Speech Team

 

 

 

Congratulations to the St. Louise Speech Team who performed exceptionally well at the 2023 Archbishop Murphy Speech Tournament this past Saturday, November 11! We are proud of our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. There were 11 schools and 161 total speakers competing in the event.
 
Congratulations to the following category winners and finalists:

 

Mia B - Most Inspirational Speaker for St. Louise 

Kalei K and Leika K – 1st Place Open Duo Interpretive (Each receives a $1,500 scholarship to AMHS)

Kalei K – 2nd Place Open Expository

Leika K – 2nd Place Open Impromptu

Leila M – 3rd Place Open Impromptu

Hope R – 3rd Place Novice Editorial Commentary

Elizaveta D – 4th Place Novice Dramatic Interpretive

Alexis A – 4th Place Novice Editorial Commentary

Samantha N and Phoebe G – 4th Place Open Duo Interpretive

Mati S - 4th Place Novice Impromptu

Piper S – 5th Place Open Humorous Interpretive

Spencer F – 5th Place Novice Editorial Commentary, 5th Place Novice Humorous

Samantha N – 5th Place Open Editorial Commentary

Maria C – 6th Place Novice Expository

Jane K – 6th Place Novice Editorial Commentary

 

Many thanks go out to the parents and alumni who are serving as coaches this year, as well as Rebecca Nightingale for her extraordinary Speech Team leadership. Also, a big thank you to the following people who judged at the Archbishop Murphy tournament: Kelly Miller, Andrew Druffner, JC Renners, Rebecca Nightingale, Ed Nightingale, and Alex Gallant.

The annual St. Louise Speech Tournament was held on-campus this past Saturday, November 4. 58 St. Louise students spanning 6th through 8th grade competed in the tournament, and a great time was had by all! Students gave three rounds of speeches, and there were ribbons handed out for the Top 3 finishers in a myriad of categories. Congratulations to the following students:

Novice Duo Interpretive
3rd Place – Brigid A and Ashley S
2nd Place – Leah M and Selah W
1st Place – Sophie D and Alejandra G-D

Senior Duo Interpretive
3rd Place Tie – Kalei K and Leika K/Lauren D and Ysa E
2nd Place – Sofia V and Jane K
1st Place – Liam c and Ashley Craig

Novice Humorous Interpretive
3rd Place –Akean F
2nd Place – Robert O
1st Place – Briella W

Senior Humorous Interpretive
3rd Place – Rex D
2nd Place – Vasonia N
1st Place –Mika C

Novice Editorial Commentary
3rd Place – Katarina P
2nd Place – Andre O
1st Place – Alice G

Senior Editorial Commentary
3rd Place –Alexis A
2nd Place – Spencer F
1st Place – Samantha N

Novice Expository
3rd Place –Juliana Z
2nd Place – Alexander W
1st Place – Charlotte B

 

Senior Expository
3rd Place – Kylie L
2nd Place – Claire C
1st Place – Bodie S

Novice Impromptu
3rd Place – Blake B
2nd Place – Teagan B
1st Place – Mati S

Senior Oratory
3rd Place – Jeronimo G-D
2nd Place – Nathan Vi
1st Place – Jaden S

 

Many thanks go out to the parents who served as coaches this fall, as well as Rebecca Nightingale for her extraordinary Speech Team leadership. A big thank you as well to Anais Fawcett for her coordination of the St. Louise Speech Tournament. Also, thanks to the following parents, alumni, and school members who judged and/or volunteered their time at the 2023 St. Louise Speech Tournament: Kristina Abueg, Annie Akers, Mary Akers, Molly Akers, Carly Bixhorn, Jeff Brown, Matt Burton, Alessandro Catorcini, Sam Craig, Tara Craig, Kelly D’Ambrosio, Andrew Druffner, Nicky Eala, Alex Gallant, Tyler Green, Beth Kaukl, Raneisha Lagunero, Arika Larson, Lily Larson, Janicia Monteiro, Ed Nightingale, Ellie Nightingale, Rebecca Nightingale, Brooke Nowak, Joe Pacheco, Susan Renners, Edelmira Solares, Sarah Tano, Shannon Wallis, Berry Wilhelm, Steve Wilhelm, Marinell Zevenbergen, and Peter Zevenbergen.

 

The St. Louise Speech Team will next compete at the Archbishop Murphy Speech Tournament on Saturday, November 11th.

 

 

 

Words have power. They convey messages and influence listeners. In this club, participants will prepare speeches and learn to select the right words and sentence structure to communicate ideas clearly, accurately, and vividly.

 

 

 

St. Louise has an opportunity to participate in 3 tournaments during the Speech season: Bishop Blanchet, Seattle Prep, and Archbishop Murphy. Additionally, St. Louise sponsors and hosts a practice tournament for all St. Louise Speech Team participants in November. Sixth graders are welcome to join speech and participate in the St. Louise tournament, as well as the other high school, hosted tournaments if space allows.

 

Parent Co-leads: Rebecca Nightingale

Faculty Advisors: Alex Gallant and Kati Fitzgerald

 

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