On Monday, March 20th, Emma Carlson (LHS) and Jack Hinrichs (WHS) from the Sioux Falls School District joined six other students from across the state for Poetry Out Loud - South Dakota State Finals .
Poetry Out Loud is a national arts education program designed to encourage the study of poetry by offering education materials and dynamic recitation competitions to high school students throughout the country. South Dakota Poetry Out Loud is facilitated by the South Dakota Arts Council with help from Arts South Dakota and South Dakota Public Broadcasting. The program was created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation to foster the next generation of literary readers by building on the resurgence of poetry as an oral art form.
Today's winner was Grace Powell from Dakota Valley HS in North Sioux City. She will receive a paid for trip to Washington D.C to compete at the national level on May 8-10, 2023.