On Sunday, April 11 The Pike School Speech Team participated in the Newton Community Education’s Virtual Spring Fling Speech Tournament. Pike enrolled a robust group of 28 competitors who did an outstanding job delivering their speeches with over 150 students from six different schools across Massachusetts.
The team has a lot to be proud of this speech season. On Sunday, 29 Pike students competed, 12 of whom broke into the final round and placed in the top 8 including two students that competed in two final rounds. We also had two honorable mentions (see full results below). What an amazing day!
A special thanks to our amazing Speech Team Pike Families—eight parent judges who made the day possible. We couldn’t do it without your help!
The next Massachusetts Middle School Speech League tournament is open to all novice and veteran Speech Team students and will be held on Sunday, May 2. Go Pike!
Results
Congratulations to everyone on a fantastic day!
Children’s Literature
Lauren Bebrin*
Katerina Kokkotos 7th place
Sarah Samoluk Honorable Mention
Julia Song 3rd place
Nina Torrens
Declamation:
Colin Bissonette
Maggie Cabot
Margie Gao
Evelyn Kung 8th place
Caitlin Ly
Ethan Ly
Cathy Ma 1st place
Ishaan Padmawar
Maggie Shu
Gentry Thatcher
Cindy Yang Honorable Mention
Demonstration:
Michelle Chen 2nd place
Finn Larson 5th place
Alex Wang 3rd place
Free Verse Poetry:
Maeve Bissonnette 3rd place
Ariel Shepherdson 8th place
Julia Song 2nd place
Evelyn Kung 5th place
Original Oratory:
James Xiao
Storytelling:
Sabrina He* 7th place
Alice Murphy
Gavin Murphy
Zach Sarmanian
Niki Tavakoli 5th place
Yash Vallecha 3rd place
Janice Wong
Pearl Yu*
*First tournament of the year.
