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The team competed May 3 & 4 in the State Forensics Championship Tournament at Washburn Rural High School in Topeka, KS.  The following individuals placed:

Deonte Minor - 1st Place Serious Solo Acting

Kalen Allen - 3rd Place Prose Interpretation

Alexis Burn - 4th Place Prose Interpretation
LaTara Demery - 4th Place Original Oration
Nahshon Thomas - 4th Place Impromptu Speaking
Kaelin Marshall Allen - 5th Place Poetry Interpretation
Nahshon Thomas - 5th Place Impromptu Speaking
Angela Franklin - Semifinalist Poetry Interpretation
Michael Boyice - Semifinalist Poetry Interpretation
Zachary Leon - Semifinalist Humorous Interpretation
Kayla Colding - Semifinalist Serious Solo Acting
LaTara Demery - Semifinalist Impromptu Speaking
Erin Davis/Darryl Hollinshed - Semifinalist Duet Acting
Kalen Allen/Deonte Minor - Semifinalist Duet Acting

Other team members included:  Mylan Gray, Dasia Graves, Alexander Trobough, Michelle Odem, Morgan Lawson, and Alexis Thomas.  The team is coached by Mrs. Jamelle Brown.

CONGRATULATIONS SUMNER ACADEMY FORENSICS!!!

Congratulations to Branden Taylor (Right), a freshman violinist, who has been accepted to attend the Interlochen Summer Arts Program. Branden received a $3555 scholarship. Interlochen is a world premier summer arts program for aspiring artists in grades 3 through 12. Every student is trained intensively with renowned instructors in music, theatre, dance, visual arts, creative writing and motion picture arts.

Congratulations to William Canady (Right), a junior composer and a student in the UMKC CITS, (Composers in the Schools), program. William is the First Place winner in the 2013 CITSComposition Competition for his piece Eunoia, written for solo violin.  William studies composition with graduate student Scott Steele here at Sumner. Eunoia was premiered on Friday, April 26^th by professional violinist/composer DBR, Daniel Bernard Roumain at the UMKC Musical Bridges Gala. William will also receive a full scholarship to the UMKC Summer Composition Workshop.