Seventeen Whitefield students participated in this year’s Poetry Out Loud competition, held on Friday, January 26, in the Athletic Center. Senior Jared Jones won first place, freshman Adiyah Thomas won second place, and junior Nyah Britt placed third.
Jared recited "I Go Back to May 1937" by Sharon Olds and "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe. He will advance to the regional competition on February 3 at Whitefield Academy.
2018 participants included:
9th Grade: Abigail Farrar, Samantha McDonald, Kennedy Papantonis, Adiyah Thomas
10th Grade: Annie Edwards, Maddie King, Edward Lee, Josie Levy, Jessie Sutherland
11th Grade: Russell Bell, Nyah Britt, Ansleigh Brown, Alex Eaton, Amilya Little
12th Grade: Jared Jones, Janae Montgomery, Nkosi Odeke
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.
Jared recited "I Go Back to May 1937" by Sharon Olds and "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe. He will advance to the regional competition on February 3 at Whitefield Academy.
2018 participants included:
9th Grade: Abigail Farrar, Samantha McDonald, Kennedy Papantonis, Adiyah Thomas
10th Grade: Annie Edwards, Maddie King, Edward Lee, Josie Levy, Jessie Sutherland
11th Grade: Russell Bell, Nyah Britt, Ansleigh Brown, Alex Eaton, Amilya Little
12th Grade: Jared Jones, Janae Montgomery, Nkosi Odeke
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.