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AMHERST —Souhegan High School announces the winners of the school contest for Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Con-test. The student winners are Oliv-ia Vordenberg, School Champion, and Derek Avila, Runner-up. Vor-denberg and Avila represent over 500 Souhegan students who chose, studied, memorized, and recited poems as part of this school-wide poetry recitation project.

Thursday night, 18 students com-peted for the opportunity to win a $15,000 merit scholarship and the chance to move on to the NH State semi-finals. Souhegan Finalists in-clude: Derek Avila, AJ Newell, Mat-thew O’Dowd, Erin Heaney, Saman-tha Prue, Lucas Nevrla, Alli Mensh, Olivia Vordenberg, Dalton Colen, Haley Brannelly, Doug Lens, Han-nah Emery, Brooke Carlson, Bobby Graham, Johanna Griffin, Matthew Yetto, Andi Aiken, Saralyn Carlen.

Olivia Vordenberg, School Cham-pion, and Derek Avila, runner-up, will advance to the NH Regional Semi-finals on March 8th at Keene State College.

The competition, presented in partnership with the NH State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Foundation, is part of a na-tional program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition.

Poetry Out Loud uses a pyramid structure. Beginning at the class-

room level, winners advance to a school-wide competition, then to Regional Semi-Finals and State competitions, and ultimately to the National Finals in Washington, DC.

At Souhegan, students recited works they selected from an anthol-ogy of more than 600 classic and contemporary poems. Judges evalu-

ated student performances on crite-ria including articulation, evidence of understanding, level of difficul-ty, and accuracy. Teachers intro-duced poetry recitation in the class-room using materials created by the NEA and the Poetry Foundation, including a standards-based teach-er’s guide, a website, a ‘best perfor-mances’ DVD, and a CD featuring

poetry recitations by well-known actors and writers such as Anthony Hopkins and Rita Dove.

The NH state champion will re-ceive $200 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC, to com-pete for the national championship, April 26-27, 2010. The school of the state champion will receive $500 for the purchase of poetry books.

2011 NH Scholastic Art Award Winners Announced

Submitted by Martha RivesCongratulations to all of our Souhegan High School winners of the 2011

NH Scholastic Art Awards competition. This year there were more winners than ever. Every student who entered should be commended for their hard work and dedication.

Lauren Conti of Amherst recently had the opportunity to meet Senator Jeanne Shaheen at the Senator’s Washington D.C. office. Lauren is a junior Political Science Major at the University of New Hampshire. She is currently spending the spring semester in our nation’s capital enrolled in the internship program at The Washing-ton Center in cooperation with UNH. In addition to taking a course on International Human Rights, Lauren is interning with The Peace Alliance, a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower civic engagement toward a culture of peace.

Students in the News

SHS Poetry Out Loud event, Thursday, Feb. 17th: Jeanne Sturges, organizer/Writing Center coordinator; Olivia Vordenberg, Champion; Derek Avila, Alternate Champion; Mike Corkery, Slam Poetry Club advisor

Souhegan High School Announces Poetry Out Loud Contest Winners

Samantha Jones “ Resting” Silver Key - Photography Raleigh McElvery, “Bug” Gold Key - Painting

Katelyn Fiebke, “Abstract Car” Silver Key - Painting

Winners: Gold Key Honorable MentionRaleigh McElvery Katelyn FiebkeTory Guilfoyle Tory GuilfoyleKatelyn Fiebke Colleen RobertsTyler Raab Hava AsvarakshElizabeth Chiappini Luke NevrlaSarah King Elizabeth ChiappiniMarajka Knight Drew PrescottSilver Key Portfolio winnersHayden Strong Hayden Strong silver keySami Jones Maddy Landrum silver keyHava Asvaraksh Sarah White silver keyCsilla Vamos Colleen Roberts Honorable MentionKatelyn Fiebke Luke Nevrla Cassie Jacobs

An Awards Reception took place on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at the Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton Academy. Award’s certificate(s), Gold and Silver Key pins, as well as several scholarships were be presented.

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Souhegan Mock Trial Team Wins State ChampionshipAMHERST - On Saturday, Febru-

ary 19th, the Souhegan Mock Trial team competed at the Yale Mock Trial Tournament in New Haven, Ct. By a close margin, Souhegan defeated BG and has qualified to go to the National Mock Trial Compe-tition in Phoenix, AZ in May.

