Porter-Gaud Out Loud Poetry Recitation Contest Spring 2017 Finalists
Each year, all Upper School students memorize a poem and recite it in their English classes. The best performers in each class proceed to grade-level contests, with two finalists from each grade moving onto a school-wide competition in front of the student assembly, where first, second, and third place winners are decided.
1st Place: Derrick Main
2nd Place: Courtenay White
3rd Place: Rachel Yoon
“Wide Receiver” by Mark Halliday
“To a Prophet” by Richard Wilbur
Hamlet’s Soliloquy by William Shakespeare