Power of a Teacher

The Speech and Debate Club had their end of year banquet April 30th.  Here is Trent with "Coach Stevo" as all the students call her.  She is new to the school this year (but has coached for 8 years) and the students have loved her for her enthusiasm and dedication.  She actually wrote up a little paragraph for each of her 53 speech and debate students as she recognized each one on stage.  Here is her write up for Trent:

"Getting to vote for a savage for technical support was one of the greatest moments of the year.  Trent is a dedicated, fun and talented gentleman who competes in policy and was a semi-finalist in OA (Oratorical Analysis) at state speech.  At speech-a-thon, Mikkel S. and I enjoyed coaching Trent.  He was so patient and coachable working hard to execute his speech perfectly.  The drive and dedication he exerts not only benefits Trent, but without him the team would not have a website.  Trent is a valuable and important member of our team whose drive I predict will bring even more success next year."

There were 26 high schools represented at state speech with 492 entries.  Trent's high school took 25 students.  Seven students broke into the semi-finals with 4 of those being freshmen.  A few students will be attending nationals for debate in Indianapolis this June.  This teachers enthusiasm has grown this club at Highland.  It was the one class Trent looked forward to all day.