Academy Public Speakers Shine

It has been a month full of public speaking for Everest students in lower school and middle school. We congratulate all students on their courage to present a memorized piece for their classes. The top scorers presented at the lower school forensics exhibition and middle school forensics competition on Thursday, October 16. Congratulations to the middle school winners:

• 1st Place: Ines Ayuzo - Winner of a $50 St. Carlos Acutis Scholarship
• 2nd Place: Peter Stencel
• 3rd Place: Simon Khouri

LOWER SCHOOL

Mrs. Mick’s First-Grade Class: Joseph McGrath, Jack Gaudard, Alexandra Golling, Clara Golling

Mrs. Arkwright’s First-Grade Class: Olivia Giarmo, Isla Marnon-Heslip, Joseph Pruchnicki

Miss Wildrick’s Second-Grade Class: Abigail Mick, Francis Hostetter, Elizabeth Taykowski, Quinn Lundberg

Mrs. McGrath’s Second-Grade Class: Nora Marsh, Ella Nguyen, Lucy Dziekoński, Aurelia Meoui

Mrs. Walker’s Third-Grade Class: Lila Burchard, Ainsley Gornowich, Aubrey Motyka, Margaret Green

Mr. O’Keefe’s Third-Grade Class: James Stencel, Zoey Motyka, Stella Milosch

Mrs. Motyka’s Fourth-Grade Class: Elizabeth Mileski, Nicholas Mansour, Rayne Sickmiller

Miss Guaderrama’s Fourth-Grade Class: Maxwell Leahy, Ariana Khouri, Celina Iwanski

Mr. Sapienza’s Fifth-Grade Class: Lola Gjonaj, Mary Pontillo, Anthony McGrath

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Grade 6: Leo Dziekoński, Olivia Ryan, Isabella Mick, Lydia Neiman, Hailey Camilleri

Grade 7: Peter Stencel, Augustine Gappy, Madeline Johnson, Katherine Shea, Gabriel Saad

Grade 8: Vinay Iyer, Isabella Wheeler, Marco Cuesta, Simon Khouri, Ines Ayuzo