Story Slam 2011

Brianda Agramonte won first place ( and she was awesome….all of our  students were better story tellers  than all the other schools…not kidding) for her story “ Big Red Gum” on  Saturday at the State Story Telling Slam in Cambridge. She also won  $2000 as a Scholarship Award.

 

In a tight race, with down to wire entries online, Lexi Hernando of Lynn Classical High School won the StoriesLive® Audience Choice award. She wins $500 towards any post secondary educational endeavor.
 

Principal Constantino and English Teacher Ms. Frey pose with the winning students from the Classical Story Slam. From the left: Mr. C, Ms F,  Brianda,  Dami, Anna Louise, Riley, Alexia, Chris, and Chastity. Missing from the photo - Maho.

Thanks also goes out to Ms. Frey for coordinating the event !

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The 1st Lynn Classical High Story Slam!

The following students slammed it!! They held the audience's rapt attention on a Friday afternoon just before vacation.  Fantastic stories, great telling. These students deserved miles of credit for having the guts to go up on a stage, in front of their peers, and tell their true stories of lessons learned through fun, embarrassment, happiness, and sorrow. We love them all for sharing.

            

    

    

Above - A special rap from Lee Rosario!                                                   

    

  

    

    

    

    

    

   

         

Thanks to all our participants:

       *Riley McManus                         Abby  Asani  

       Isis Lewis                    * Alexia Hernando     

       * Dammy Dada                 * Chastity Mathurin  

       * Chris Divorell               Christian Cromwell

       * Anna Louise Rescigna             Cristina Rodriguez

       Kenny Ortega                     Mahalia Harris

      * Brianda Agramante                  Courtney Gavin

       Pablo Minier                   Harris Smjecanin

       Chantelle Burns                Ulysses Santiago

      * Maho Dzekic                   Craig Kanyangarara

       Daniel Omoregie                        Rhys Wright

 

       * Voted to attend Scholarship Round in Cambridge next week.

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How this all came about....

On Monday, 4/11/2011, the Classical English Department invited all Seniors to the Auditorium for a special presentation from StoriesLive, a division of masssmouth.org, which is a non-profit organization that teaches students how to express themselves using personal narratives. Three excellent storytellers offered a funny and poignant tale of their own.  During the week, the storytellers will be visiting Senior English classrooms to help each student work on their own narrative. This Friday, Classical Seniors will demonstrate their own skills. The top students will have a chance of continuing to a Regional Storytelling competition where they can earn up to $5000 in scholarship money.
 

From the left: Storyteller/Facilitator- Nicolette Nordin Heavey, Storyteller  Lani Peterson,  Storyteller  Ben Cunningham, Norah Dooley (the Founder of massmouth.org,) and Storyteller Obehi Janice.
 

 

 

Storyteller 'Where's the Meat" -- Ben Cunningham

    

 

Storyteller "First Dance"  -- Lani Peterson

    

 

Storyteller "Where I Come From" -- Obehi Janice

         

 

 

A Storyteller discusses methods with Mr. Collins' English class.

 

 

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