On April 9, French students from Maple Street School, Flood Brook School and Burr and Burton Academy competed in the second annual Poetry Slam held at the Manchester Community Library. They read works by Jacques Prévert, Robert Desnos and other Francophone poets while their performance was judged on fluency, pronunciation, intonation and body language. Guest judges were native French speakers Peggy Floume of Londonderry, Noelle Rouxel-Cubberly, Natalie Emerson, and Kadidia Kamate, student at Bennington College.
BBA participants: Claire Ianuzzi, Emma Tschaikowsky, Sophie Neidhold From Floodbrook: Maggie Brown and Louisa Hausslein From Maple Street: Ellie Ruffa, Paige Samuelson, Grace McDonald, Annette Zilkha, and Spencer North.
First place winners the group of Paige Samuelson, Grace McDonald, and Ellie Ruffa in the Novice category and Claire Ianuzzi in the Intermediate category each got to take home a “picnic basket” of French goodies and all received certificates for their participation. Runners-up were Raven Atselis-Gogel in Novice and Emma Tschaikowsky in Intermediate. “We have quite a large French speaking population in our communities so this was a great way to celebrate that!” said FBS French Teacher Jennifer Bowen who planned the event along with Lizzy Lindenberg of Maple Street and Michelle Emery of Burr and Burton Academy.
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