Several area students received All-State recognition from the Iowa High School Speech Association.

Those acts include:
Pella – One Act Play, Cotton Girls (non-performing); Group Improv, Williams/Buckingham (non-performing)
Newton – Solo Mime, Late to the Airport (non-performing)
Norwalk – Radio Broadcasting, Chronically Online Radio (performing); Musical Theatre, Hadestown (non-performing)
Pleasantville – Short Film, What You Need (performing)
Southeast Warren – Reader’s Theatre, Evergreen (non-performing)
Baxter – Radio Broadcasting, MME 107.4 (non-performing)
Carlisle – Musical Theatre, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (non-performing)

Find a list of All-State performers from around the state here.