Hundreds of little hands rose for silent cheers as students applauded their schoolmates at CPCS' Annual Speech Competition on February 12, 2010.

After a week of in-class competitions, the top three speech writers from grades 3-5 competed as finalists in front of the entire school, parents and a panel of four young professionals who judged the speeches on areas including content, delivery and audience engagement.
 
Topics included gang violence, littering and the dangers of smoking. After careful deliberation, the judges selected third grader Ashir Higgins, fourth grader Naomi Joy Marshall and fifth grader Tyree Langley as the 2010 Speech Competition champions and awarded them with medals for their compelling presentations.
 
Fifth grade winner Tyree was excited because he didn't think he would win. "I just wanted to tell everyone what I learned about gang violence," he commented, "that so many people get killed and that it influences many young people."
 
Special thanks to judges Jordan Mahone,  Andre Pinard, Lindsey Dussling and Lena McMahon.





















Ashir Higgins, Noemi Joy Marshall and Tyree Langley were awarded as CPCS' 2010 Speech Competition champions.