Bellaire’s Veritas Christian Academy recently competed in the ACSI Area Speech Meet against other local private schools. Students competed in one of the following categories: Poetry, Fable, Bible memorization, Patriotic Oration or Dramatic Bible Prose. The young orators brought home three first-place, four second-place, and six third-place medals. 

The Veritas medalists include first-place winners: Joseph Johnson (third grade), Tiara Blake (fifth grade), Sarah Du (sixth grade); second-place winners: Matthew Mejia (second grade), Luke Johnson and Helena Arnold (fourth grade), Ellie Arrazolo (fifth grade); third-place winners: Alexis Ninan (first grade), Dane Breitenwischer (second grade), Bliss Oosterwijk and Alex Usen-Uwak (third grade), Kate Mueller (fourth grade) and Maria Adenekan (fifth grade).