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Seniors Present Capstone Speeches

Senior Capstone Speeches are underway here at TFS! The Capstone Project is a Tallulah Falls School milestone that students begin during their junior year. The speech is the culminating activity of their year-long project. Students research an issue of interest to them, and complete a research paper on the topic before presenting it to a panel of judges made up of members from the local community and TFS faculty and staff. 

All TFS seniors share anecdotal introductions, often from personal experiences, drawing the audience into their topic before sharing background information, facts, statistics, and details. Then, they present the opposing viewpoint and defend their position. At the end of their presentation the judges ask questions, which often lead to conversations about the topics that the students have become passionate about over the year. Through the process, our seniors grow as thinkers, researchers, writers, organizers, and presenters -- tools they will use in life and in their future academic endeavors!