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Local Student Erin Erter Shines in Regional Poetry Out Loud Contest, Heads to State Level
Erin Erter, a senior literary student, recently placed in the top three at the Regional Poetry Out Loud event at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel, Mississippi. Poetry Out Loud is a free program by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation for students in grades 9-12. Since 2005, the program helps students in the US, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia improve their public speaking skills, self-confidence, and reading comprehension scores.
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