Columbus County Schools held a celebration of past, present and future school poet laureates recently. The School Poet Laureate Program was developed by NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green, with CCS being the first district to participate in 22-23. The celebration honored the inaugural anthology of poetry written by the current poet laureates, and all guests received a copy of the book dedicated to Ms. Green. The Poet Laureates for 24-25 were also introduced, and all poets
read an original poem.
Poet Laureates present:
Justin Wellons - Class of 2023
McKenzie Futrell - Class of 2025
Hailey Long - Class of 2025
Ariana Oppenheimer - Class of 2025
Trinity Fowler - Class of 2024
Lauren Jones - Class of 2024
Grayson Perdue - Class of 2024
Anthologies may be purchased here-