Members of the 2025 Literary Team are pictured above from left to right front row: Jamora Henry, David Jones, Quinton Chavers, Kayden Peter, Pearson Fields, Kynia Blake, Brooke Robinson, Mary Kate Kelley, Emma Earnest, Ruby Deal, and Milan Richardson; second row: Cason Kelley, Wyatt Blackburn, Hope Humphries, and Aminah Johnson

Literary-ly the best, again!

For the 36th consecutive year the Seminole County Middle High School Chorus and Drama department has been crowned champions of the Region 1A Literary competition, bringing home several first place medals. The competition was held on the Southern Regional Technical College campus in Bainbridge  on Monday, March 3.

Representing Seminole County Pearson Fields won first place in Boys Solo. Hope Humphries won second place in Girls Solo. Pearson, David Jones, Quinton Chavers, and Kayden Peter won first place in Quartet. Quinton also won first place in Dramatic Interpretation. Brooke Robinson, Mary Kate Kelley, and Emma Earnest won first place in Trio.

Kynia Blake won first place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking. Cason Kelley won second place in International Extemporaneous Speaking. Wyatt Blackburn, Aminah Johnson, and Jamora Henry competed in the Essay events. 

Ruby Deal and Jamora Henry won first place in Duo Interpretation. Milan Richardson placed fifth place in Humorous Interpretation. 

The following Seminole County students earned a perfect score by one or more of the judges: Milan Richardson, Quinton Chavers, Ruby Deal and Jamora Henry.  

The team will now begin preparations  for State competition to be held in a couple of weeks. 

Seminole County Literary Coach and Region Literary Coordinator, Maribeth Burke commented, “This win is an accumulation of many hours of rehearsal. These young men and women inspire me to be better and give me hope for the future. A huge thank you to our accompnist, Joy Buczek;  our beloved assistant coaches, Sesame Robinson and Bradley Grantham; and last but not least, our encouraging administrator, Mrs. Mary Jean Albritton. We musicians, writers, thespians are so blessed to have a principal who cares about the Arts. We are one of the few schools in our region who has a choral and drama department, and as statistics show, schools that have a Fine Arts Department dominate these competitions.”