Sixteen Whitefield students participated in this year’s Poetry Out Loud competition, held on Friday, January 27, in the Athletic Center. Senior Samara Huggins won first place, senior Misha McDaniel won second place, and junior Jared Jones placed third.
Samara has won the school competition for the last four years and will advance to the regional competition on February 25 at the Atlanta History Center.
2017 participants included:
9th grade: Annie Hamilton, Braeden Swilley, Edward Lee, Grayson Nour, Maddie King
10th grade: Julian Munoz, Ansleigh Brown, Shelby Wingate, Nyah Britt
11th grade: Jared Jones, Janae Montgomery, John Matherne, Mattew Cofield
12th grade: Misha McDaniel, Samara Huggins, Willie Fulks
Poetry Out Loud is a national competition developed through a partnership between The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. The contest encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation.
Students are judged in the following categories: dramatic appropriateness, evidence of understanding, overall performance, physical presence, and voice and articulation. Whitefield students first performed their poetry in the classroom, and then classroom finalists moved on to the school-wide competition.
Poetry Out Loud was launched in high schools nationwide in the spring of 2005 and became an annual tradition at Whitefield in 2012. The program has grown to involve millions of students across the country. State winners receive a cash prize and all-expense paid trip to compete for the national championship in Washington D.C.
Samara has won the school competition for the last four years and will advance to the regional competition on February 25 at the Atlanta History Center.
2017 participants included:
9th grade: Annie Hamilton, Braeden Swilley, Edward Lee, Grayson Nour, Maddie King
10th grade: Julian Munoz, Ansleigh Brown, Shelby Wingate, Nyah Britt
11th grade: Jared Jones, Janae Montgomery, John Matherne, Mattew Cofield
12th grade: Misha McDaniel, Samara Huggins, Willie Fulks
Poetry Out Loud is a national competition developed through a partnership between The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. The contest encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation.
Students are judged in the following categories: dramatic appropriateness, evidence of understanding, overall performance, physical presence, and voice and articulation. Whitefield students first performed their poetry in the classroom, and then classroom finalists moved on to the school-wide competition.
Poetry Out Loud was launched in high schools nationwide in the spring of 2005 and became an annual tradition at Whitefield in 2012. The program has grown to involve millions of students across the country. State winners receive a cash prize and all-expense paid trip to compete for the national championship in Washington D.C.