May Whitney pupils in ‘Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr.’

Students at Lake Zurich Unit District 95’s May Whitney Elementary School will be performing “Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr.” onstage next month. Fourth- and fifth-graders from May Whitney will perform at Middle School North on Saturday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 12, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 4 and older. Children 3 and younger are free. Tickets will be available at the door at Middle School North, 95 Hubbard Lane in Hawthorn Woods. “Schoolhouse Rock” was an Emmy Award-winning Saturday morning cartoon series in the 1970s that taught math, grammar, history, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs.