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De Pere Middle School Hosts Tedx Event

Posted at 5:50 PM, Jun 02, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-02 18:50:19-04

De Pere Middle School students showed off their speaking skills at the schools first  TEDx event. The program asks students to share their contribution to the world or am important message worth spreading. Jolie Guyette wanted to empower women, " I see that a lot where people say you can't do that because your a girl and makes me really mad when I hear that," said Guyette.

The event was organized by teachers and staff to challenge students to find their voice, "Every decision they make now whether they like or not is going to affect their future and to have them start to think about their place in the world is important because they can participate no matter what their age at," said  Joshua Gauthier.
 

All the speeches will be posted to Youtube.