Congratulations to all of our students who participated in the Tropicana Public Speaking contest and school Spelling Bee.

Below are the school-wide winners for both the lower and middle school Tropicana Public Speaking contest.

4th/5th grade winner (first place): Bryson Gonzalez - Richard Henry Lee

4th/5th grade alternate (second place): Anna McGibany - Sunscreen: The Ups and Downs

Third place: Virginia Russell - Consider a Chihuahua

6th grade winner (first place): Julianne Grady - Tropicana Speeches

6th grade alternate (second place): Katherine Resavage - Respect the Van

Third place: Helen Bradshaw - Mysteries Under the Couch

Our first place winners will represent HCES at the county contest at FAMU on January 26th.

The Tropicana Public Speaking contest was the culmination of a month long public speaking unit in fourth and fifth grades. The children chose speech topics and used the writing process to write their own original speeches.  After the speeches were written, the students practiced and timed their speeches in preparation for the classroom contests.  In December, each class held a classroom contest and had a panel of judges select first, second, and third place winners who then attended the school contest.

Middle School Winners
Devin Rankin- first place
Ginger Lucas- alternate