Senior Emily Bell was invited to attend the Montgomery Bell Academy’s Southern Bell Forum Extemporaneous Speaking Round Robin in Nashville, TN, Jan 6-8. She placed 10th and was the consolation champion.
Junior Jerome Gregory placed third and sophomores Neeti Shenoy and Luke Song placed first in Lincoln-Douglas Debate and Public Forum Debate respectively at the Parkway North Novice Debate Round Robin.
The Ladue ITS troupe received top recognition at the State Conference and placed first for technical theater, first for costume design for Macbeth by senior Alex Gandlmayr, first for a theatre etiquette video by Acting III and Broadcast Technology II students and edited by junior Samantha Shanker, and placed second for Dueprov in the Improvisation competition.
Senior David Streid was honored with an award for his efforts spreading awareness about the effects of tobacco use through digital art at the O2 Awards, Dec. 15, 2011.
The Talking Rams placed third in Interpretation, second in Debate, first in Public Speaking, and first in Overall Sweepstakes at the Greater St. Louis Speech League’s tournament at Ritenour High School Jan. 20-21. Freshman Janine Norman placed first in Dramatic Interpretation, junior Olivia Gada placed first in Storytelling, and senior Sayli Sant placed first in Humorous Interpretation. Junior Sarah Allen and senior Emily Bell placed second and third in Extemporaneous Speaking, respectively. Senior Sayli Sant placed second in Radio Speaking.
Seniors Drew D. Rubin, Lucas Tameren, juniors Chelsea Mohr, Tim Padgett, and sophomore Caleb Rosenthal will participate in the Missouri Percussion Arts Trophy Competition, March 3 in Lebanon, MO. #
