The following students have stood out for their excellence, their consistency or both.
BHS Poets Laureate (followed by their selected poems)
2013 - Allie Hardy*
Sweetness by Stephen Dunne
These Poems, She Said by Robert Bringhurst
2012 – Pranav Menon
The Unknown Citizen by W. H. Auden
Two Guitars by Victor Hernandez Cruz
2011 – Zaven Ovian
A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
Scary Movies by Kim Addonizio
2010 – David Murray*
Prologue by Robert Browning
Litany by Billy Collins
2009 – David Murray*
Madmen by Billy Collins
Sonnet CXVI by William Shakespeare
2008 – Briana Bensenouci*
Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Litany by Billy Collins
2007 – Zach Davis*
The Redeemer by Sigfried Sassoon
Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100 by Martin Espada
* = Advanced to Massachusetts State Finals
Runners-Up, According to Year
2013 – Pranav Menon
2012 – Zaven Ovian
2011 – Melanie Canales
2010 – Eric Leva
2009 – Deepjyoti Deb
2008 – Wendy Simon-Pearson
2007 – Linda Costa
Third Place, According to Year
2013 – Holly Brouillette
2012 – Marissa Coté & Emily Martin (tie)
2011 – Ashley Brouilette
2010 – Chelsea Rose
2009 – Jenna Burke & Abigail Sherburne (tie)
2008 – Chelsea Rose
2007 – Dani Swain
Other Poetry Out Loud All-Stars
recent additions to this list are in italics
Three-Time Finalists
Chelsea Rose (’07, ’08, ’10)
Two-Time Finalists
Melanie Canales (’10, ’11)
Marissa Coté (’11, ’12)
Deepjyoti Deb (’08, ’09)
Kathleen Hong (’07, ’08)
Eric Leva (’09, ’10)
Emily Martin (’12, ’13)
Pranav Menon (’12, ’13)
Nicollette Moodie (’12, ’13)
David Murray (’09, ’10)
Zaven Ovian (’11, ’12)
Barbara Wye (’08, ’09)
Four Top-Three Performances in Semifinals
Christopher Coe (’10-13)
Marissa Coté (’10-13)
Chelsea Rose (’07-’10)
Three Top-Three Performances in Semifinals
Jenna Burke (’07-’09)
Katrina Gilstrap (’11-’13)
Emily Martin (’11-’13)
Nicollette Moodie (’11-’13)
Kevin Parker (’08-’10)
Kylie Scott (’11-’13)
Samantha Simon (’08-’10)
Four Appearances in the Semifinals
Sean Callahan (’08-’11)
Geoffrey Fong (’08-’11)
Eddie Gelberg (’10-’13, placed in 2012, 2013)
Katrina Gilstrap (’10-’13, made finals in 2011, placed in 2012, ’13)
Mike Keating (’07-’10, placed in 2009, 2010)
Emily Martin (’10-’13 – made finals in 2012, ’13, placed in 2011)
Kartike Mathur (’09-’12)
Alex Moffatt (’09-’12, placed in 2011, 2012)
Kevin Parker (’07-’10, finalist in 2010)
Catie Riggs (’08-’11, placed in 2009, 2010)
Chelsea Rose (’07-’10, finalist in 2007, 2008, 2010)
Three Appearances in the Semifinals
Kate Arsenault (’10, ’12-’13, Teacher’s Choice in 2012, 2013)
Katya Becker (’09-’11)
Dean Boodakian (’11-’13, 2011 Teacher’s Choice)
Holly Brouillette (’11-’13, finalist in 2013)
Melanie Canales (’09-’11, finalist in 2010, 2011)
Natalie Casey (’08-’10, Honorable Mention in 2010)
Kate Doan (’07-’09)
Sarah Horwitz (’11-’13, placed in 2012, 2011 Teacher’s Choice)
David Huynh (’10, ’12-’13, Teacher’s Choice in 2012)
Alexis Kaminski (’09-’11)
Walter Kikuchi (’09-’10, ’12; placed in ’09 & ’10)
Eric Leva (’08-’10 – made finals in 2009, 2010)
Evan Moore (2008, ’10-’11, placed in ’08)
Maham Nadeem (’07-’09, made finals in 2009)
Luke O’Donnell (’10-’12, placed in 2012)
Kalpita Patel (’08-10, placed in 2008, Honorable Mention in 2010)
Zill Patel (’09-’11, finalist in 2010)
Dion Santiago (’10-’12)
Luke Schissler (’10, ’12-’13, placed in 2012, 2013)
Courtney Tolliday (’08-’10)
Shabina Wigneswaran (’11-’13)
