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NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Dec. 10, 2015

Students earn spot in finals of the Gardere Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Competition

DALLAS — Eight students in the Dallas Independent School District have earned their way to the finals of the annual Gardere Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Competition.

The following students will compete in the final round of the competition, to be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 15, at the Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm St., Dallas, TX 75201.

•    Kywin Brown, fifth grade, Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary
•    Jayden Jackson, fifth grade, L.L. Hotchkiss Elementary
•    Donna Guevara, fifth grade, John Neely Bryan Elementary
•    Guadalupe Zamora, fifth grade, Arcadia Park Elementary
•    Marco Mares, fifth grade, William Brown Miller Elementary
•    Za'Kiah Bell, fifth grade, J.P. Starks Math, Science and Technology Vanguard
•    Lyric Turner, fifth grade, Charles Rice Learning Center
•    Mariah Hickman, fourth grade, Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center

 

Dallas ISD also congratulates the following students that were semi-finalists in the competition. The semi-finals took place on Dec. 8, in the Ada L. Williams Auditorium of the Dallas ISD Administration Building:

•    Sania Daniels, Frederick Douglass Elementary School
•    Tashanti Ridley, Ronald Erwin McNair Elementary
•    Adrian Ojeda, Urban Park Elementary School
•    Mason Price, Thomas L. Marsalis Elementary School
•    Kevin Henderson, Thomas Tolbert Elementary School
•    Angel Wade, Amelia Earhart Learning Center
•    Marco Mares, William Brown Miller Elementary School
•    Ashley Patterson, Harry C. Withers Elementary School 

 

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The Dallas Independent School District is continually preparing its nearly 161,000 students for college or a career. Through our Destination 2020 effort, we’ll invest in our people, focus more on the classroom, strengthen our systems and engage the community.  To learn more, visit dallasisd.org.

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