KHS Individual Speech participants: Row 1: Jacob Schreck, Evan Schettler, Mary Lawler, Tempi Hathcock, Kira Parkis, Paige Tiefenthaler, Maggie Steinkamp, Kate Ramaekers, Elizabeth Trent. Row 2: Reed Rawlings, Madison Rial, Elizabeth Kenkel, Matilda Pugh, Lauren Macke, Chloe Scott, KateLynn Irlbeck, Cassidy Christensen. Missing: Draven Haefs, Britney Bruch, Sami Hays, Tori Bauer.
Twenty three of the 26 Kuemper High School speech students received excellent ratings at the Iowa High School Speech Association Individual District contest in Manson on Saturday. Coaches Susan Glass, Lydia Schettler and Deb Gute said that five of the 26 students performed in two different categories, and those students all received a “1” rating in both. They are Paige Tiefenthaler, Draven Haefs, Matilda Pugh, Kira Parkis and Maggie Stienkamp. The students receiving excellent ratings will move on to the state competition on Saturday, March 11 at Sioux City East High School. A full listing of the students and their ratings can be found below.
KHS Individual Speech 2017 | DISTRICT | |||
TITLE | AUTHOR | RATING | ||
Britney Bruch | Prose | Reality Check | Ariella Jacobs | 1 |
Cassidy Christensen | Prose | Black Cat | Edgar Allen Poe | 11 |
Draven Haefs | Acting | Bein’Crazy | Mark Bagwell | 1 |
Draven Haefs | After Dinner Speaking | Barista Please: Do You want Whip with that? | 1 | |
Elizabeth Kenkel | Acting | Fire Exit | Stacie Lents | 1 |
Elizabeth Trent | Prose | Boys | Jerry Laffey | 1 |
Evan Schettler | Musical Theatre | A Lonely Room | Oscar Hammerstein | 1 |
Jacob Schreck | Improvisation | 11 | ||
Kate Ramaekers | Literary Program | Have Faith | 1 | |
KateLynn Irlbeck | Storytelling | Gus was a Friendly Ghost | Jane Thayer | 11 |
Lauren Macke | Musical Theatre | Kindergarten Love Song | Drew Gasparini | 1 |
Madison Rial | Acting | Still Blooming | Jane Hill | 1 |
Maggie Steinkamp | Musical Theatre | Art is Calling Me | Victor Herbert | 1 |
Maggie Steinkamp | Original Oratory | Support & Defense of the Constitution | 1 | |
Mary Lawler | Storytelling | Moose’s Loose Tooth | Jacqueline A. Clarke | 1 |
Matilda Pugh | Poetry | Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse | Kevin Henkes | 1 |
Matilda Pugh | Storytelling | Farkle McBride | John Lithgow | 1 |
Paige Tiefenthaler | Expository Address | Simplicity of English | 1 | |
Paige Tiefenthaler | Literary Program | Wonders of Life | 1 | |
Reed Rawlings | Improvisation | 1 | ||
Sami Hays | After Dinner Speaking | I’m (not) a Band Geek | 1 | |
Tori Bauer | Expository Address | Bulimia Doesn’t Discriminate | 1 | |
FRESHMAN | ||||
Kira Parkis | After Dinner | GVLSSE | 1 | |
Kira Parkis | Prose | The Plane Truth | Ellen DeGeneres | 1 |
Tempi Hathcock | Poetry | Television | Roald Dahl | 1 |
Chloe Scott | Poetry | To This Day | June Epstein | 1 |