North & South Hills Middle School Students Achieve Success at Spring MIFA State Finals

Students from North and South Hills Middle School Forensics Teams did a fantastic job at the Michigan Interscholastic Forensics Association state tournament on April 27th. Black Hawk students performed extremely well and made great improvements with their public speaking skills. Jay Schumacher, Drama Teacher and Forensics Coach, remarked, “We are very proud of [the students’] hard work, dedication, and efforts towards working on their craft. The students represented our school very well.” South Hills Coaches Eve Pierre, Robbie Mullin, Alan Neuwirth, and Lisa Kucinski were proud of their students' hard work and dedication to Forensics. The biggest takeaway was the display of SHMS team members' sportsmanship to their teammates and competitors on the other teams. “Our students made new friends, conquered some fears of public speaking, and learned the art of communication through Forensics. We are looking forward to next year!” commented Eve Pierre.

Congratulations to the Forensics competitors and all of their success!

1st Place 

Stephen LaBond (NHMS, grade 7) - Poetry

Izzy Haddad (NHMS, grade 6) - Sales 5/6

Nayla Gorelkin (SHMS, grade 7) - Oral Interpretation

Lily Tang (SHMS, grade 8) - Prose

Brooke Jaffe (SHMS, grade 7) & Ava Pierre (SHMS, 8th Grade) Duo

Finley Koh (SHMS, grade 6) - Declamation

Erik Norsted (SHMS, grade 8) - Informative

Izzy Rothschild (SHMS, grade 8) - Informative

 

2nd Place

Liyana Walji (NHMS, grade 6) - Sales 5/6 

Marlie Brandt (SHMS, grade 6) - Dramatic Interpretation

Nheel Vishnu Sundherram (SHMS, grade 6) - Oral Interpretation

 

3rd Place 

Gianna Ammori (NHMS, grade 7) - Sales

Connor Kyriakopoulos (NHMS, grade 6) - Sales 5/6

Margaret Wong (NHMS, grade 6) - Dramatic Interpretation 5/6

Ava Amick (SHMS, grade 8) - Poetry

Preeyo Randhawa (SHMS, grade 7) - Sales

 

4th place

Jo Mesa (SHMS, grade 8) - Storytelling

Taha & Taseen Chisti (SHMS, grade 6 & 7) - Duo

 

5th Place

Lucy Wu (NHMS, grade 6) - Dramatic Interpretation 5/6

El-ah Pelley (NHMS, grade 6) - Sales 5/6

Macy Kim (NHMS, grade 8) - Original Interpretation (Original Poetry)

Trevor Shapiro, Cooper Cherkasky, Oren Korobkin, Kai Schoelch (SHMS, grade 7) - Multiple

Solomon Kaplan (SHMS, grade 6) - Informative

 

6th Place

Love’lei Lancaster (NHMS, grade 8) - Impromptu

Yoanna Mihaylova (SHMS, grade 7) - Oral Interpretation

Diya Chandran (SHMS, grade 7 - Prose

Izzy Ersan, Sophie Moradi, Maggie Kouyoumijan (SHMS, grade 6) - Multiple

Stella Jadan (SHMS, grade 7) - Declamation

 

Semi-Finalists

Luke Blowers (NHMS, grade 8) - Impromptu

Georgia Downs (NHMS, grade 6) - Prose

Olivia Thomas (NHMS, grade 7) - Dramatic Interpretation

Sophia Mohammad (NHMS, grade 6) - Impromptu

Ruhi Balaji (SHMS, grade 8) - Sales

Nikhil Gupta (SHMS, grade 8) - Sales

Gibson Law (SHMS, grade 8) - Broadcasting

Gabe McNally (SHMS, grade 7) - Sales

Rynah Mehta (SHMS, grade 7) - Storytelling

Jesse Ren (SHMS, grade 8) - Impromptu

Zahra Shaikh & Yasmin Shahin (SHMS, grade 8) - Duo

Nate Shulman (SHMS, grade 6) - Extemporaneous

Suhaavi Sidhu (SHMS, grade 7) - Declamation

Chloe Wade (SHMS, grade 8) - Oratory

 

Honorable Mention

Aimen Zahra (NHMS, grade 7) - Storytelling