Diné Language/Culture Fair (Mar16) winners, Window Rock HS, AZ

[Yvonne Yazzie]

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Diné Language and Culture fair winners

[Times photo / Leigh T. Jimmie]

Red Mesa Junior High School 7th grade students, left to right, Raeshawna Pekin, Tekowa Singer, Sherena Holiday, MyKayla King, Travis John and Vernon James perform a skit called "Grandma herding sheep with her grandchildren," which emphasizes diabetes and exercise, at the Diné Language and Culture Fair March 16 at Window Rock High School.
Fort Defiance, Ariz., Mar. 22, 2007

The winners at the Window Rock Unified School District Diné Language/Culture Fair, held March 16 at Window Rock High School, are as follows.
 
Choral reading (students, school, teacher)

   1. 1. Kendra McRoy and group, Red Mesa Junior High, Virginia Jones.
   2. 2. Michelle Burbank and group, Tse Ho Tso Middle School, Victoria Begay.
   3. 3. Truman Attakai and group, Tse Ho Tso Middle School, Victoria Begay.
   4. 4. Ronda Joe and group, Tsehootsoi Diné Bi'olta', Arlene Begay.

Group Singing

   1. 1. Cordell Smith and group, Newcomb High School, Barbara Howard.
   2. 2. Diandra Begay and group, Newcomb High School, Barbara Howard.
   3. 3. Shalaine Buck and group, Window Rock High School, L. Fasthorse Begay.
   4. 4. Nannabah Begay and group, Tse Ho Tso Middle School, Mae Myron.

Skits

   1. Venora John and group, Red Mesa High School, Jess King.
   2. Mykala King and Group, Red Mesa Junior High, Virginia Jones.
   3. LaCreesha Tom and Group, Window Rock High School, L. Fasthorse Begay.
   4. Tyrell Descheny and Group, Red Mesa Junior High, Virginia Jones.

Diné History/Government Knowledge Bowl

   1. Samuel Pine and Group, Newcomb High School, Barbara Howard.
   2. Simone Ironshell and Group, Navajo Preparatory, Barbara Sorenson.
   3. Raquel King and Group, Window Rock High School, L. Fasthorse Begay.

Individual Poem Reading

   1. Crystal Begay, Window Rock High School, L. Fasthorse Begay.
   2. Tyrell Descheny, Red Mesa Junior High, Virginia Jones.
   3. Naomi White, Tse Ho Tso Middle School, Victoria Begay.
   4. Ashton Metteba, Newcomb High School, Barbara Howard.

Solo Singing

   1. Nannabah Begay, Tse Ho Tso Middle School, Mae Myron.
   2. Tyrell Jim, Newcomb High School, Barbara Howard.
   3. Nesbah Wilson, Tsehootsoi Dine Bi'olta', Arlene Begay.
   4. Sunny Goodman, Navajo Preparatory, Barbara Sorenson.

Speaking

   1. Cordell Smith, Newcomb High School, Barbara Howard.
   2. Nannabah Begay, Tse Ho Tso Middle School, Mae Myron.
   3. Torri Johnson, Tse Ho Tso Middle School, Victoria Begay.
   4. Venera John, Red Mesa High School, Jess King.

Poem Writing

   1. Cordell Smith, Newcomb High School, Barbara Howard.
   2. Miranda Yazzie, Newcomb High School, Barbara Howard.
   3. LeAnna Begay, Newcomb High School, Barbara Howard.
   4. Amber Izzo, Window Rock High School, L. Fasthorse Begay.

Short Story Writing

   1. Alyssa Spencer, Newcomb High School, Barbara Howard.

Spelling Bee

   1. Tyrelle Jim, Newcomb High School, Barbara Howard.
   2. Sherronabah Harvey, Navajo Preparatory, Barbara Sorenson.
   3. Cleofus Nelson, Window Rock High School, L. Fasthorse Begay.
   4. Emily Littlefish, Tsehootsoi Dine Bi'olta', Arlene Begay.

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