On Saturday, Feb. 24, 16 students competed in the district individual speech competition. Out of the 22 events that were performed, 18 received a one rating. Last year there were 23 events total being performed by Atlantic students and 18 were awarded with a one rating. “I say we are about on the right page, obviously we had the same number of events that got a one but the number of students grew which I care more about,” said speech coach Alex Bales.

One thing Bales said about how he felt when 18 students received a one. “I feel pretty good about them, it’s always nice to see kids get ones. I wasn’t too shocked of the results because a lot of the kids worked hard and were prepared.”
Junior Rebekah Hallman was one of the AHS students who received a one rating. “It was so great to receive this score because it has been my goal  to make it to individual All State and making it past Districts means an opportunity to achieve just that.  I have so far made it to state for all of my individual events in the past three years.”