Chrysostom Oratory Competition

The ACCS National Oratory Competition

For ACCS members

High school students from ACCS member schools will compete with their peers from other ACCS schools for a $1,000 grand prize. A maximum of one student (either one junior or one senior) submission per member school is allowed.

The first prize winning student will speak at the annual ACCS Repairing the Ruins Conference.

• Grand Prize: $1,000; The first-prize winning student will present their speech at the annual conference. The student will receive an all-expense-paid trip for the winner, one parent, and a friend to Atlanta, GA, and day passes to Six Flags Atlanta for the winner, one parent, and a friend.
• Awarded at End of School Year
• Submission Deadline: May 1, 2019
• To enter, your school must provide and sign the entry forms.
• Member schools can find more information at Member Resource Center/Chrysostom.

Chrysostom Oratory Contest Winners

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	2019 First Prize: Charity Kim Repairing the Ruins presentation (video) Veritas Classical Academy Fullerton, CA
	2018 First Prize: Abraham Martin Repairing the Ruins presentation (video) School of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO
	2018 Second Prize: McKinley Traylor Repairing the Ruins presentation (video) Trinitas Christian School Pensacola, FL
	2017 First Prize: Kana Turley Repairing the Ruins presentation (video) Tall Oaks Classical School Bear, DE
	2017 Second Prize: Abby Wallen Repairing the Ruins presentation (video) Rockbridge Academy Millersville, MD
	2016 First Prize: Hannah Thompson Evangel Classical Christian School Alabaster, AL
	2016 Second Prize: Katherine Cvancara The Oaks: A Classical Christian Academy Spokane, WA
	2015 First Prize: Rachel Cooley Rockbridge Academy, Millersville, MD
	2015 Second Prize: Colby Gilley Trinitas Christian School, Pensacola, FL
	2014 Champion: Alexa Cripe Rockbridge Academy, Millersville, MD
	2014 Runner-Up: Khristian Trotter Trinitas Christian School, Pensacola, FL
	2013 Champion: Sarah Chaffee Tall Oaks Classical School, New Castle, DE
	2013 Runner-Up: Stephen Fletcher Trinitas Christian School, Pensacola, FL
	2012 Champion: Phoebe Hu Tall Oaks Classical School, New Castle, DE
	2012 Runner-Up: Daniel Dawson Rockbridge Academy, Millersville, MD
	2011 Champion: Kelly Weber Tall Oaks Classical School, New Castle, DE
	2011 Runner-Up: Henry Overos Ad Fontes Academy, Centreville, VA
	2010 Champion: Anna Kitchin Rockbridge Academy, Millersville, MD
	2010 Runner-Up: Krista Wilford The Ambrose School, Meridian, ID
	2009 Champion: Anna Hollidge Rockbridge Academy, Millersville, MD