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Crane High School Slam Team Wins Louder Than A Bomb Semi-Finals!

Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) took FIRST PLACE at the Louder Than A Bomb Semi-Finals! Next stop FINALS STAGE at the Auditorium Theater on March 18th!   Our Poets with Class after school […]

Crane High School Poet Advances to Louder Than A Bomb Indy Finals!

Chicago Poetry Center is excited to announce that Taisaun Levi from from the Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) has advanced to Louder Than A Bomb’s Indy Finals!  The poets that compete […]

Crane High School Slam Team Wins Louder Than A Bomb Quarter Finals!

It’s official, the Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) took 1st Place at the Louder Than A Bomb Quarter Finals! Next stop, Semi-Finals! #GoTeam Semi-Finals will be held on March 10th at The Metro!  […]

Pop-Up Lunchroom Open Mic at Crane HS

Youth Guidance organized a Pop-Up Lunchroom Open Mic to bring students from all of the after school programs together to showcase their work! Crane HS slam team poet, Jonquil, performs a poem called “This […]

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