Annehurst Elementary School was bustling with activity this week. In addition to regular classroom work, students were treated to an impassioned performance by actress Valarie Holmes, portraying runaway slave Charity Watson, who was on a personal quest for freedom. On March 11, representatives from the Columbus Zoo visited, bringing animals including an opossum named Daisy, an Eastern screech owl named Sheldon, Madagascar hissing cockroaches, an armadillo named Wally, a porcupine named Barbie and a serval named Kenya. On Wednesday evening, March 12, families were invited to attend an all-school art show.