Ada seniors take the 109th interclass competition trophy
Seniors rule!
Ada High School held its 109th Interclass competition in the HS auditorium in late March. The senior class was this year's winners.
This is an annual scholastic event in which the sophomores, juniors, and seniors compete against each other in the areas of essay, poetry, short story, and dramatic readings.
Here were the competitors and their topics:
Essay:
Junior--Alexandra Boyadzhiev--"Feminism"
*Senior--Alexis Amburgey--"Immunizations"
Sophomore--Makenna Callahan--"No Choice"
Poetry:
Junior--Rand Abdullatef--"I'm Fine"
Senior--Emmelina Bales--"Tend to the Roses"
*Sophomore: Jil Wolber--"Three Brothers"
Short Story:
Senior--Haley Crouse--"Memories"
Sophomore--Tiffany Purdy--"The Reality"
*Junior--Sydney Hartford--"She"
Dramatic Reading
*Sophomore--Meredith Marshall--"Mommy, Can You Hear Me?"
Junior--Abby Dungan--"Pants"
Senior--Allison Howard--"This is Me, This is What You See"
*= winner in that category
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