MMS Students Sweep the Optimist Oratorical Contest!

On March 18th, MMS 8th graders, Rujula Rao and Ishaan Iyer participated in the Optimist Speech Contest. This year's topic was "What the World Gains from Optimism." Rujula was awarded first place and fifty dollars and Ishaan Iyer was second place. MMS 7th grader, Priyanshu Sharma was awarded the third place medal. Both Rujula and Ishaan advanced to the county finals on April 1st. As the only middle school students competing aganist all high school finalists, Rujula and Ishaan were once again victorious! This time Ishaan was awarded first place and Rujula placed second. Both have now qualified for the state finals and the chance to win $2,500 for first place. We wish our outstanding speakers all the best as they compete in the state finals in Sacramento on April 23rd.

Published March 22, 2017 Print