(Princeton,
NJ—March 13, 2015) High Tech’s Aaleah Oliver, a resident of Secaucus, who won
the Region 6 Championship of the 2015 Poetry
Out Loud competition, competed at the State Finals at Richardson Auditorium
at Princeton University, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High
Tech High School.
Oliver recited “Thoughtless
Cruelty” by Charles Lamb in Round One and “Truth” by Gwendolyn Brooks in Round
Two, the poems that she had recited in the Region 6 Championship of Bergen,
Hudson, and Passaic Counties.
“Although Aaleah didn’t
advance to the final round,” says Joan Marie Bellotti, the High Tech moderator
for Poetry Out Loud, “her performance
was exemplary and we are very proud of her.”
This year’s competition marks
the 10th anniversary of Poetry
Out Loud. For further information on this terrific contest, please go to
www.poetryout loud.org.
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| Pictured (from left to right): Ida Behreini, Samantha Da Rocha, Kylie Long, Aaleah Oliver, Kisha Beltran, Yael Orejuela, and Raymond Calubayan |
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| Aaleah Oliver |
