Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
Forty-five high schools in 22 South Carolina counties participated in the 2006-2007 "Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest," a program offered by SC Arts Commission in partnership with the National Endowment of the Arts.
Students in these schools are now memorizing and reciting their favorite poems and will soon begin classroom and school-wide competitions. Finalists will advance to the state competition in March. The state champion will receive $200, a $500 stipend for the purchase of poetry books for their school library, and an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in the NEA's Poetry Out Loud National Finals in April. A runner up will also receive $100 and their library will receive a $200 poetry book stipend.
| County/District | Schools |
| Aiken | Aiken High School |
| Anderson 1 | Palmetto High School |
| Wren High School | |
| Anderson 3 | Crescent High School |
| Beaufort | Bluffton High School |
| Hilton Head High School | |
| Berkeley | Berkeley High School |
| Cross High School | |
| Timberland High School | |
| Charleston | Academic Magnet High School |
| Ashley Hall | |
| Charleston County School of the Arts | |
| Porter Gaud | |
| Wando High School | |
| Darlington | Mayo High School for Science, Math, and Technology |
| Edgefield | Fox Creek High School |
| Florence 1 | West Florence High School |
| Florence 3 | Lake City High School |
| Georgetown | Carvers Bay High School |
| Greenville | Berea High School |
| Carolina High School and Academy | |
| Eastside High School | |
| Fine Arts Center | |
| Riverside High School | |
| Southside High School | |
| Greenwood 50 | Greenwood High School |
| Horry | Aynor High School |
| Jasper | Jasper County High School |
| Lancaster | Buford High School |
| Lexington 2 | Brookland-Cayce High School |
| Oconee | West Oak High School |
| Orangeburg 5 | Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School |
| Pickens | Daniel High School |
| Richland 1 | Dreher High School |
| Richland 2 | Richland Northeast High School |
| Ridge View High School | |
| Spring Valley High School | |
| Richland Lexington 5 | Chapin High School |
| Irmo High School | |
| Spartanburg 6 | Dorman High School |
| Spartanburg 7 | Spartanburg High School |
| Sumter 17 | Sumter High School |
| Sumter 2 | Crestwood High School |
| Lakewood High School | |
| York 1 | York Comprehensive High School |