38 Barnette Elementary School students and staff participated in a production of “Disney’s The Aristocats,” the school’s first musical performance. Third- through fifth-graders, along with Shannon Papp, director and second-grade teacher; Angela Craddock, music director and teacher; Tina Anniello, choreographer and school instructional assistant; and Amy Jacobus, technical director and parent volunteer, rehearsed for two every hours every Tuesday and Thursday until the performance on May 6 at Hopewell High School.