A reminder that Greene County and Paton-Churdan students are competing today at the Iowa High School Speech Association District Individual Contest.

Greene County Speech Coach Kelley Gray says 13 students are representing 17 entries, with categories such as musical theater, reviewing, prose, original oratory, literary program, after dinner speaking, radio news, acting and storytelling. Paton-Churdan Speech Coach Nicole Freiss-Schilling says seven students are competing in five categories, including musical theater, prose, poetry, storytelling and improv. 

Both schools are at Waukee Northwest High School today. In order to advance to the state contest, a student must get a Division I-rating from the room judge. See the full list below of the students and what they are performing in for districts.

Greene County students:

Gavin Vander Linden- Reviewing and Musical Theater 

Leah McCormick- Prose and Original Oratory

Ella Mohr- Prose

Ava Binkley- Lit Program

Bill Wright-  After Dinner and Radio News

Daniel Strawn- Radio News

Maggie Mikkelsen- Reviewing

Brooke Williams- Poetry

Hailey Carman- Musical Theater

Ava Schilling-Acting

Makenna Dzuris- Prose

Esther Van Horn- Lit Program and Prose

Brooklyn Roberts- Storytelling

 

Paton-Churdan students:

Musical theater: Anastasia Hobbs

Prose entries: Phoenix Hartman, Bridget Hobbs, Blaise Schilling

Poetry: Kaliyah Minnehan, Ella Tasler, Blaise Schilling

Storytelling: Cat Hobbs, Ella Tasler

Improv: Phoenix Hartman