MidP Mar. 3 - Southpointe Academy
MidP Mar. 3 - Southpointe Academy
MidP Mar. 3 - Southpointe Academy
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SCHOOL NEWS<br />
Irresistibly Entertaining<br />
Last week, a movie entitled “The King’s Speech” was honoured as the year’s best<br />
picture at the <strong>Academy</strong> Awards. This movie follows the story of King George VI of<br />
as he overcomes a debilitating speech impediment and inspires his country with a<br />
moving radio address on September 3, 1939.<br />
Newsweek claimed the movie was “irresistibly entertaining” and the New York<br />
Post affirmed that it was “an immense crowd pleaser”.<br />
Well, I may be mistaken, but I believe these exact phrases have been used in the<br />
past to describe <strong>Southpointe</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s Annual Public Speaking Competition!<br />
On Monday, <strong>Mar</strong>ch 7, the entire school community is invited to attend this annual<br />
event. In the past week, each grade has held a classroom competition to<br />
determine the best speeches. These “gold” speeches are invited to the finals of<br />
the Public Speaking Competition. Beginning at 8:30am in the church sanctuary,<br />
our chosen representatives from Grades 1-5 will share their speeches. There will<br />
be a short award ceremony at about 9:35 am followed by an intermission. At this<br />
point the students from Grade 1 to 3 will return to their classes. The competition<br />
starts up again by 10:00 am with the MYP students and finishes with the<br />
speeches from our GYP students. We anticipate that the event will go no later<br />
than 12:00 pm. (Please be aware that all times are our best estimates but can<br />
vary depending on the length of this year’s speeches).<br />
In an exciting twist, the judging panels for this year’s speeches will include some<br />
of <strong>Southpointe</strong>’s very own teachers!<br />
Here are this year’s “gold” level speakers that will be competing on Monday:<br />
Grade One Kate Heras, Rachel Johnson, Ethan Gray<br />
Grade Two Carson Almrud, Reese Freeman<br />
Grade Three Ali Jafri, Milan Bahi<br />
Grade Four Amaan Kler, Chris Pake<br />
Grade Five Kenny Ross, Brent Morrison<br />
Grade Six Frank Carson, Ashley Dhanda, Meaghan MacKenzie, Trevor Yu<br />
Grade Seven Brenna Krause, Aaron Smail<br />
Grade Eight Aliyyah Jafri, Amrita Dhillon, Taryn Jessop, Declan Hodgins<br />
Grade Nine Morgan Leung, Karmveer Panaich, Kathleen Jackson, Leah<br />
Bracken<br />
Grade Ten Ziyaan Harji<br />
Grade Eleven Sonja Gill, Paul McCarlie<br />
Grade Twelve Ammen Bains, Manny Gill, Colin Sommerfield
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