On Feb. 15, District 97 earned first place at the West 40 Speech and Drama Festival for the 10th straight year. The district’s team, which was composed of students and teachers/coaches from Brooks and Julian middle schools, took home one of the two first place trophies that were awarded.
Below are the names of the District 97 students and teachers/coaches who participated in the event.
Brooks
- Simone Arvetis
- Noah Campbell
- Alex Harks
- Audrey Molitar
- Alana Slade
Understudies
- Frank DeLano
- Adam Dominowski
- Caroline McGinnis
- Nathan Nadkarni
- Alara Randle
- Tessa Troyer
Coaches: Pam Gaffney, Carin McKinney and Sarah Perros
Julian
- Mary Andolina
- Leila Ashrafi
- Tressa Barrigar
- Ella Biag
- Kate Boveri
- Rafael Butt
- William Cote
- Lincoln Dean
- Elisabeth Drobot
- Anika Gupta
- Zachary Polan
- Deshon Press
- Carolyn Rainey
- Sasha Sieck
- Izel Smyth
- Liam Schweitzer
Assistant Student Coach: Lauren Rainey
Coaches: John Beck, John Colucci, Katherine Lofton and Bessie Santos