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Thornwood’s newly re-booted Speech and Drama team took part in the IHSA Speech Individual Events State Finals held February 17-18 at the Peoria Civic Center (Peoria, Illinois), where more than 200 schools from across the state competed in speech and drama competitions, To help jump-start the restructured program at Thornwood, more than ten students participated in the state-wide competition. “This is the first time in four years we’ve gone to State Finals,” according to Javon Smith, Head Coach for Thornwood Speech and Drama Team—and it is the first year of the reestablished speech team. Roulette Heitmann and Antwan “AJ” Potts of Thornwood co-authored the original play, Four Women. Four Women won 4th place in the Performance in the Round category at the IHSA Speech competition. Performance in the round places the actors in a space completely surrounded by the audience. Four Women was inspred by a song written by Nina Simone, a famous African-American songwriter and performer. Smith explained that the play tells the real-life, modern-day story of Marrisa Alexander, Tarona Burke, Cyntoia Brown and Rekia Boyd, women killed by police or believed to
be wrongfully incarcerated. Thornwood students including Kendall O’Neal, Becontee Barjebo, Jihan Davis and Khasira Martin performed in the show. To add to the list of achievements at the State Finals competition, sophomore Jada Johnson placed 5th in the Prose category, which ramped up the excitement even more for Thornwood. Said Maria Brown, Division Leader for English, Reading, Speech, and Library, “Johnson is a shining example of the work and commitment to both craft and student that Mr. Smith constantly illustrates.” The newly revised program offered an enormous head start at the opening of the 2017-18 school year. In September, the program started off with “Dreamgirls,” a 1981 Broadway musical mainly composed of AfricanAmerican actors, which tells the real life story of the high price of fame as it relates to Diana Ross and the Supremes. The Dreamgirls production was hosted at Thornton High School’s auditorium back in September. “Javon Smith’s tenacity and determination to provide his students with the tools and structure they need is what earned Thornwood a slot to compete in the Speech and Drama State Finals. Javon has outstanding talent and
Thornwood is proud to have him on our team,” said Brown. A graduate of De Paul University, Smith received a degree in Secondary Education and English, along with three minors. Sharing his method of teaching, Smith said, “My approach and philosophy is to educate students who have a need for a safe space to learn and grow. Thornwood is that safe space for scholars; a place for them to learn both socially and emotionally.” Professional actresses who attended Thornwood include Jasundra Johnson, Loren Wells, and Johari Mackey. Mackey performed in Ms. Wells’ 2018 production, Mother of the Dark Water at the Greenhouse Theater in Chicago. According to Smith, Wells owns the oldest African-American theater in Chicago. Darius Leak. also a former Thornwood student who performed in the MPACT Show, acted in By Association, also hosted at the Greenhouse Theater in 2017. Thornwood’s speech and drama team is comprised of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. On May 15 at Thornwood, the team will present their spring showcase to highlight their remarkable speeches and performances. The event starts at 7:30 p.m., and public is invited. “This is just the beginning,” Smith said.
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Recently, the Thornwood High School Speech and Drama team won fourth place in the Performance in the Round category and fifth place in the Prose Reading category during the IHSA Speech Competition, held Feb. 16-18 in Peoria, Illinois. More than 200 schools participated in the competition. Pictured here are members of the Thornwood drama team who attended the Southwest Suburban Conference (SWSC) Speech competition at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, December 16, 2017. From left: Blake Jackson, Cidney Thicklin, Antwan “AJ” Potts, Jennifer Wilson, Jordan Restaino, Jada Johnson, Jaylin Williams, and Theresa Funes-Martinez.
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