Teams from Connecticut, Geor-gia, and New Hampshire competed. The NH teams present were Pros-pect Mt. from Sunapee, Milford, Derryfield, The Academy of Sci-ence and Design from Merrimack, Phillips Exeter Academy, Bishop Guertin (three teams), and Souhe-gan High School. The Souhegan team competed against a BG team and Phillips Exeter. Souhegan and BG were the two top NH teams by a very close score. The two teams faced off in a final Championship round, in which Souhegan earned the Championship.

This year’s case was a civil trial in which a doctor was being sued for negligence after a tragic auto-mobile accident. After working 30 hours straight, Dr. Hill was on his way home when he was called back to the hospital. As he was driving back to the hospital, his SUV col-lided with a 1963 Corvette owned by Paris LaQuinta. Paris and her friend, Nicole, were returning home from an evening out celebrating the end of college finals. Dr. Hill’s vehi-

cle struck the Corvette causing it to roll over. The two passengers were thrown from the car and Paris did not survive. Paris’s parents are su-ing Dr. Hill for negligence.

The mock trial students prepared roles of prosecuting and defense lawyers, as well as of witnesses. In the process, students learned about relevant aspects of the law. Hours and hours of work went into prepa-ration for the tournament.

Since the NH Bar Association no longer sponsors a state competi-tion, the President of the Yale Mock Trial Association, Kyle Skinner, has been designated the NH Mock Trial Coordinator. The National Mock Trial Association has allowed the NH winner of the Yale tournament to qualify for the National Tourna-ment in Phoenix, AZ.

The members of the Souhegan team are: Captains Jill Parolin and Paige Brooks; Anna Ballard, Mike Cinque, Alyssa Peterson, McKen-zie St.Germaine, Emily Koloctro-nis, Kelly Ferguson, Sam Janson, Pia Marciano, and Madison Ad-ams. The team is coached by Rich-ard Vassar.

The Souhegan Mock Trial team is currently seeking corporate spon-sorships to help defray the cost of the trip to the National Mock Tri-al Tournament in Phoenix, AZ this spring.

Holy Cross Dean’s ListAndrew Emerson of Amherst, a

first year student at the College of Holy Cross has been named to the Dean’s List for the first semester of the 2010-2011 academic year. He is the son of William and Lisa Emer-son of Amherst. Andrew is major-ing in political science.Bentley University Names Students to President’s and Dean’s Lists

WALTHAM, MA – Bentley Uni-versity’s Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michael J. Page, and Dean of Arts and Scienc-es, Daniel L. Everett, recently an-nounced the names of Amherst res-idents who were honored for their outstanding academic achievement in the fall 2010 semester.

To be named to the President’s List, a full-time student must have a grade point average of 3.7 or higher with no course grade below 3.0 dur-ing the term.

To be named to the Dean’s List, a full-time student must have a grade point average of 3.3 or higher with no course grade below 2.0 during the term.

The following residents from Am-herst, NH were recognized:

Daniel Green, a sophomore and Corporate Finance & Accounting major, was named to the President’s list.

Mary-Catherine Citarelli, a se-nior and Marketing major, was named to the Dean’s list.

Chelsea Larivee, a freshman and Business major, was named to the Dean’s list.

Amanda Wagner, a freshman and Business major, was named to the Dean’s list.

Roger Williams U. Announces Fall 2010 Dean’s List

BRISTOL, RI - Daniel Shear-holdt, a resident of Amherst has beennamed to the Roger Williams University Dean’s List for the Fall 2010 semester. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a GPA of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean’s List that semester. Nathan Allen Awarded President’s List at Clearwater Christian College

CLEARWATER, FL - Nathan Al-len of Mont Vernon was awarded the President’s List Award by Clear-water Christian College in Clear-water, FL for scholastic achieve-ment during the 2010 fall semester. In order to be recognized for this award, honorees must have been enrolled full-time and earn a mini-mum grade point average of 3.90 on a 4.00 scale.

Allen is a 2006 graduate of North Atlantic Regional High School and the son of Tim and Susan Allen of Mont Vernon. Allen is a senior accounting major at Clearwater Christian College.Dean’s List Announced at MCPHS The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Em-ily A. Landon has been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2010 semester. Emily, daughter of Tedd Landon and Carol Landon, is a na-tive of Amherst. and is pursuing a. Emily graduated in December in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.