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A TEDx event featuring 10 local high school student speakers is coming April 25 to the campus of Â鶹¹ÙÍø Country Day School. The free Friday event is 5-8 p.m. and open to the public. Dinner will be provided.

This year¡¯s co-organizers of TEDxMaumeeValleyCountryDaySchool? are junior Layan Ridi and senior Daivik Patel.

¡°This event has become a large, impactful event where students and adults all come together to engage in discussions in a night of entertainment and education,” said Layan. Assisting the MV students is Dr. Dan Cohen, a member of the social studies faculty at Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

This year¡¯s speakers will each give up to a 15-minute talk. All talks take place on the main stage of the school¡¯s Millennium Theatre. The speakers, schools, and topics are:

• Marah Ariss, Perrysburg High School, 11th grade: ¡°Special Needs Awareness¡±
• Alex Ban, Perrysburg High School, 10th grade: ¡°The Troubled Teen Industry¡±
• Andy Caillaux, Â鶹¹ÙÍø Country Day School, 11th grade: ¡°Lifting More than Weights¡±
• Adhya Duggal, William Mason High School, 11th grade: ¡°Octopus: What We Can Learn from the Deep Sea Creature¡±
• Arsalan Failsal, St. John¡¯s Jesuit, 11th grade: ¡°How Stories Shape our Perception of Morality¡±
• David Liu, Sylvania Southview, 12th grade: ¡°Seven Deadly Frames¡±
• Baraah Mansour, Maumee High School, 12th grade: ¡°Surviving Life; Independence vs. Self Reliance¡±
• Medha Ramaswamy, Sylvania Southview, 11th grade: ¡°A Pawn¡¯s Journey¡±
• Mallory Rettig, Anthony Wayne High School, 12th grade: ¡°More Than a Name¡±
• Urvi Viamajala, Sylvania Southview, 11th grade: ¡°Turning Failure into Success¡±

More about the event can be found on Instagram () and Twitter (). The event is sponsored by S&G Stores.