SHEO Presents Poetry Slam at Liberty Theater

DAYTON—Last week, Chris Andrews, Lily Reconoco, Josh Hartwell, Kylee Harris, Logan Literal, and Sheanna Brinckens, from the organization Students Helping Each Other, performed a trial-run poetry slam before an audience at the Liberty Theater.

With only eight minutes allotted to each, the students had to explain adverse childhood experiences, describe the number of their own individual risk factors, explain the concept of resilience, and describe their participation in all the drug prevention-type activities that took place throughout the school year.

The presentation was a dress rehearsal for...