o VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4. JOHN HERSEY HIGH SCHOOL, JAN. 31, 2019 Poetry Out Loud Comes to Hersey BY CLAIRE DWYER s second semester starts up, dedicated to teaching students about poetry PODCAST the English department’s in the classroom and teach public speaking new all-school assignment, skills. “It was such a joy, because every sin- Poetry Out Loud is under- gle kid was really trying, it was so cute. They way. The unique assignment, were really trying to give each poem its due for students of all grade lev- merit with the speaker’s intent,” Becker said. els, is bringing the student The state contest winner receives $200 in THE Abody together for the nationwide contest. prize money and money for the trip to the Na- The assignment is simple: students in all tional Finals in Washington DC. The National English classes are to memorize and perform Finals are scheduled for April 30- May 1, 2019, a poem to their class. Classmates vote for a and the state finals will be held in mid-March. HOWL representative from their class to participate In District 214, both Wheeling and Roll- in the school wide contest. Winners of the ing Meadows High School are also partici- Haven’t checked out our school’s school wide test go to the regional compe- pating in the competition. “We had district new podcast yet? No big deal - lis- tition in Chicago, where they will compete workshops in the summer. At our district ten now! The Howl, hosted by se- with others for prize money. “There’s a gen- workshop this summer, Rolling Meadows nior Carter Zagorski, is available on eral positive buzz, and I think the reason for High School is working on something and all major platforms including Ap- this positive buzz is that we’re all in this to- Wheeling High School I believe is working ple Podcasts and Spotify. Listen on gether,” English teacher Lara Becker said. on something, too, and i know for sure they your school iPad or personal device, Poetry Out Loud is a national organization are also participating as well,” Becker said. subscribe to get notified about fu- As for choosing their poems, students ture episodes, and follow The Howl’s were given a lot of freedom with a variety Twitter account. You can hear the of options from the Poetry Out Loud web- latest interview with senior Susan site. Freshman chose poems related to iden- Schmidt and junior Josh Ho as they tity, Sophomores chose poems that related discuss next month’s famed film in- to archetypes, juniors chose poems written dustry awards show, The Oscars, as by American authors, and seniors were as- well as last month’s feature on Mr. COURTESY OF FLIKR signed to choose poems from specific time Austin Scott, our school’s new Head periods. “When I was choosing a poem, I Boys’ Varsity Basketball Coach! knew I wanted something that wasn’t too difficult to memorize but also on a topic that was interesting,” junior Isa Hahn said. Although the idea of reciting a poem in front of an audience seems daunting, En- glish teachers have plenty of useful tips to help students succeed. ”The biggest tip I can give anyone who is in Poetry Out Loud is practice. Practice in front of a mirror, record yourself, perform for an audience, because LEARN when you practice the more comfortable you will be with your performance,” Ams said. A main takeaway of the all-school assign- MORE ment has been the unifying factor. “I’ve heard seniors talking with freshmen, and sopho- mores talking with juniors, and it’s just kind of ABOUT cool. There’s a common assignment for every single level and if nothing else you have this, ‘What poem are you doing?’” Becker said. POETRY With students of all skillsets given the same task, it creates meaningful connections. “It was fun to hear other people’s poems and it was fascinating to think about the deep meaning OUT of poetry,” freshman Ila Nathanson said. As students rally together to achieve this school wide assignment, the real meaning be- LOUD! hind the competition is not lost on teachers. VIDEO BY HANNNAH GRAWE “This is very different than a Google slide pre- AND SUSAN SCHMIDT sentation. It is challenging, and that’s good. We ONE OF THE FINALISTS RECITING HER POEM should challenge ourselves,” Becker said. 1.19 | THE CORRESPONDENT BY DISPATCH 1 ENTERTAINMENT COURTESY OF FLIKR YouTube’s The Record Revival BY AMELIA ZOLLNER ver the past few years, record players have of listening to music, but records are fun. I buy records Issues made an unexpected return into count- because they turn music into something tangible, O less households. In an age where something I can hold instead of something BY MAX GARCIA music streaming is constantly advanc- that just distantly lies beyond a screen, ing with popular services like Spotify as my Spotify playlists do. I absolute- and Apple Music, it would seem that ly love putting on one of my records THE EVER CONTROVERSIAL LOGAN PAUL AT A DISNEY OWNED EVENT forms of physical music, especial- from my collection, stepping ly records, should be obsolete back, and relaxing. And I’m not by now. 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