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Watertown Senior Going To DC For National Poetry Competition

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A senior from Watertown High School won the state’s Poetry Out Loud competition and is headed to Washington, D.C., to represent South Dakota in national competition April 27-29.

Ashley Brage won $200 and her school will receive $500 to be used for poetry books, in addition to her trip to the national finals.

Eight students from South Dakota high schools competed for the title. Second place went to Alex Schumacher, a senior at Washington High School in Sioux Falls.

Two teachers were also awarded for their efforts in the classroom: Daniel Snethen of Little Wound High School and Kris O’Brien of Watertown High School.

Poetry Out Loud is a recitation program and competition that urges the teaching of poetry as an oral art form in high schools.

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