• a usually formal oral communication to an audience;
• recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric;
• the art of public speaking.

Eight of our sixth and seventh graders participated in the Worcester Diocesan Speech and Declamation Festival on March 31st at St. Peter Marion High School. Each student did a wonderful job within their grade and their category.

Our representatives:
Grade 6:
Georgia D.: Children's Literature ~ 2nd Place
Patrick M.: Children's Literature
Joshua M. and Sam S.: Poetry Reading

Grade 7
Noelle C. and Chloe V.: Play Reading ~ 1st Place
Julia S.:  Children's Literature ~ 1st Place
Lillian B. : Prose Reading ~ 3rd Place

Great job representing Assumption School! We are proud of them all! A big thank you to Mrs. Janet Kimball for helping to prepare out students.
 

Assumption School took home many top prizes in the Worcester Diocesan Speech and Declamation Contest 2018 held at St. Peter-Marian Central Catholic Jr.-Sr. High School:


Lillian B. and Chloe V.: Grade 6 Play Reading ~ 2nd place
Noelle C.: Grade 6 Children’s Literature ~ 2nd place
Cassandra B.: Grade 8 Children’s Literature ~ 1st place
Sean: Grade 7 Poetry Reading ~ 2nd place

We are proud of you all!

Special thanks to Mrs. Janet Kimball, Middle School English Teacher for preparing our students so well for this Worcester Diocesan-wide competition.