By SALINA POST
A group of Salina South High School students can now say they are published poets.
Nineteen South students had works published in A Celebration of Poets, 2022. Those published poets include the following.
Owen Bailey
Bryson Bettles
Annabelle Burr
Allie Bray
Tiara Fair
Addison Frederking
Kaitlyn Geist
Morgan Janousek
Nash Murdock
Dylan Norris
Jackson Perry
Isabella Price
Grady Smith
Shiloh Summers
Hao Tran
Danny Tso
Kamryn Watts
Carson Wellbrock
Mia White
“I value the diverse and engaging content that we look at throughout the year, as well as the various themes and genres we explore,” said Addison Frederking, a sophomore whose work was published. “I think that it really helps kids find what they enjoy in a book or poem.”
Jeri Clouston was the students' Advanced English 1 teacher who incorporated the poetry contest into her lesson plans, according to information from USD 305.
“It was a special opportunity for our students to use what they learned about poems and poetry terms,” said Clouston. “Their final activity for the unit was to write their own poems from a variety of poetry choices.”
The Creative Communication publishing company accepted 19 for publication. As a result of the students being published, South High was recognized with a Poetic Achievement Award. The award recognizes schools with excellent English Language Arts programs and have more than 50 percent of their total entries accepted for publication, USD 305 noted.