In January, English students in the Upper School were invited to memorize and perform a work of poetry from the official Poetry Out Loud website. These students had two weeks to prepare their recitations before performing in class, where one student from each class was voted into a school-wide competition. Here is Brian Dion ’20‘s outstanding performance of “Harold & the Purple Crayon” by D. Gilson, which earned him a title as the school’s finalist. Brian performed the poem at the Poetry Out Loud New Jersey regional finals at the South Orange Performing Arts Center on February 12, 2019.
Here are other poetry recitations, including student performances by order of appearance: Annika Inampudi ’21, Skywalker Li ’22, Jackson Powers ’22, Jordan McCray-Robinson ’21, Kylie Bill ’21, Leah Shiff ’22, Mason Kung ’22 , Meghan Feldman ’20, Meredith Kean ’22, Adrien Chouraqui ’22, Nikki Narayanan ’21, Ruthie Gu ’21, Sadie Kim ’22 and Vittoria Socolof ’22.