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Marshall High School Hosts Annual Poetry Slam 

FORT BEND ISD - Marshall High School hosted its annual Poetry Slam to give students the opportunity to showcase their creative literary skills. Competing with their original poems via conference video, Marshall’s poetry slammers matched skills against students at Peekskill High School in New York. Competing from Marshall were Chinwe Anyanwu, Bria Chavis, Jayna Davis, Jaylen Green, Davetta Hayes, Empress James, Curleen Pitt, Ashontecia Sermons-Francis, Braylon Smithers, and Tiauna Young.

After several rounds of competition, Marshall poets prevailed with Chinwe Anyanwu earning 1^st place; Davetta Hayes, 2^nd place; Bria Chavis, 3^rd place; Tiauna Young, 4^th place; and Braylon Smithers, 5^th place.

The Poetry Slam was a collaborative effort between Marshall’s Library Services staff members Yvonne G. Jackson, Yvonne Flores, and Brittany Wearns; and Instructional Technology Specialists, Diane Watson and Corlette Hill. Pictured (front, from left) Davetta Hayes, Tiauna Young, Curleen Pitt; (second row) Empress James, Jayna Davis, Ashontecia Sermons- Francis; and (back row) Braylon Smithers, Jaylen Green, Yvonne Jackson (Library Media Specialist and BOOM Book Club Sponsor), Bria Chavis, and Chinwe  Anyanwu.

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