Young 'Moonlight' stars return from Oscars to middle school

(AP) — Seventh-graders Alex Hibbert and Jaden Piner returned to middle school Wednesday as Oscar winners, but the "Moonlight" stars still had to go back to basics with their classmates in drama class.

At Norland Middle School, they followed acting teacher Tanisha Cidel's directions to crawl on the floor like lions and recite the tongue-twister "red leather, yellow leather" faster and faster.

Cidel played a principal in the film that also won Oscars for best supporting actor and best adapted screenplay.

Alex, Jaden and their teacher walked down a "red carpet'" taped to a classroom floor to talk with reporters, but they weren't alone in the limelight: