"Speech is power:
speech is to persuade,
to convert, to compel."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our 2024 Team!
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Nationals Circuit 2024!
Congratulations to our NSDA Speakers:
Aly Johnson - 3rd in Impromptu, 10th in Extemporaneous Commentary, US Extemporaneous Speaking Octafinalist
Brandon Valladares - Original Oratory Octafinalist, Poetry, Prose
Adamaris Moreno - Program Oral Interpretation, Prose Double Octafinalist, Impromptu
Ava Carlson - Dramatic Interpretation, Poetry, Prose
James Rende - Prose, Storytelling
Ahnaly Morales - Expository, Poetry
Congratulations to our NIETOC Speakers:
Aly Johnson - Extemp Speaking Semifinalist, Original Oratory Quarterfinalist
Brandon Valladares - Original Oratory Quarterfinalist, Informative Octafinalist, Program Oral Interpretation
Ava Carlson - Dramatic Interpretation Octafinalist, Duo Octafinalist
James Rende - Duo Octafinalist, Humorous Interpretation
Brookly Pederson - Humorous Interpretation Octafinalist
Adamaris Moreno - Program Oral InterpretationÂ
Zavore Hunt - Humorous Interpretation
State 2024!
Our team finished 6th in the state of Minnesota!
Congratulations to our State Speakers and Finalists:
Brandon Valladares - 2nd in Original Oratory
Aly Johnson - 2nd in Extemp Speaking
Ahnaly Morales - 4th in Great Speeches
Ava Carlson - 6th in Prose
Adamaris Moreno - Creative Expression
Brooklyn Pederson - Storytelling