Hoover, North, Roosevelt Students Earn Speech Honors

The cast of Hoover’s one-act play “Can’t Get There from Here.”

Students from Hoover, North and Roosevelt received All-State nominations at last week’s Iowa High School Speech Association Large Group District competitions.

In addition, a short film by Roosevelt students and a one-act play by Hoover students (noted by an *) were  selected to perform at the IHSSA All-State Day this Saturday, February 20th at Iowa State University in Ames.

Congratulation to the following students for their success on stage and on screen:

Hoover

• One Act Play: Can’t Get There from Here (cast pictured) *
  • Emma Burriola
  • Maddy Sheets
  • Luke Leonard
  • Ashton Johnson
  • JC Collier
  • Sabina Idriz
  • Claudia Sbaffi
  • Max Tensen
  • Kalé Nichols
  • Sarah Ha
  • Melanie Beckler
  • Ezra Halter
  • Abdul Mokhtar
  • Daniela Vazquez

North

• Mayte Gomez-Cruz and Yanet Velasquez received Honorable Mention for Ensemble Acting.

Roosevelt

• Short Film:  Paper Cut– Charlotte Hilker, Claire Wallace and Sam Billingsley *
• Group Musical Theatre:  Brooklyn–  Kendall Bruce, Lauren Malcomson, Isabel Allaway, Trent Schwab, Demarius Fisher, Isaac Anderson
• Group Musical Theatre:  Legally Blonde– Elli Bandstra, Emma Carlson, Addie Radcliffe, Hannah Lyons, Laura Diaz
• Group Improvisation:  Ibby Rodgers, Riley Dean and Tyerell Jones
• Group Improvisation:  Andrew Jones, Jack Chasse and Ben Stone