Students from left, Eleanor Parks, Paris Shaw and Kate Bailey, at Forest Park, Joliet's magnet school, sing during a music Creative Course at the school in Joliet, IL on Tuesday October 23, 2012. The school is offering some unusual electives beginning this week; music, health awareness, reading Aesop's Fables and learning about Reptiles and Egyptian History. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Markell Musgrove, right, a student at Forest Park, Joliet's magnet school, gestures with an insect made of playdough during a reptile Creative Course at the school in Joliet, IL on Tuesday October 23, 2012. The school is offering some unusual electives beginning this week; music, health awareness, reading Aesop's Fables and learning about Reptiles and Egyptian History. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Omar Alamin, a student at Forest Park, Joliet's magnet school, looks over a reptile description during a Creative Course at the school in Joliet, IL on Tuesday October 23, 2012. The school is offering some unusual electives beginning this week; music, health awareness, reading Aesop's Fables and learning about Reptiles and Egyptian History. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Leeyah Bailey, a student at Forest Park, Joliet's magnet school, shows off an insect made of playdough during a reptile Creative Course at the school in Joliet, IL on Tuesday October 23, 2012. The school is offering some unusual electives beginning this week; music, health awareness, reading Aesop's Fables and learning about Reptiles and Egyptian History. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Miranda Urbano, left, and Marriah Guzman, students at Forest Park, Joliet's magnet school, work on alligator drawings during a Creative Course at the school in Joliet, IL on Tuesday October 23, 2012. The school is offering some unusual electives beginning this week; music, health awareness, reading Aesop's Fables and learning about Reptiles and Egyptian History. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media