Minnesota Schools Invited to Participate in Poetry Out Loud Webinar is Wed, Oct 22 at 3 PM
Free Arts Enrichment Opportunity for High School Students
Minnesota Schools Invited to Participate in Poetry Out Loud
Poetry Out Loud is a national program that invites high school students to engage with poetry through memorization and performance. The program encourages the study of great poetry by offering free educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition. Students begin at the classroom, school, or local level, with winners advancing to regional and state competitions. State champions move on to the national finals, where more than $50,000 in awards and school or organizational stipends are distributed each year, including a $20,000 prize for the national champion.
Free curriculum materials are provided, including a poetry anthology, a comprehensive teacher’s guide, videos of student performances, lesson plans, and promotional and media resources.
Students develop public speaking skills, gain self-confidence, and deepen their understanding of literary history and contemporary life, while helping schools meet language arts education standards.
Poetry Out Loud is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the South Central Service Cooperative. It was created in 2005, and in its twenty-year history has reached more than 4.5 million students and 85,000 teachers from 21,000 schools and organizations nationwide.
Interested in learning about how your school could participate in Poetry Out Loud? A program overview and Q & A webinar will be held Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 3 PM
