Parker School is pleased to announce junior Sean Dunnington earned second place in the Poetry Out Loud State Finals on March 2 at the Tenney Theatre, Cathedral of St. Andrew’s in Honolulu. One of 15 contestants at the state level,
Parker School is pleased to announce junior Sean Dunnington earned second place in the Poetry Out Loud State Finals on March 2 at the Tenney Theatre, Cathedral of St. Andrew’s in Honolulu. One of 15 contestants at the state level, Dunnington recited the poems “Momma Said” by Calvin Forbes; “The Chimney Sweeper: When My Mother Died I Was Very Young,” by William Blake; and “Self-Inquiry Before the Job Interview” by Gary Soto.
First place went to home-school student Brady Jernigan, who will travel, expenses paid, to Washington, D.C., for the Poetry Out Loud National Finals. As the second-place finisher, Dunnington received a writing journal, $100 cash and $200 to Parker School for the purchase of poetry books.
