Coosa Middle Seventh Grade Student Wins Floyd County Schools’ 2025 Oratorical Contest

Cameron Clayton, a seventh-grade student at Coosa Middle School, has won the 2025 Floyd County Schools (FCS) Oratorical Contest.

The oratorical event was started in 2009 to allow students to display their academic skills and connect with other students. The 2024 contest was the 16th annual competition and used the speech theme “How Optimism Has Guided Me Through Trying Times.”

Students competed at the school level for the chance to represent their school and advance to the district contest. The top two qualifiers from each middle grades school participated in the system-wide competition. The event was organized by FCS middle grades district ELA coach, Lindsay Norton. Contestants were judged on poise, content, delivery, and overall impact, with speeches limited to five minutes.

The contestants representing each school were:

Armuchee

Garrett Clark, seventh grade

Libby Lively, seventh grade

Coosa

Cameron Clayton, seventh grade

Rafael Romero, sixth grade

Model

Camee Kines, sixth grade

Jaylah Samples, seventh grade

Pepperell

Piper Garcia, seventh grade