Above, Dana Road Elementary first-graders, from left, Patrick Beadle, Mark Sills and Kawayne Mason go all out Tuesday in their performance for residents of Shady Lawn Nursing Home. At right, Dana Road fourth-grader Jade Harris gives a Christmas present to Charles Anderson as teacher Marilyn Klages looks on. Jade and her classmates “adopted” residents, to whom they will write letters and visit. (The Vicksburg Post/MELANIE DUNCAN)