2019 Poetry Out Loud Finals
2019 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion
Following a spirited competition featuring twelve talented high school students from Delaware, Chelsea Anokye-Agyei, Chelsea Anokye-Agyei, a senior from Hodgson Vo-Tech High School, emerged as the 2019 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion.
State Finals
From a competitive field of 12 Delaware high school students, Chelsea Anokye-Agyei, a senior from Hodgson Vo-Tech High School, earned the title of 2019 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion at the state finals held in Smyrna, Del. on Feb. 26. The first runner-up was Samuel McGarvey from Tall Oaks Classical School and the second runner-up was Sarah Stevenson from Milford Senior High School.
Anokye-Agyei’s final recitation, “The Albatross” by Kate Bass, earned her high marks with the judges. The full poem can be found on the Poetry Foundation’s website.
For her winning presentation, Anokye-Agyei will receive $200 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington with a chaperone to compete at the national championship on April 29 – May 1. Hodgson Vo-Tech High School will receive a $500 stipend for the purchase of poetry materials. Samuel McGarvey, the first runner-up will receive $100, and Tall Oaks Classical School will receive $200 for its school library.
Participating Students
Emma Elliot
Dover High School
Chelsea Anokye-Agyei
Hodgson Vo-Tech High School
Sarah Stevenson
Milford Senior High School
Nadia Sheikh
MOT High School
Daniel Patrick Johnson
Mount Sophia Academy
Megan Chen
Newark Charter High School
Ashton Driver
Red Lion Christian Academy
Anne Rosent
Sanford School
Brandon Greenlee
Sussex Central High School
Samuel McGarvey
Tall Oaks Classical School
Catherine Enslen
Ursuline Academy
Mariela Rivero
Wilmington Christian School