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HIGH SCHOOL
SHAKESPEARE SONNET
COMPETITION
n Wednesday, March 17, all freshmen English students
Oenthusiastically gathered in the Performing Arts
Center to hear 24 finalists perform Shakespeare sonnets.
Each recitation was greeted with applause and cheers for
friends and classmates! The time flew by as students were
immersed in an experience of language and dynamic oral
communication.
The project began when all English 9 students were
assigned a Shakespeare sonnet by their teacher as part of the
formal study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Students
memorized and performed their sonnet for classmates and
teachers then selected a few finalists from each class for the
competition.
The judges for the event were: Matthew Sipple, Neil Waltom
and Michael Wilson, Head of the English department. Their
deliberation was quick as the winners were announced
by Pamela McCarty: Hee Yoon Park (3 rd place), Rasika
Sethi (2 nd place) and Sindhuja Krishnamoorthy (1 st place).
Ms. Pamela presented the winners with certificates at the
Wednesday high school assembly and the remaining finalists
received certificates from their teachers.
Sonnet Finalists:
Isaya Limphachya (Fah), Chayanant
Meeprasertskul (Poon), Pan Nyomtha
(Pan), Chontida Asavahame
(Pleng), Hee Yoon Park, Sindhuja
Krishnamoorthy (Sindhu), Waralee
Kaewkoon (Mook), Adisa Narula,
Naphisa Senanarong (Pim), Nichapar
Boonparlit (Joy), Soravut Suchindah
(Billy), Rio Baudish-McCabe, Daniel
Bystrom (Mickey), Shrada Agrawal,
Parkin Maskutrath (Sea), Anand
Khorana, Rasika Sethi, Sakdinant
Riangkrul (Dontree), Cheeyang Cheng,
Yada Thongcheum (Yada), Nuttha
Paisamsrisomsuk (Beer), Apama
Jayaram, Piyabutr Marcar (Brian),
Oranicha Jumreomvong (Natty)
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