St. Kevin’s student speaks up on the national stage

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove’s Olivia Taylor has earned a bronze medal in the 2022 Skills Canada National Competition, held in Vancouver, B.C., the last week of May.

Students competing had to prepare a five-to-seven-minute speech ahead of the competition, which they had to deliver without the aid of warning lights, sounds, or timecards to help them keep track of time. Students then had to respond to a question based on the speech. On the next day of competition, students were given a prompt and had a maximum of 2 minutes to prepare a three-minute speech. Timecards were shown at 2 minutes, 1 minute, and 15 seconds to indicate time left on the clock.

The Grade 11 St. Kevin’s High student had won the bronze medal for the same category in the 2021 competition, which was held virtually.