More than 100 Fayette high school students brought home a combined total of 48 awards from the 2006 Clemson Foreign Language Declamation Competition.

High school students from South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia competed in Clemson University’s annual foreign language poetry recitation competition hosted by the university’s language department.

Students are required to recite two poems from memory. Judges base their decision on pronunciation, interpretation of text, smoothness of delivery and textural accuracy. Fayette students competed in French, Spanish, Italian and German ranging in levels 1-4.

McIntosh earned 14 awards, 3 first place, 5 second place and 6 third place. Sandy Creek brought home 7 honors including 4 first, one second and 2 third place. Starr’s Mill garnered 17 top three finishes with 9 first, 4 second and 4 third place awards. Whitewater High received 10 awards, 2 first place, 3 second place and 5 third place.

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