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HHS Junior Wins Monmouth County Branch of Shakespeare Competition
Howell High School’s Kaylee DeFreitas won the English Speaking Union Shakespeare Competition for the Monmouth County Branch. The event was held on March 5th at Brookdale Community College.
Kaylee, a junior in the Fine and Performing Arts Academy at Howell High School, has earned a spot to showcase her talent at the National Shakespeare Competition in New York City this spring.
The English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition assists high school teachers across the country with their Shakespeare and language arts curriculum. Students in grades 9-12 are eligible to participate. In this program, high school students read, analyze, perform and recite Shakespearean monologues and sonnets in as many as three qualifying stages: school, community (ESU Branch) and national levels.
The Freehold Regional High School District Fine and Performing Arts Academy has provided conservatory type training since 1984 to young artists who want to combine a college preparatory academic schedule with advanced arts training in a traditional high school setting. Alumnae have starred in feature films, national television shows, and national and world tours of musicals. They have won Peabody and Emmy awards for video editing, received Emmy awards for acting, published books, produced independent films, and edited and written for national magazines and newspapers. Furthermore, Fine and Performing Arts Academy alumnae have also become successful in fields beyond the arts including medicine, physical and speech therapy, education, entertainment law and management, and architecture.
The Fine and Performing Arts Academy offers a four year program in three distinct majors: Acting, Dance, and Entertainment Technology, which includes a music production and a video production track. Students train and work in an acting studio, two dance studios, a video studio and a music production and recording studio. Students produce and perform in a number of showcases and are encouraged to participate in the numerous arts and other extracurricular programs offered at Howell High School.
Kaylee, a junior in the Fine and Performing Arts Academy at Howell High School, has earned a spot to showcase her talent at the National Shakespeare Competition in New York City this spring.
The English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition assists high school teachers across the country with their Shakespeare and language arts curriculum. Students in grades 9-12 are eligible to participate. In this program, high school students read, analyze, perform and recite Shakespearean monologues and sonnets in as many as three qualifying stages: school, community (ESU Branch) and national levels.
The Freehold Regional High School District Fine and Performing Arts Academy has provided conservatory type training since 1984 to young artists who want to combine a college preparatory academic schedule with advanced arts training in a traditional high school setting. Alumnae have starred in feature films, national television shows, and national and world tours of musicals. They have won Peabody and Emmy awards for video editing, received Emmy awards for acting, published books, produced independent films, and edited and written for national magazines and newspapers. Furthermore, Fine and Performing Arts Academy alumnae have also become successful in fields beyond the arts including medicine, physical and speech therapy, education, entertainment law and management, and architecture.
The Fine and Performing Arts Academy offers a four year program in three distinct majors: Acting, Dance, and Entertainment Technology, which includes a music production and a video production track. Students train and work in an acting studio, two dance studios, a video studio and a music production and recording studio. Students produce and perform in a number of showcases and are encouraged to participate in the numerous arts and other extracurricular programs offered at Howell High School.