Students win big at 2023 Clemson Declamation Contest
Fayette students again racked up recognition at the Clemson University Poetry Declamation Contest. Students from all five high schools placed in the competition, including 20 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 2023 Clemson Poetry Declamation Contest placements are:
Fayette County High
French 3: Manuella Aguegue, 2nd
French 2: Kaelyn Williams, 2nd
French 1: Naomi Rosson, 3rd
Spanish 3: Jennifer Okudo, 1st; Ania Dawson, 2nd
Spanish 2: Regina Aguegue, 1st; Jocelyn Polk, 2nd; Aja Nije, 3rd
Spanish 1: Mieyoshi Gross, 1st; Cori Carter, 3rd
Native Spanish – Casey Iraheta, 2nd; Elianny Montano Yanez, 2nd
McIntosh High
French 3: Amanda Agnos, 3rd
Spanish 4: Sophia Farinacci, 1st; Om Khasnis, 1st; Ellie Shelton, 1st
Spanish 3: Om Khasnis, 1st; Mahika Kumar, 1st; Georgia Weaver, 1st; Eric VanHall, 2nd
Spanish 2: Cydney Fox, 1st; Keyaan Budwani, 1st; Rosselaira Cruz, 1st; Amay Diaz, 2nd
Spanish 1: Fiona Huang, 1st; Faith Scafe, 1st; Ari Zimmerman, 2nd
Sandy Creek High
Spanish 3: Noelle Boyd, 1st
Starr’s Mill High
French 4: Delani Gatson, 3rd
French 3: Shihyun Park, 1st; Lizzie Hunter, 2nd; Qiyi Lin, 3rd
Whitewater High
French 4: Faith Johnson, 2nd; Kevin Peralta, 3rd
French 3: Ariana Peralta, 2nd
French 2: Serenity Maxwell, 1st; Malike Worrel, 1st; Ricky Hall, 3rd; Jessie Ostebo, 3rd
French 1: Jackie Zamora-Guzman, 1st; Sophie Moncrief, 2nd; Aja Buggs, 3rd
Spanish 2: Umunatu King, 1st; Ludovic Lythgoe, 2nd; Elizabeth Toth, 3rd
Spanish 1: Aurora Pool, 3rd
