtis, played by Henry Seitz, 12, comforts Ponyboy Curtis, played by Andon Mattox, 12, after Dallas Winston (not pictured) committed law-enforcement-assisted suicide March 3.

On March 4, Daphne Mullies, 12, applies powdered foundation to prepare for their onstage appearance during a dress rehearsal.

Ponyboy Curtis, played by Andon Mattox, 12, flips through “Gone With the Wind” for the first time after running away with Johnny Cade (not pictured) to a faraway church March 6.

Johnny Cade, played by Zachary Vasser, 12, defends Cherry Valance, played by Nora Ide, 12, and Marcia Braddock, played by Quorynn Harris, 11, from harassment by Dallas Winston (not pictured) March 6.

On March 4, Addelyn Horne, 12, checks lighting settings on the switchboard during a dress rehearsal.

Ponyboy Curtis, played by Andon Mattox, 12, relives a memory of the aftermath of Johnny Cade, played by Zachary Vasser, 12, getting jumped by the Socs March 6.

On Feb. 24, Dylan Mabe, 10, gets their clay wet so they can begin throwing. Students must take at least two ceramics classes before they can throw on the wheel.

Johnny Cade, played by Zachary Vasser, 12, and Ponyboy Curtis, played by Andon Mattox, 12, talk about “Gone With the Wind,” a book they are reading together while in hiding March 6.

On Feb. 7, Amaliya Barker, 10, frosts cupcakes for a cupcake-baking competition.

On Feb. 11, Cole Penhallow, 11, with the help of a guest speaker, uses a circular saw to cut through a plank of wood.

Dallas Winston, played by Daniel Liang, 12, carries Ponyboy Curtis, played by Andon Mattox, 12, on his back as they escape a blazing church at the beginning of the second act of “The Outsiders” March 3.

On Feb. 10, Kusayla Aggur, 9, takes notes on a discussion about another student’s prose performance.

Sebastian Fraley, 9, plays the French horn in symphonic band March 6.

On Feb. 10, Ella Crabtree, 11, shapes clay onto her group’s clay anatomy model.

During a matinee of “The Outsiders” performed for eighth graders on March 6, Two-Bit Matthews, played by Hannah Mueller, 12, and Sodapop Curtis, played by Audyn Deterding, 12, look after Johnny Cade, played by Zachary Vasser, 12, who had just been beaten up by Bob (not pictured), played by Trystan Wood, 11.

Diego Solis-Vallejo, 12, marks a piece of wood to cut for the industrial arts program’s playhouse project Feb. 28.