St. Monica Academy: Great American Speeches
On May 16, the eighth-graders recited great speeches from key moments in U.S. History. These included the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, performed by Clare Boldt and Sarah Lizarde; Susan B. Anthony’s discourse on Women’s Suffrage, by Elissa Taylor; Chief Joseph Brant’s Surrender Speech, by Mark Delkhaste; Margaret Sanger’s speech on The Chidren’s Era, by Liberty Crisp and Claire McCall; FDR’s First Inaugural Address, by Rebecca Battles; JFK’s summary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Charlie Cosgrove; Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing” speech, by Clement Decker; Martin Luther King’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” address, by Cristina Davis; Spiro Agnew’s critique of Television News Coverage, by Emiliano Freymann and Charles Scott; George Carlin’s “Baseball and Football” comic routine, by Beau Barry and Yamila Evans; and William Bennett’s discourse on Teaching the Virtues, by Ella Cerling. Congratulations to St. Monica’s eighth-graders on a job well done, and to Mrs. Grace who prepared them so well.
More photos from the event are on this website at www.stmonicaacademy.com/photos/.
St. Monica Academy, 301 N. Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena, (626) 229-0351 or visit www.stmonicaacademy.com.
