Sixth and seventh-grade MERIT Spanish students recently participated in a Spanish Poetry Recitation Competition at East Coweta High School in Sharpsburg, Georgia. Students learned and performed a poem in Spanish before a panel of judges. Students were judged on pronunciation, interpretation of the text, smoothness of delivery, and textural accuracy. Students received two noteworthy scores, seven excellent scores, and eight superior scores. Pictured in the first row from left to right are Zariah Clark, Chandler Strickland, and Elijah Connell. Standing in the second row are Payton Cody, Julianne Wynn, Mae Harrison, Anna-Lora Payne, Ashton Beach, Jayden Rodrigues. Standing in the back row are Liam Clark, Ja'Mall Green, Donkerious Smith, Chavita Correa Santoyo, Jamar'ya Queen, Arianna Perkins, and Lauryn Walden. Not pictured is Benjamen Carlisle.