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Annual Speaking Competition

jennifernorthern
Jan 20, 2017
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The Independent Petroleum Association of America/Petroleum Equipment Supplier Association (IPAA/PESA) Petroleum Academy at Southwest High School (IPAS) participated in a dynamic public speaking competition on January 19-20, 2017 with first and second place winners on each team per grade level receiving Walmart gift cards of $50 and $25 respectively. The gift cards were generously funded by the IPAA/PESA Energy Education Center.

The competition was fierce, with guest judges from the petroleum industry deciding the winners. Judges from the DFW Chapter of AADE (American Association of Drilling Engineers) included Steve Boyd, President of Integrity Directional, Laura Klein, Drilling Manager at Reef Oil & Gas Company and Jack Doak, Technical Sales at Weatherford International. We were also honored to have Tonya Ehret, retired IPAS teacher, join us as a guest judge.

The public speaking topics were all related to global concerns of the petroleum industry and allowed the students an opportunity to speak and be judged by professionals in their field of study. Special thanks to all of our judges and to Matt Scott, member of AADE and Knowledge Box Champion, for coordinating the event with the judges.

Congratulations to all the participants and winners.

The results were:

First Place for the 12th grade panel discussion and winners of $50 gift cards -

American Energy Security: Higher price domestic oil VS dependence on foreign oil: Fabiola Campos, Dailon Wynn, Jordan Coffman, Elizabeth Sloan and Josiah Butterfield

Second Place for the 12th grade panel discussion and winners of $25 gift cards –

Oil and Gas: Do we need it?: Dakota Wynn, Sam Nguyen, DiCarlo Warren, Alonza Winston & Conner Coombs

First Place for the 11th grade Panel Discussion presentation and winners of $50 gift cards –

Avery King, Alexis Orta, Prabin Phuyel, Vianey Jauregui and Roderick Simmons

Second Place for the 11th grade Panel Discussion presentation and winners of $25 gift cards –

Rosana Puga, Jennifer Lopez, Sidney Nava, Genesis Hernandez and Diana Gomez

First Place for the 10th grade PowerPoint presentation and winners of $50 gift cards -

Alternative Resources: Larry McPhail, Tylin Armstrong, Trew Tackett & Xavier Smith

Second Place for the 10th grade PowerPoint presentation and winners of $25 gift cards –

Future of nuclear energy expenditures: Ian Jimenez, Saulo Lopez, Luis Tinoco and DeShawn King

First Place for the 9th grade PowerPoint presentation and winners of $50 gift cards –

Finding Fossil Fuels: Derick Legan and Waylan Fogarty