Mikalah Scott competed and represented Clinton High School in the National Optimist Annual Oratorical on Sunday, April 2nd. This competition involves writing a speech based on a prompt provided from the Optimist Club. This year’s prompt was “Discovering The Optimism Within Me.” In her speech, Mikalah spoke about the daily parts of our lives that make discovering optimism difficult and how incorporating optimism into these daily stressors makes day-to-day life easier. Mikalah also spoke about how she personally found optimism in her life.
Mikalah competed and won 1st place at the regional level oratorical contest in Osceola and was awarded a $500 scholarship, as well as the opportunity to compete at the district level on May 20th. Mikalah will have the opportunity to earn higher scholarships and advance further into the competition in the coming months.
