WHS Sophomores Meet Bestselling Novelist Ellen Hopkins
Popular YA Author Holds a Sept. 13 Visit/Book-signing in Omaha
by WHS English Teacher Larry Fangman | Thursday, September 15, 2011
Ellen Hopkins has been one of the most popular young adult authors at Wahoo High School and in the world for the past five years.
Eight WHS sophomores and their English teacher, Mr. Larry Fangman, had the chance to meet Hopkins at the Millard Branch of the Omaha Public Library on Tuesday night, September 13.
Hopkins, the . . .
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Lorincz Beats Out 79 Other WHS Students to Take Top Prize in 2012 Poetry Out Loud Competition
WHS Senior Advances to Feb. 18 Regional at Joslyn
Junior Sesly Lorincz won the sixth Wahoo High School Poetry Championship on Friday, Feb. 3 in the WPS Performance-Learning Center.
In third place after the first round of poems, Lorincz rallied to victory with a stirring rendition of . . .
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Hamar Competes at Poetry Out Loud Regional
WHS Sophomore Recites 2 Poems at Annual Event
Wahoo High School sophomore Derek Hamar recited two poems at the Joslyn Art Museum's Abbott Lecture Hall in Omaha on Saturday, February 19, as part of the Nebraska Eastern Regional Competition of Poetry Out Loud.
“Derek gave a . . .
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Derek Hamar Takes First Place in 2011 Poetry Out Loud Competition
Nicholls & Zeleny Named Runners-Up
Ten Wahoo High School students competed in the finals of the 2011 Wahoo High School Poetry Out Loud Championship on Monday, February 7.
Sophomore Derek Hamar won the competition. He recited the poems “A Hymn to God the Father” by . . .
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Melissa Ford Wins 2010 Wahoo Poetry Out Loud Competition
Ford Advances to Feb. 20 Regionals at Omaha's Joslyn Art Museum
The third time was the charm for WHS Senior Melissa Ford, as she won the 2010 Poetry Out Loud School Championship.
Ford, last year’s runner-up to Eric Curran, used a strong, second-round recitation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “A . . .
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WHS Students Attend Writing Workshop for Young Women
UNL Professor Helps Students Enhance Poetry Writing Skills
University of Nebraska professor Dana Kinzy recently kept six
Wahoo High School girls busy writing poetry at her writing workshop
at the Seward Civic Center.
“I thought it was the best workshop we’ve attended,” WHS English . . .
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British Literature and Drama Classes Perform for Each Other
After Mr. Fangman’s British literature class read Saki’s short
story “The Storyteller,” they decided it would be fun to perform
the story as a Reader’s Theatre.
Saki, whose real name was H. H. Munro, often wrote stories about . . .
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Wahoo Students Take Top Two Places in Midland Lutheran College Poetry Contest
White & Zeleny Beat Out over 100 Student Entries
Even though 108 students entered the 2009 Midland Lutheran
Poetry Contest, two Wahoo High School students won first and second
place in the annual competition. Sophomore Dana Zeleny won the $100
first prize for her poem, “Pickles.” . . .
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WHS Junior Wins Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation Short Story Contest
Melissa Ford Takes Top Prize in High School Division
WHS Junior Melissa Ford won $50 by capturing first place in the
high school division of the Sixth Annual Bess Streeter Aldrich
Foundation Short Story Contest.
Ford, along with the winners of the middle school and adult
divisions, was . . .
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Six WHS Students Win Prizes in 2009 American Legion Auxiliary Essay Contest
Two First Place Winners Advance to State Competition
Six Wahoo High School students recently won prizes in the
American Legion Auxiliary Essay Contest.
This year students wrote on the topic, “American’s Veterans Past
and Present—why we need to honor them.” First place winners in . . .
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Eric Curran Competes at State Poetry Out Loud Competition
Wahoo’s Eric Curran recently competed in the March 14 State
Poetry Out Loud Finals in Lincoln.
Curran gave a strong performance as he recited “Annabel Lee” and
“O Captain! My Captain!” While the judges did not select Eric as . . .
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Eric Curran Earns Shot at Poetry Out Loud State Championship
WHS Senior Has Potential to Compete at Nationals in Washington, D.C.
Senior Eric Curran gave an awesome performance at the March 1
Poetry Out Loud Regional held at Westside High School in Omaha.
Curran’s performance placed him in the top three finishers, so
he will advance to the State Championship in . . .
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Eight WHS Student Finalists Compete in 2009 Poetry Out Loud Contest
Eric Curran Announced Repeat Champion; Advances to March 1 Regional Competition
Senior Eric Curran narrowly edged juniors Melissa Ford and
Ashley Jordan to win the 2009 Wahoo Poetry Out Loud
Championship.
Curran, Wahoo’s defending champion, will represent Wahoo at the
regional competition on March 1 at Omaha's . . .
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WHS Students Attend Writing Festival Hosted by Former U.S. Poet Laureate
Ted Kooser Shares His Passion and Expertise
Eight Wahoo
High School students and WHS English Teacher Larry Fangman recently
attended an outdoor writing festival at Homestead National Monument
in Beatrice. Former United States Poet Laureate, Ted Kooser, read
poetry to students, . . .
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WHS Junior Takes Second Place at Midland Lutheran College Short Story Contest
Callan Takes Award with "Snake Eyes"
WHS Junior Alex Callan placed second
place, winning $200, in the Midland Lutheran College Short Story
Contest. Callan won for his war story “Snake Eyes.” Sixty students
from fifteen different schools entered the contest. . . .
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WHS Poetry Out Loud Finalist Recites Selections at Nebraska Arts Council Board Meeting
Wahoo High School English teacher Larry
Fangman and Wahoo junior Eric Curran spoke at the recent quarterly
board meeting of the Nebraska Arts Council held at the Wahoo Public
Library.
Curran recited the two poems he recently . . .
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Eric Curran Wins Poetry Out Loud Championship
Will Represent WHS at Upcoming State Competition
Junior Eric
Curran defeated ten other finalists to win the second annual Wahoo
High School Poetry Out Loud School Championship. Curran recited the
poems, “Discrimination” by Kenneth Rexroth and “Experience” by
Ralph Waldo . . .
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Local Writer Visits WHS Creative Writing Class
Richard Gehrman, a local poet, novelist, and
the grandfather of Wahoo junior Travis Bennett, visited Mr. Larry
Fangman’s creative writing class on Friday.
Gehrman recently completed the manuscript for
his novel, Cow Creek. . . .
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