Night to Recite 2026

Night to Recite was truly a soul-worthy experience. Students delighted the audience with recitations from scripture, Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Harper Lee, C.S. Lewis, Mark Twain, Longfellow, speeches from the Charlie Kirk Memorial, and many other poets and authors. Thank you, students, for your hard work and willingness to grace the audience with truth, goodness, and beauty.

Breanna Lepo: “I Am” by David Bowden

Sarah Ptak: Excerpt from "The Telltale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

Kate Kniga: Introduction to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Mia DeGregory: Ephesians 1:11 - 2:10

Christiana Hewines: "Birches" by Robert Frost

Naomi Hardy: Philippians 4:4-13

Matthew Sehnert: Excerpt from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Leighton Garner: James 3

Cole Phillion: "Village Blacksmith" by Henry Longfellow

Nikolas Naumovski: Psalm 44

Leah Frontera: "If I Can Dream" by Elvis Presley and John 14:25-31

Annabella Kilanowski: Psalm 139

Daylin Ryder: A Walk to remember excerpt by Nicholas Sparks

Gabby Wilkerson: "Upon the Burning of our House" by Anne Bradstreet

Jacob Hardy: Wiglaf's speech from Beowulf

Sam Kochensparger: 1 Corinthians 1,2

Everett Dubay: A Beowulf duet

Cole Bobcean: A Beowulf duet

Peyton Carper: Day of Infamy speech after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sienna Deaner: Hebrews 11:1-16

Avery Stallmann: St. Crispin's Day speech from Henry V by William Shakespeare

Katelynn Bydlos: Thomas Paine's essay from Common Sense

Laila Marouf: Introduction to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Clive Staples Lewis

Camryn Bonaventura: Atticus Finch's speech from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Alivia Lucido: "We Are Seven" by William Wordsworth

Sam Brent: Mr. Keating's speech from Dead Poet's Society

Brooklyn Koehn: Appointment in Samarra as retold by Somerset Maughman, and the conclusion to The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Logan Franz: Brutus' speech from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Brandon Bourgeois: Governor Spencer Cox's speech given at the Charlie Kirk Memorial

Maddie Wierzbicki: Mark Anthony's speech from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Sienna Kardynal: "Courage" by Edgar Albert Guest

Clara Brown: "What Is My Purpose?"

Bella Losier: "O Sing of Christ" by Rev. Stephan P. Starkey

Katie Phillips: Erika Kirk's speech given at the Charlie Kirk Memorial

To God be the Glory!

Renee FinkelMarch 16, 2026