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‘Really Proud of Myself’: Barriere Elementary Kids Show Courage at Speech Competition - Barriere North Thompson Star
About 150 people watched intermediate students present speeches they researched, wrote and edited over several months, with judges awarding winners in each grade.
A batch of Barriere kids braved the fickle crowd recently in a speech competition hosted by the elementary school. The event was organized by Paulette Collier, a Grade 5/6 teacher at Barriere Elementary, and saw the school’s gymnasium full of about 150 people to watch the speakers on Tuesday, May 19. The competition was the culmination of a larger assignment that had been ongoing since the middle of March. The project had kids from three interme…