This is our Cami when we arrived in New Braunfels at 9 a.m. Her first competition for storytelling was at
10 a.m. They split the first graders up in 2 groups of 6. During the first round Camille was advanced to the finals which were held at 2 p.m.
Chad, Cari, and I were in the audience during each event, and I was so nervous for all the kids...especially mine! It is very difficult! The children are told a long story and then they have to take turns standing up in front of the judges and audience to retell the story.
They were judged on several different criteria.
We had to wait around for several hours and then she competed again with the final group of 6. At 4 p.m. they handed out the ribbons and that is when we found out that Camille placed first and will be going to State May 1st to represent our area. We were so proud of her because this was a very tiring all day event, not to mention her very first time competing in anything like this!
There are 3 other children that also qualified for state from our private school. This district meet had around 300 kids from 11 different private schools. I am a little nervous about the next round, but we have decided to make a vacation out of it and enjoy our time in Fort Worth.
(This is a picture of Cami with her First Grade Teacher and long-time family friend, Ryanna Reed.)
1 comment:
Way to go Cami! I had no idea they had such a competition! Very cool!
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