Six members of the Community speech team competed at the IHSA State Speech Tournament on February 18, the program's largest number of State Qualifiers in a single season in over two decades. Senior Avani Rai became the school's first female competitor in 17 years to place in the State Speech finals,...

The IHSA State Speech Competition “was just mind-blowing,” according to Junior Ciara Wallace, one of Community’s three State qualifiers. Wallace, who competed in Feb. 18’s Poetry Reading preliminary round, described the State experience as “extremely competitive.” The competition at...