Grade 2 students Drew Davies

Grade 2 students Drew Davies

Christmas idols

Edith McDermott students perform skit based on musical reality show.

Grade 2 students Drew Davies, as Mrs. Claus, Aiden Simpson, as Santa, and Matthew Wallace, as an elf, perform a Christmas skit based on the musical reality TV show American Idol during the Edith McDermott elementary Christmas concert on Thursday.

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