Congratulations to all
2008 Poetry Out Loud participants!
Students, teachers, judges, and parents!
Over 3,200 students from 17 high schools participated in Arizona’s Poetry
Out Loud 2008 recitation, which was made available to high school students
in Flagstaff, Tucson, Sedona, and the Metro Phoenix region.
On
March 14, 17 high school students from Flagstaff, Tucson, Sedona, and the
Phoenix-Metro area represented their high schools as finalists at the 2008
Poetry Out Loud Arizona finals.
Left:First prize
winner, Erik Hollis from Tucson High School represented Arizona at the
National Finals in DC.
Right: John Ostrout, Director of
State and Regional Partnerships, National Endowment for the Arts,
Erik Hollis, Robert C. Booker, Executive Director, Arizona Commission on
the Arts
Left: Second
place winner, Matthew Lunt from St. Gregory College Preparatory Academy in Tucson
Right: John Ostrout, Director of
State and Regional Partnerships, National Endowment for the Arts,
Matthew Lunt, Robert C. Booker, Executive Director, Arizona Commission on
the Arts
Photo Credits: Joe Jankovski
Download
the 2008 Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Finals Program
Read 2007 Arizona State Champion, Mark Jacobson's blog on his POL
experiences
For more information on Poetry Out Loud visit
www.poetryoutloud.org.
If
you would like additional information on the 2007-2008 school year program,
please contact Kim Willey, Arts Learning and Poetry Out Loud Coordinator at
kwilley@azarts.gov or 602.771.6521.
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