Poetry Out Loud
February 13, 2017 @ 7:00 PM

Join us for the perfect Valentine's Day event as Elmbrook School District hosts the S.E. Regional Poetry Out Loud Competition! Featuring live poetry recitation contest with students representing Brookfield Central, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee High School of the Arts, Arrowhead High School, Kettle Moraine Perform, and Marquette High School, as well as spoken word and music from 2016 State Champ Kirsten Meier, and music from The Ornithologist Jazz Ensemble. Admission is free.

About Poetry Out Loud
Since 2005, Poetry Out Loud has grown to reach more than 3 million students and 50,000 teachers from 10,000 school in every state, Washington, DC, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Contest Structures and Awards
Poetry Out Loud uses a pyramid structure that starts at the classroom level. Winners advance to a school-wide competition, then to a regional and/or state competition, and ultimately to the National Finals. Each winner at the state level receives $200 and an all-expenses-paid trip with an adult chaperone to Washington, DC, to compete for the national championship. The state winner's school receives a $500 stipend for the purchase of poetry books. The first runner-up in each state receives $100, with $200 for his or her school. A total of $50,000 in awards and school stipends is awarded annually at the National Finals.