Bird High’s speech team won its first-ever VHSL state championship. Coached by marketing teacher Melissa Ligh, Bird High outscored all other Class 6 high schools, including Chantilly High and George C. Marshall High which finished second and third.
Four Bird High students won individual first places:
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Krishelle Belcher in serious dramatic interpretation
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Lucy Soukup in storytelling
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Jeyssi Funes in impromptu
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Dream Anderson in prose interpretation
Krishelle also qualified to compete this summer in the National Speech and Debate Tournament, which will take place in Richmond.