Fayette’s High School Students Take Top Placements at Clemson Competition

Foreign language students are celebrating after conquering the competition at the 2018 Clemson University Poetry Declamation Contest.
 
Fayette County students earned 28 first place, 17 second place, and 19 third place awards for a total of 63 placements overall.
 
Fayette County students were among 34 percent of the 186 award winning placements from across Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
 
Students had four sweeps, taking first through third place in three categories of Spanish and one category of German.
 
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 2018 Clemson Poetry Declamation Contest placements are:
 
ASL-A
1st place, Addie Metarko, Starr’s Mill High
ASL-B
1st place, Sammy McElreath, Starr’s Mill High
FRENCH-1A-2
2nd place, Aaron Blanchard, Whitewater High
FRENCH-2A-3
2nd place, Naomi Torres-Santos, Whitewater High
FRENCH-3A-1
1st place-Andrea Huisso, Sandy Creek High
3rd place-John Skibel, Whitewater High
FRENCH-3A-2
1st place-Rommy Sierra, Starr’s Mill High
3rd place-Stacy Gonzalez, Sandy Creek High
FRENCH 3A-3
2nd place-Nicole Sierra, Starr’s Mill High
3rd place-Jasmine Harrison, Sandy Creek High
FRENCH-3B
2nd place-Biankah Precious-Destin, Starr’s Mill High
GERMAN-1A-1
1st place-Ivan-Anthony Destin, Starr’s Mill High
3rd place-Joseph Boyd, Whitewater High
GERMAN-1A-2
1st place-Will Lockridge, Sandy Creek High
3rd place-Scott Groome, McIntosh High
GERMAN-1B
1st place-Liana Jindra, Starr’s Mill High
GERMAN-2A-1
1st place-Lydia Jenkins, Sandy Creek High
2nd place-Madalya Hardnett, Sandy Creek High
3rd place-Isabelle Neckals, Whitewater High
GERMAN-2A-2
2nd place-Abby Thomason, Whitewater High
3rd place-Christina Jordan, Fayette County High
GERMAN-3A
1st place-Emily Hawkins, Starr’s Mill High
2nd place-Naomi Torres-Santos, Whitewater High 
GERMAN-4A
1st place-Jordan Nelson, McIntosh High
2nd place- Jonathan McClenny, Sandy Creek High
RUSSIAN-1A
1st place-Liana Jindra, Starr’s Mill High
SPANISH-1A-1
1st place-Hannah Ross, Whitewater High
2nd place-Allyana Gulley, Sandy Creek High
3rd place-Zara Morgan, McIntosh High
SPANISH-1A-2
1st place-Gabbie Szatkowski, McIntosh High
SPANISH-1A-3
1st place-Dalton Toner, McIntosh High
3rd place-Derrick Walker, Starr’s Mill High
SPANISH-1A-4
1st place-Insha Dodhia, Starr’s Mill High
3rd place-Kishan Patel, McIntosh High
SPANISH-1A-5
1stplace-Chisom Ugbajah, McIntosh High
2nd place-Arshi Noorani, Fayette County High
3rd place-Olivia Price, Starr’s Mill High
SPANISH-2A-1
1st place-Julia Di Ianni, McIntosh High
3rd place-Ethan Bang, Starr’s Mill High
SPANISH-2A-3
1st place-Daniel Stackhouse, Starr’s Mill High
SPANISH-2A-4
1st place-Naomi Daniel, McIntosh High
 
SPANISH-2A-5
1st place-Ewan Beauzil, Fayette County High
2nd place-Courtney Stone, Whitewater High
SPANISH-2A-6
1st place-Aiden Choat, McIntosh High
2nd place-Thomas Allen, Starr’s Mill High
3rd place-Sydney Brown, Whitewater High
SPANISH-3A-1
2nd place-Noah Ellis, Starr’s Mill High
3rd place-Harley Effion, Fayette County High
SPANISH-3A-2
1st place- Anabella Ellis, Starr’s Mill High
3rd place-Deborah Roh, McIntosh High
SPANISH-3A-3
2nd place-Isabela Tharp, McIntosh High
SPANISH-3A-4
1st place-Hannah Ezzaoudi, McIntosh High
2nd place-Kamiah Kelly, Fayette County High
SPANISH-3A-5
2nd place-Kotoe Takeda, McIntosh High
3rd place-Kennedy Buckner, Fayette County High
SPANISH-3B
1st place-Luke Goeffey, McIntosh High
SPANISH-4A-1
2nd place-Robert Palla, McIntosh High
SPANISH-4A-2
1st place-Irene Song, McIntosh High
3rd place-Aaron Blanchard, Whitewater High
SPANISH-4A-3
2nd place-Caroline Carle, Starr’s Mill High
SPANISH-4A-4
1st place-Virginia Jackson, Starr’s Mill High
3rd place-Anna Pate, Sandy Creek High
SPANISH-4A-5
1st place-Saijleen Chawla, Starr’s Mill High
SPANISH-4B
1st place-Celine Akande, Fayette County High