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Tigard, Oregon, USA 02/13/2019
- The Muslim Educational Trust (MET) is thrilled to announce the results of its Ninth Annual Speech Tournament for Oregon Islamic Academy Middle School Students. Under the umbrella of OMY, MET's Oregon's Muslim Youth Program, the Speech Tournament was inaugurated back in February 2011 with one goal in mind: to inspire our youth to shine with self-confidence, and thrive with great leadership and public speaking skills.
Speech class has been a critical component of this learning process. Teacher Julie Ahmed, OIA Speech/Debate and Social Studies Teacher, and Toastmasters Coach, has been mentoring and coaching the students since the beginning of the school year in preparation for this big day.
Our 6th-8th grade students will also be representing Oregon Islamic Academy at the Annual Valley Catholic Speech Tournament in the next few weeks, in shaa Allah (God willing). Sincere and special thanks to Teacher Julie for spearheading and leading this invaluable program at MET over the years!
We are very proud of all our student participants this year who delivered speeches that varied from serious to humorous to patriotic to excerpts from their favorite books or poems. Please click HERE for a full list of speech selections by our students, which ranged from serious to humorous to patriotic, and spanned from excerpts from the students' favorite books or favorite speeches by public figures. The judges expressed awe and pride in all students' performances both within the elocution and the impromptu competitions.
Winners will be celebrated with their personalized trophies and also excerpts from their speeches at MET's Monthly Forum and Potluck Dinner on March 9, in shaa Allah (God willing),
And the winners of MET's 9th Annual Speech Tournament are:
Elocution Speech Competition:
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1st Place
Nergz Aziz
7th Grade
Category: Serious
A Powerful Message about a Mother's Love
By Marc Mero |
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2nd Place
Ameera Eshtewi
8th Grade
Category: Humorous
Cell Phone Rant
By Blogger Stacy
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3rd Place
Abed Elwahab Ibsais
7th Grade
Category: Serious Farewell Address
By President Obama
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Impromptu
Speech Competition:
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1st Place
Ameera Eshtewi
8th Grade Volunteering Goals
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2nd Place
Amira Mohamed
7th Grade
Faith
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3rd Place
Ajsa Mustafic
7th Grade
Biggest Challenge
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 Last but not least, this tournament would not have been possible without the wonderful commitment and support of our Volunteer Judges,
Sister Mollie Reavis, Linda Abu Samhan, Zahra Baloch, Rizwana Begum, Mona El-Hizawi, Ratu Vanda Wardani, and Krystal Nidaee. Thank you so much and God bless you and yours always, ameen.
Special thanks to ISMET Parent, Asmaa El-Hannouni, for being our committed volunteer and usher throughout the event.
Special thanks are also due to
Teacher Elvira Mustafic
for her diligent efforts in planning and implementing all logistics for today's event.
Thank you so much and Jazakum Allahu Khairan!
Winners will be recognized with personalized trophies at MET's Monthly Forum and Potluck Dinner on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in shaa Allah (God willing).
Al-Hamdulillah (Praise be to God) for such a great event and unique accomplishment! May God continue to bless us and bless our beloved youth with every wisdom, strength, success, fulfillment, and happiness in this life and in the next, ameen.
For more information, please contact the Muslim Educational Trust at 503.579.6621 or [email protected].
Sincerely,
Muslim Educational Trust
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