Wyandotte Roosevelt High School seniors Shayla Muszynski (left) and Katie Cost are honored at the April 11 school board meeting, at which they performed their Poetry Out Loud selections, for which Cost took third place in the state competition, with Muszynski the first runnerup for Roosevelt.
By SUE SUCHYTA
Sunday Times Newspapers
WYANDOTTE – Roosevelt High School seniors Katie Cost, Michigan third place winner, and Shayla Muszynski, RHS runnerup, were honored and recited poetry selections at the April 11 Wyandotte Public Schools board meeting.
Teachers Robert Keast and Warren Baker have co-sponsored the RHS Poetry Out Loud program for 15 years, and students have claimed one of the top three spots at the state competition six times.
The RHS finals were held during January in the school auditorium. In March, Cost attended the state competition in Lansing, taking third place.
Each student performs two poems for the school level competition and three poems at the state level competition.
During the April 11 board meeting, Muszynski performed Marge Piercy’s “To Have Without Holding,” while Cost performed William E. Stafford’s “Traveling Through the Dark” and Letitia Elizabeth Landon’s “Revenge.”
For more information about the competition, go to poetryoutloud.org.