Fayette students again ranked among the best at the Clemson University Poetry Declamation Contest. Students from all five high schools placed in the competition, including 18 first place awards.
Clemson University’s Department of Foreign Languages poetry declamation contest gives students the opportunity to perform poetry in their language of study and receive feedback from leading language educators. Participants perform two poems from memory, specified according to students’ level of language study. They are evaluated based on pronunciation, interpretation of text, smoothness of delivery, and textural accuracy.
The 2022 Clemson Poetry Declamation Contest placements are as follows:
Fayette County High
French-2: Manuela Aguegue 1st; Selah Lethers 1st; Zahra Farhat 2nd
Spanish-2: Nora Boylan 1st; Abigail Bartholomew 2nd; Nabiha Bhamani 2nd; Jennifer Okudo 2nd; Bryan Colocho-Valle 3rd
Spanish-1: Modoukpe Aguegue 1st
Spanish-Native Speaker: Juan Amezquita Acosta 1st; Janelle Valencia 2nd
McIntosh High
German-4: Charlie Votin 1st
German-1: Cade Simpson 2nd
German-Native Speaker: Sophie Thompson 1st
Spanish-4: Jayla Jackson 1st; Katarina Thompson 2nd
Spanish-3: Sophia Farinacci 1st; Dhriti Gramani 1st; Verdita Sawhney 1st; Sage Shah 2nd; Ellie Shelton 2nd; Simrah Batliwala 3rd
Spanish-2: Om Khasnis 1st; Eric Van Hall 2nd; Blythe Barrow 3rd; Corynn Luna 3rd
Spanish-1: Layla Cotton 2nd; Laira Cruz 2nd
Sandy Creek High
Spanish-4: Cynthia Moro 3rd
Starr’s Mill High
French-4: Elise Gimpert 2nd
French-3: Ranya Nefoussi 2nd; Ansiba Bakaly 3rd; Madeline Johnson 3rd
French-2: Shaunah Park 2nd
German-3: Juan Fritschy-Cartier 1st
Spanish-4: Katie Rausch 1st
Spanish-3: Stanley Dierkes 3rd; Abby McSpadden 3rd
Spanish-2: Bella Gorman 1st; Bailey Tourre 2nd; Elizabeth Jackson 3rd
Spanish 1: Chelsea Hacket 1st
Whitewater High
French-4: Carolina Stover 3rd
French-3: Kevin Peralta 1st; Faith Johnson 2nd
French-2: Arianna Peralta 2nd; Santhia Jackson 3rd
French-1: Serenity Maxwell 2nd
German-2: Mary Elise Byers 1st; Victoria Johnson 3rd
Spanish-2: Nicholas Cohran 3rd; Chiamaka Elegemadu-Duru 3rd
Spanish-1: Alexis Person 3rd
Spanish-Native Speaker: Bianca Romero 2nd; Ashlee Barranco 3rd
