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Kennedy Poets Advancing to Regional Round of Contest

They will represent their school at Nassau Community College in February.

Stephanie Person and Ruth Bergman of John F. Kennedy High School are advancing to the regional level of the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, having placed first and as a runner-up, respectively, at the school level of the competition.

Person, a third-time Kennedy representative, and Bergman, a second-time Poetry Out Loud competitor, will represent Kennedy at the regional competition on Feb. 3, 2017 at Nassau Community College.

Poetry Out Loud is an annual program that encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance. The program is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Alliance for Arts Education.

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