Byron-Bergen 12th graders Sydni Casper and Frank Presicci are the school’s Poetry Out Loud champions.Sydni Casper and Frank Presicci, both 12th graders, are Byron-Bergen Jr./Sr. High School’s ‘Poetry Out Loud’ champions after scoring the highest in the school’s memorization/recitation competition.
Seven Byron-Bergen Jr./Sr. High School students were selected from classroom performances to compete in the school-level competition. Ninth-grader Colby Savage was selected as the alternate.
Poetry Out Loud, a join effort by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Poetry Foundation, is a program that encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation.
The next step for Sydni and Frank is the Western Regional competition, February 12 at Amherst High School. The State Level competition is March 16 in Albany, and the National Level competition is April 28-30 in Washington, D.C.
