A Scholastic Kid Reporter at a World Speech Day Event

Our WSD 2022 World Children’s Day event is special in more ways than one. 

For a start, we’re the only WSD chapter in the Global Network to celebrate World Children’s Day and this is our second year doing this. Better still, this year’s occasion is an in-person event and we drew a full-house. 

And this time around, a newshound came a-calling. Yes, you read it right.

We had a reporter in our midst! Twelve-year-old Jaishivan Sivanesan Paranam (left) who’s been appointed a Scholastic Kid Press reporter this year intends to write about this World Speech Day event. 

He told us that this is “an inspiring event that gives a platform for young people to speak and share on issues close to their heart” – and therefore, it is something he would love to report on. 

Just so you know, the Scholastic Kids Press is a prestigious, award-winning international journalism program. For the 2022-2023 academic year, twenty-nine Kid Reporters, ages 10–14, have been hand-picked across the globe to be part of the international editorial team, reporting to the editor based in New York, USA. Primarily, they will report “news for kids, by kids”. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These student journalists represent 15 US states and 8 countries, including China, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam. 

Kid Reporters' articles will cover events in local communities and on the world stage on a range of topics, including government, entertainment, the environment, sports, and more. 

Needless to say, he was one of our 43 speakers for the said event on December 20th. Check out his speech here:

 

Jaishiven is undeniably, a good speaker!

43 Speakers from 8 Countries

Our WSD 2022 World Children’s Day was a full-house affair! 

 

With 43 speakers from Malaysia and seven other countries, we were truly enthralled by the speaking talents on stage. 

 

A big thank you to everybody who participated in one way or another! 

 

And an honorable mention to the following: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A sample of comments we've received from WSD Global Network.

 

Simon Gibson, Founder of World Speech Day has this to say: "Spectacular Cyril, Victor. Looks like it was a super event".

 

John Pitonzo, WSD Italy: "Wow! Fantastic".

 

Gavin Lamb, WSD New Zealand: "Great stuff!"

 

Christina Rodriguez, WSD Argentina: "Unbelievable! So enriching!"

 

Vino Pillay, WSD South Africa: "Awesome!" 

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Young Speakers @ WSD 2022 World Children's Day, Batch 3

Overall, we can give a thumbs-up to WSD 2022 World Children’s Day. And another World Speech Day is done and dusted.    

 

As always, we can re-affirm that WSD is a noteworthy occasion because if nothing else, it is a public platform for everybody and anybody to speak. Freely. No fences, meaning, no restrictive rules and regulations. More importantly, your voice matters!

 

It is well-acknowledged that this act of public speaking before a live audience is a great way to build personal development on many levels, since improving communication skills is certainly beneficial in almost every aspect of life.    

 

The third batch of photos of our young speakers who participated in WSD 2022 World Children’s Day: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Young Speakers @ WSD 2022 World Children's Day, Batch 2

Still on WSD 2022 World Children’s Day.    

 

The young ones are showing us that they’ve got the spunk and the spirit to speak on a public stage.    

 

Herewith, a second batch of photos are being shared: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Young Speakers @ WSD 2022 World Children's Day, Batch 1

WSD 2022 World Children’s Day was on yesterday – and we can tell you that the young ones have acquitted themselves very well. Many were practiced and polished – and a notable few were even outstanding!

 

Here’s the first batch of 10 random photos of the participants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WSD 2022 World Children's Day on December 20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’re prepped and ready for our in-person WSD 2022 World Children’s Day on Tuesday. 

 

And we’ve registered a total of 43 participants. Our youngest speaker is 3-years-plus and the oldest is twenty. Additionally, there’s an international flavor to the mix because we have participants from 8 countries (including Malaysia).

 

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WSD 2022 World Children’s Day Registration Dockets #031-#043

Registration is now closed. And we have a total of 43 participants for the in-person WSD 2022 World Children’s Day! 

 

Herewith are the dockets for the third and last batch, i.e. #031-#043: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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