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Niveah Glover, a 12th-grade student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida, is the 2024 Poetry Out Loud National Champion! The 2nd place winner is Tiana Renee Jones, a 10th-grade student at Whitefield Academy in Mableton, Georgia, and Nyla Dinkins, a 10th-grade student at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, DC took 3rd place.
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““I love the fact that students are not just reading a poem or reading words, but they are actually sharing a part of their identity, sharing what’s important to them. The poems that I chose share a different facet of what I believe in, who I am.”
Sreepadaarchana Munjuluri, 2023 National Champion
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The Power of Poetry
Every year thousands of teachers integrate Poetry Out Loud into their curricula. This section has everything you need to run a successful program in your classroom.