Left to right: Xavier Holmes Jr. (Third runner up) Windsor Elementary, Claude Treece with the Foley Law Firm, Kandence Smith (first place), Law Elementary, Journey Sensley (Second Place) Young Elementary .
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Fifth grader wins Houston ISD’s 2023 MLK Oratory Speech Competition
Houston ISD is getting an early start to the MLK holiday. The district held its 27th annual MLK Oratory Speech Competition on Friday. Twelve fourth and fifth grade students from different elementary schools across the district presented three-to-five minute speeches. This year’s theme was “What would Dr. King say to us today about hope for tomorrow.”
