Enjoy the 2025 Rensselaer Park Elementary School Holiday Video: A Christmas Carol! The Rensselaer Park Holiday Video is now in its sixth year and is an annual event that many Lansingburgh CSD students, families, and faculty/staff eagerly anticipate every December.
Since right before the December 2020 Holiday Recess, two Rensselaer Park Elementary teachers in the Lansingburgh Central School District have made it their mission to connect with students in a creative seasonal way before the long school break. Thus, the first Annual Rensselaer Park Holiday Video was created by RPES teachers Theresa Eckler and Peter Allen!
This year, the two teachers present their RPES take on the Charles Dickens-authored holiday classic - A Christmas Carol - with Mr. Allen taking on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge as he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future (all played by some familiar RPES faces).
Cast and Crew
The 2025 Rensselaer Park Holiday Video was made possible thanks to the following Lansingburgh CSD community members:
- Directed by: Theresa Eckler
- Set Design: Delmarie Giminiani
- Costume Design: Julie Allen
- Ebenezer Scrooge: Peter Allen
- Ghost of Christmas Past: Mrs. Townsend
- Ghost of Christmas Present: Alexandra Nelson
- Ghost of Christmas Future: Adam Gregoire
- Young Peter Allen: Patrick Mahoney
- Special Appearances: Jeff Pasinella, Rebecca McGrouty, and Mila Gregoire
Annual RPES Holiday Videos, 2020–2025
- 2020: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- 2021: All Aboard the RPES (based on The Polar Express)
- 2022: Buddy the Elf Visits RPES
- 2023: The Grinch of Rensselaer Park
- 2024: School Alone (based on Home Alone)
- 2025: A Christmas Carol