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Students at Bethany Christian Schools in Goshen, Indiana, learn how to make their voices heard beyond using their cellphones. They have an amazing speech team here and seven of their students qualified for the state competition in Indianapolis at Fishers High School.

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Bethany Christian High School speakers took fifth place in Class A at the Indiana High School Forensics Association State Speech Tournament at Fishers High School on Saturday. Philip shares his experience.
Date uploaded: March 11, 2017
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