Two local students, one from St Mary and one from Dell Rapids, received superior ratings for their pieces at the 2021 South Dakota State Oral Interpretation Festival in Huron on Friday, December 3rd and Saturday, December 4th.

Kade Lutt of Dell Rapids St Mary received a superior rating for his humorous piece “Any Junior’s Nightmare”.  Madisyn Kistler of Dell Rapids High School also received a superior rating for her serious reading piece “Through a Window”.

Two other Dell Rapids High School students took part in the state festival.  Cariss Montgomery performed “To This Day” in the non-original oratory category, and Rylee Rinehart performed “Lessons We Learn as Women” in the poetry category.