Loretto honors students at annual speech contest


Published/Last Modified on Thursday, April 17, 2008 3:08 PM MDT


Loretto School recently held its annual speech contest.


The four divisions were cut along grades. The divisions and requirements were:

√ Grades 1-2 - Choice of any  poem,  10-15 lines.

√ Grades 3-4-Choice of any poem, 15-25 lines

√ Grades 5-6 - Original Composition,   2 minutes

√ Grades 7-8 - Original  Composition, 3 minutes

Judging criteria was based on expression, memory, poise,         length /time, enunciation,                             content and projection.

Judging the event was         Elizabeth Ames, Gus Luna, Annabelle Wu and Sister Mary Kirkoff, M.M.S.

  Speech finalists for each division were:

Division  1

1st     Joey Young

2nd    Sebastian Bermudez

3rd     Analisa Teran

Division 2

1st     Luis Bermudez

2nd    Jesus Cisneros

3rd     Natalia Alonso

Division 3

1st     Edith Cota

2nd    Belinda Gonzalez

3rd     Savannah Anderson

Division 4

1st     Victoria Mariscal

2nd    Roque Galaz

3rd   Itza Lopez and Jesus Batista

The event was coordinated by Sister Rita Therese and Ana Romero.

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Comments

    Visitor from Canada wrote on Jun 28, 2008 1:28 PM:

    " What a great event! Kudo's for Loretto teachers and thier students..

    I attended in the audience these kids were absolutely phenomonal. The upper divisions "3&4" (5th grade through 8th grade ) composed thier own speech. Thier topics were quite thought provoking, and thier public speaking skill's WOW!

    Keep up the good work Loretto~ "

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