MENDOCINO COUNTY POETRY OUT LOUD FINALS AT THE ARENA THEATER
Tuesday, Feb 8, 2011 3:30pm at the Arena Theater, Point Arena, CA
At 3:45pm, on Tuesday, Feb 8th at the Arena Theater in Point Arena (214 Main Street, downtown Point Arena), high school poets from Point Arena, Mendocino and Fort Bragg competed for the chance to become the Mendocino County representative at the 2011 State Finals of the Poetry Out Loud Recitation Competition in Sacramento. The event was judged by four hard working south coast poets: Cheri Ause (accuracy judge), Frank Healy, Larain Matheson and Jane Reichhold. The winner was Camila Biaggi, a sophomore at the Pacific Community Charter High School, and she will advance to the State Finals in Sacramento on March 20 & 21st. Mendocino High School Sophomore Xochil Goretsky was runner up.  A collaborative effort of the National Endowment For the Arts, the California Arts Council, the California Poets In the Schools and Arts Council of Mendocino County, Poetry Out Loud encourages high school students to memorize and perform great poems. In 2008 more than 250,000 students across the nation participated in the Poetry Out Loud program. The event was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, The Poetry Foundation, California Poets In the Schools, The Arts Council of Mendocino County, and the Arena Theater.  For more information about Poetry Out Loud, visit www.poetryoutloud.org POL 2011 Results
	First Place:   Camila Biaggi, Grade 10 Pacific Community Charter High School (reciting Two Guitars by Victor Hernandez Cruz & Truth Serum by Naomi Shihab Nye)
		Runner Up: Xochil Goretsky, Grade 10 Mendocino High School (reciting Flies Buzzing by Mark Turcotte & I Offer You This Poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca)
	Third Place: Niko Gomez Mendocino Community High School (reciting Do Not by Stevie Smith & On Virtue by Phyllis Wheatly)

COAST HIGH SCHOOL POETRY SLAM (PAHS, PCCHS, MHS, MCHS, FBHS) Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 4:30pm at the Arena Theater, Point Arena, CA
At 4:30pm, on Tuesday, February 8th at the Arena Theater in Point Arena, high school poets from Point Arena, Fort Bragg, and Mendocino slammed their original poetry at the 11th annual MCOE/CPITS Coast High School Poetry Slam. The event was judged by four Mendocino County poets (Cheri Ause, Frank Healy, Larain Matheson and Jane Reichhold) with audience response influencing their decision. The slam is sponsored by the Mendocino County Office of Education and California Poets in the Schools with the generous support of the Arena Theater.
Individual Scores
	Elijah Ravitz Campbell, 112—1st Place Corwin Zekley, 110.5---2nd Place Niko Gomez, 108---tied for 3rd Place Morgen Pack, 108---tied for 3rd Place Winona Wiley, 107---4th Place Camila Biaggi, 106---tied for 5th Place Xochil Goretsky, 106---tied for 5th Place Nick Radtkey, 102---6th Place Dustin Sanchez, 99.5 Karlee Spowehn, 98.5 Hector Toscano, 97 Marion Zinn, 95 Rachel Humecky, 94 Corwin Zelazny, 68.5 (2 rounds) Nick Miller, 30.5 (2 rounds)
MendocinoTeam (4 poets in 3 rounds) = 436.5
Point Arena Team (weighted to take top scores from 4 poets in 3 rounds) = 423
Fort Bragg Team (weighted to take top scores from 4 poets in 3 rounds) = 389

INLAND HIGH SCHOOL POETRY SLAM (UHS, WHS, WCHS) Thursday, March 3, 4pm, Ukiah High School Theater 4:00pm at the Willits HS Auditorium, Willits High School, Willits, CA

On Thursday, March 3, at the Ukiah HS Auditorium, high school poets from Willits, Anderson Valley, and Ukiah will share their original poetry at the MCOE/CPITS Inland High School Poetry Slam. Three Mendocino County poets will judge the event, with audience response influencing their decision. Join us in support of youth expression!. The event begins at 4pm and is free and open to the public. The slam is sponsored by the Mendocino County Office of Education, California Poets in the School and was made possible by teachers Michael Ridell (UHS) and Susan Walz (WHS).judge the event, with audience response influencing their decision. Join us in support of youth expression!. The event begins at 4pm and is free and open to the public. The slam is sponsored by the Mendocino County Office of Education, California Poets in the School and was made possible by teachers Michael Ridell (UHS) and Susan Walz (WHS).

COUNTYWIDE HIGH SCHOOL POETRY SLAM ( FBHS, MHS, PAHS, AVHS, UHS, WHS) Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 4:00pm at the Matheson Performing Arts Center, Mendocino High School, Mendocino, CA

On Tuesday, April 26th at the Mendocino High School Matheson Performing Arts Center (MHS Campus, Ford Street, off Little Lake Rd, Mendocino), high school poets from Anderson Valley, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Point Arena, Ukiah and Willits shared their original poetry at the 11th annual MCOE/CPITS Countywide High School Poetry Slam.   The event was judged by Deveraux Baker, Mickey Chaffin, and Karin Uphoff, who were looking for content, performic ability, with a smattering of audience response influencing their decision. The slam was sponsored by the Mendocino County Office of Education and California Poets in the Schools, with support from MHS, FBHS, PAHS, PCCHS, UKS, and WHS.  Please keep in mind that these are only numbers, which mean little in terms of the courage, passion and ability that all of these youth exude!  It was a very inspired event and all who participated deserve a grand round of applause and encouragement to keep the word alive! Watch the Video Segment from the 2011 County Slam created by Mendocino TV: Individual Top Scores   1st---Elijah Ravits-Campbell 87.5 2nd---Joanna Bennet 85.5 3rd---Riley (UHS) 84.5 4th---Raina Deerwater 83 5th---Thea (UHS) 78 5th---Valle Rogers 78 6th---Maria (UHS) 77   Ukiah High School = 466.50   Riley 84.5 Thea 78 Zobeydo 77.5 Maria 77 Tarrah 76 Jazlyn 73.5         Willits High School = 427       Joanna Bennet 85.5 Valle Rogers 78 David Stansberry 75 Kat Manning 73 Avery Cash 72     Fort Bragg = 416     Spencer Crowell 75.5 Dustin Sanchez 73.5 Shyla Gibney 73 Sabrina Edelman 69.5 Rodrigo Perez 26.5 Rachel Humecky 26     Mendocino = 345.5   Elijah Ravits-Campbell 87.5 Raina Deerwater 83 Corwin Zekley 75.5 Niko Gomez 75   Point Arena = (three poets, 2 three rounds, 1 poet one round) = 170   Camila Biaggi 74.5 Roxanne Chidlaw 71 Brian Barnes 24.5 (one poem)

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