This comes to us from Marshall Marvelli, who teaches English I and II at Paisley
IB Magnet School:
On Saturday, Emi Curia,
14, a Paisley IB Magnet School freshman, won first place and a $2,500 college
scholarship at the 2018 Optimist International Oratorical Competition in Hendersonville.
Curia, who is the
daughter of Michael and Mutsuko Curia, is the fourth Paisley student to win the
scholarship.
The event at
Kanuga Conference Center was the final meet for seven student finalists at
which they presented their original orations. The competitors had been the
winners at two earlier rounds of local and zone/regional competitions that
began a month ago with more than 300 North Carolina middle and high school
students.
Optimist International
is a community service organization that focuses its efforts on local
community youth. They are best known for their youth sports programs such
as soccer.
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