A total of 27 area high school students will travel to Waukee Feb. 8 to compete in the Iowa High School Speech Association’s state large group contest.
A choral reading from Paton-Churdan qualified with an original piece written by Nicole Friess-Schilling about a teen with a phone addiction. Choral readers are Phoenix Hartman, Kaliyah Minnihan, Alivya Smith, Ella Tasler, Grace Cullum, Anastasia Hobbs, Bridget Hobbs, and Catarina Hobbs. They are coached by Amanda Tasler.
Greene County High School’s choral reading, group improv and reader’s theatre qualified for the state contest.
The choral reading group includes Natalie Towers, London Harris, Lucy Vander Linden, Evelyn Snyder, Savannah Lansman, Makenna Dzuris, Leah McCormick, Olivia Smith and Rylee Mowrer. Performing readers’ theater are Ava Binkley, Hailey Carman, Randa Linberg, Kamden Kinne, Aiden Bardole, Maggie Mikkelsen, Sadie Shannon, Ella Shipley, Emma Shipley and Payton Kokenge. Performing group improv are Ava Binkley, Randa Linberg, Savannah Lansman and Lucy Vander Linden.
Greene County speech coaches are Kelly Gray and Darren Jackson.
