The St. Louis High School Language Arts Club competed in its first event of the year at the Gratiot-Isabella RESD in Ithaca Tuesday, Sept. 25.

Each school was separated into its own room to write what the prompt asked, then split up into teams to collaborate on papers. The prompt involved rhetorical analysis, much like SAT writing. Altogether, the competition lasted about two hours.

“I felt the Shark writers showed up to participate,” Mrs. Busch-Grabmeyer, the Language Arts Club coach, commented. “We had a strong performance with upperclassmen who lead the way and provided guidance for the ever-growing writing team.”

According to Mackenzie Skinner, “I think the competition overall went well. We were all a little tired for our first meet of the season, but it was still fun.”

The SLHS Language Arts Club will have its next event Wednesday, Oct. 24. They will find out how they did and what place they received at the end of the season.