Congratulations Malaiya Gross

Congratulations Malaiya Gross

At the end of January, Malaiya Gross, a junior at Houston, competed in the FFA county public speaking contest held at Upper Valley Career Center. Malaiya competed in the Extemporaneous category.

In the Extemporaneous contest, participants draw a speech topic and have thirty minutes to research and prepare a four to six minute speech. After researching and preparing, participants then present their speech to a panel of judges where they are timed to make sure the time requirement is met and asked questions about the speech.

Malaiya placed first at the county contest which gave her the ability to compete at the district level contest on February 6th at Eaton High School.

The results came in and Malaiya found out that she placed 2nd! This gave her the placing that she needs to now compete at the State level in March! After finding out the results Gross stated, “This is something that I have worked for since I was a freshman.” Malaiya has competed in this category since her freshman year. Way to go Malaiya and best of luck at State!