A SMT Report Submitted by JoAnne Westbrook

A Bloomfield high school senior will travel for the second time to the top high school speech competition in the state.

Joseph Northern, senior from Bloomfield High School, placed 2nd in Radio Speaking at the Southeast District MSHSAA Speech competition on March 5, 2011. The competition was held on the campus Southeast Missouri State University.

Joseph will now compete at the state level competition on April 15, 2011 at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Joseph has been a member of the speech team his entire high school career and this will be his second time to compete at the state level.

Ann Bye, Communications Arts instructor, is currently serving as the speech team sponsor at Bloomfield High School.