Oral Language Festival winners announced  

More than 250 students who rose through their school, district and regional competitions presented their interpretations of a published literary work during the 48th annual Kern County Oral Language Festival held Saturday, January 26 at Stonecreek Jr. High School.

Presentations were 3-5 minutes in length with grades 4-6 and grades 7-8 competing separately. Categories of competition were: Verse Choir, Humorous Interpretation Solo, Humorous Interpretation Duo, Serious Interpretation Solo and Serious Interpretation Duo.

Trophies were awarded to first through third place finishers. Those results are:

 4-6 Grades

Serious Interpretation Solo
1^st — Armindev Bhatti – Harvest Elementary School
2^nd — Naima Infante – Casa Loma Elementary School
3^rd — Bella Stine – Discovery Elementary School

Humorous Interpretation Solo
1^st — Amanda Barker – Downtown Elementary School
2^nd — Noah Santillan – Dr. Juliet Thorner Elementary School
3^rd — Emma Bell – Leo B. Hart Elementary School

Serious Interpretation Duo
1^st — Brooke Riggs, Katherine Gonzales – Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School
2^nd — Eva Haverstock, Ella Murano – Downtown Elementary School
3^rd — Kayla Almaguer, Annelyse Carmona – Bill L. Williams Elementary School

Humorous Interpretation Duo
1^st — Addison Harvick, Cooper Madison – Veterans Elementary School
2^nd — Morgan George, Tatum Manning – Olive Drive Elementary School
3^rd — Izzie Brandon, Brooklyn Cannon – Dr. Juliet Thorner Elementary School

Verse Choir
1^st — Gracie Dean, Mia Dean, Sophie Dean, Reagan Young, Jordyn Reeves, Kara Campoy – Centennial Elementary School
2^nd — Hayden Wise, Jenelle Guey-Mock, Siana De Los Santos, Lily Alvarez, Janie Selvey, Katie Street – Dr. Juliet Thorner Elementary
3^rd — Leslie Navarro, Mariah Grijalva, Emma Killmer, Zoey Ranguindin, Sarah Holland, Ronee Calderon – Dr. Douglas K. Fletcher Elementary

7/8 Grades

Serious Interpretation Solo

1^st — Seneca Corral – Walter Stiern Middle School
2^nd — Karol Codilla – Tevis Junior High School
3^rd — Giselle Barajas – Paul L. Cato Middle School

Humorous Interpretation Solo
1^st — AnnaKate Crossley – Beardsley Junior High School
2^nd — Hannah Bowden – Earl Warren Junior High School
3^rd — Sarah Skenfield – Earl Warren Junior High School

Serious Interpretation Duo
1^st — Tayler Wennihan, Jocelyn Barrison – Paul L. Cato Middle School
2^nd — Pishoy Resk, Riley Truong – Earl Warren Junior High School
3^rd — Marisa Boyler, Dixie Gales – Earl Warren Junior High School

Humorous Interpretation Duo

1^st — Michael Garcia, Emma Mebane – Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
2^nd — Brock Bownds, Broderick Bownds – Earl Warren Junior High School
3^rd — Gillian Zuniga, Susana Zaragoza – Cecil Avenue Math & Science Academy

Verse Choir
1^st — Jacob Young, Cayelyn Smith, Danny Puga, Jon Wisnoff, Sophie Khuu – St. John’s Lutheran School
2^nd — Ibrahim Alnahhal, Ajooni Behl, Aditya Kakarla, Mukul Anand, Ronit Joshi, Sofia Truong – Earl Warren Junior High School
3^rd — Laura Neufeld, Victoria Garza, Mackenzie Akman – Richland Junior High School