And the Winner Is. . . .

Steve L. competed in his third Speech and Debate League tournament held at Weber State this weekend. This time they held a two day competition. After the first day of competing Steve made the finals and returned Saturday to compete again. He took first place in Impromptu and scored a sweet football!

Speech Tournament

Steve took 4th place in Impromptu at the Wasatch Speech and Debate tournament hosted at Weber State on Saturday. He also competed in Spar Debate. Way to go Steve! We're so proud of you!

And the Winner Is . . . .

All of the Statesmanship clubs from the state came together Saturday at the Salt Lake County Council Chambers to watch the top 20 speakers compete. All of the speeches were on John and/or Abigail Adams. Steve spoke on the conflict and friendship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. All his practice this year in his speech and debate class paid off, and he came in first place! Among other prizes he won a $100 Barns and Noble gift card.

His cousin Brooke came in second! Great speaking must run in the genes. Way to go Steve and Brooke! We are so proud of all your hard work!

Two Victories

Steve L. competed in two different speech competitions this week. The first was the preliminaries for The Focus on the Founders event held in his Statesmanship Club. He prepared a speech on John Adams and took first place in the event! He will go on to compete in December with all the other Statesmanship clubs in the state.

Saturday he also competed at Weber State University in a homeschool speech and debate tournament. He competed in Spar debate and Impromptu speaking. His dad and I arrived in time to see his last round in each event and see him receive his award for taking 3rd place in Impromptu! Way to go Steve!