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Eagan High School National Speech Champion Recognized at School Board Meeting - Eagan, MN Patch
The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district board on Monday recognized Eagan High School student Garrett Lukin, who earned top honors in the prose category at the National Forensic League Speech and Debate tournament in Dallas in June.
Lukin, who will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall, has been to state competition twice, and nationals twice, coach Joni Anker said Monday. At nationals, he competed against about 200 students, she said.
"He's really a very ... special young man," Anker said.
For his prose piece, Lukin chose a five-minute excerpt from the book "The Hands of my Father," a memoir that discusses a man's childhood in the 1940s, growing up as an interpretor for his deaf parents.
Lukin signs fluently, Anker said; he and she both have brothers who are deaf, and have read extensively on the topic.
"We kind of share that passion," Anker said.
The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district board on Monday recognized Eagan High School student Garrett Lukin, who earned top honors in the prose category at the National Forensic League Speech and Debate tournament in Dallas in June.
Lukin, who will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall, has been to state competition twice, and nationals twice, coach Joni Anker said Monday. At nationals, he competed against about 200 students, she said.
"He's really a very ... special young man," Anker said.
For his prose piece, Lukin chose a five-minute excerpt from the book "The Hands of my Father," a memoir that discusses a man's childhood in the 1940s, growing up as an interpretor for his deaf parents.
Lukin signs fluently, Anker said; he and she both have brothers who are deaf, and have read extensively on the topic.
"We kind of share that passion," Anker said.