The following Mid-Prairie students competed at Mid-Prairie High School in an Iowa High School Speech Association District Individual Events Speech Contest on Saturday, February 27. Each event performed for an IHSSA certified judge at Mid-Prairie High School.
Every member of the Mid-Prairie Individual Events Speech Team earned a Division 1 rating for each of their events, and are advancing to State Individual Events Speech Contest on Saturday, March 13 at Mid-Prairie High School. Congratulations to following students for qualifying in one event each: Diego Ayala, Gavin Frascht, Isadora Goode, Jennifer Sanchez, and Avery Slaubaugh. Also, congratulations to those qualifying in two events: Haydon Bailey, Olivia Caskey, Avery Frede, Kyra Helmuth, Emily Marner, and Elizabeth Meader.
| Diego Ayala | Spontaneous Speaking | |
| Haydon Bailey | Reviewing: Star Wars: The Last Jedi - An Unbiased Review | Solo Acting: The Acupuncturist by John Patrick Shanley |
| Olivia Caskey | Solo Musical Theatre: 100 Easy Ways To Lose A Man by Joseph A Fields and Jerome Chodorov | Solo Acting: Mrs Micheal James by Olivia Caskey |
| Gavin Frascht | Spontaneous Speaking | |
| Avery Frede | Solo Improvisation | Radio News Broadcasting |
| Isadora Goode | Interpretive Reading Prose: A New Adventure by Isadora Goode | |
| Kyra Helmuth | Solo Musical Theatre: Alto's Lament by Marcy Heisler | Solo Acting: The Perfect Girlfriend by Kyra Helmuth |
| Emily Marner | Solo Musical Theatre: A Summer In Ohio by Jason Robert Brown | Solo Improvisation |
| Elizabeth Meader | Storytelling: The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen | Interpretive Reading Prose: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen |
| Jennifer Sanchez | Interpretive Reading Poetry: The Face In the Mirror by Catherine S. Liebenberg and I Am Who I Am by Tamara | |
| Avery Slaubaugh | Interpretive Reading Prose: Jealous? I'm Not Jealous by Lyena Monis and Hi Brian By Brenna Allen |
Speech Coaches at MPHS are Christine Meader and Lisa Helmuth, assisted by Meredith Caskey.