The group JEM – (left to right) Jasmine Ader, Emma McGowen and Monica Rosas – present Rosas’ original poetry Dec. 14 during the Epic Hoofbeat Poetry Slam at Mundelein High School. | Darrell Harmon~for Sun-Times Media
Mundelein High School freshman Anna Fiske presents her poetryDec. 14 during the the Epic Hoofbeat Poetry Slam at Mundelein High School. | Darrell Harmon~for Sun-Times Media
Mundelein High SchoolsSenior Andrew Bonczkowski delivers his poetry Dec. 14 during the Epic Hoofbeat Poetry Slam at Mundelein High School. | Darrell Harmon~for Sun-Times Media
Zoey Granitz of Mundelein High School presents her original poetry Dec. 14 during the Epic Hoofbeat Poetry Slam at Mundelein High School. | Darrell Harmon~for Sun-Times Media
Cody Ryan of Mundelein High School presents his original poetry Dec. 14 at the Epic Hoofbeat Poetry Slam at Mundelein High School. | Darrell Harmon~for Sun-Times Media
Liam Mellon, a junior at Mundelein High School, presents his poetry Dec. 14 during the Epic Hoofbeat Poetry Slam at Mundelein High School. | Darrell Harmon~for Sun-Times Media
Monica Rosas, a junior at Mundelein High School, delivers her original poetry Dec. 14 during the the Epic Hoofbeat Poetry Slam at Mundelein High School. | Darrell Harmon~for Sun-Times Media
Mundelein High SchoolsSenior Andrew Bonczkowski delivers his poetry Dec. 14 during the Epic Hoofbeat Poetry Slam at Mundelein High School. | Darrell Harmon~for Sun-Times Media
Emma McGowen, a junior at Mundelein High School, presents her poetry Dec. 14 during the the Epic Hoofbeat Poetry Slam at Mundelein High School. | Darrell Harmon~for Sun-Times Media
Liam Mellon, a junior at Mundelein High School, presents his poetry Dec. 14 during the Epic Hoofbeat Poetry Slam at Mundelein High School. | Darrell Harmon~for Sun-Times Media
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