{"id":987520181,"date":"2026-04-29T13:12:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellspringacademy.org\/?p=987520181"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:12:51","slug":"wellspring-academy-primary-students-shine-at-east-african-regional-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellspringacademy.org\/fr\/stories\/wellspring-academy-primary-students-shine-at-east-african-regional-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Les \u00e9l\u00e8ves de l&#039;\u00e9cole primaire de Wellspring Academy brillent lors du tournoi r\u00e9gional d&#039;Afrique de l&#039;Est"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-987520179 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellspringacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image00001.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"314\" \/>Wellspring Academy is proud to celebrate the remarkable achievements of our Primary students at the East African Primary Debate, Public Speaking &amp; Spelling Bee Tournament, held on 18th and 19th April 2026. The regional competition brought together young learners from Rwanda, Kenya, and South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by Rising Voices Rwanda, the tournament was designed to nurture intellectual growth, confidence, communication skills, critical thinking, and collaborative learning among primary school students across East Africa. The event provided an exciting platform for learners to compete, connect, and grow through meaningful academic exchange. Our students delivered an exceptional performance across multiple categories, earning recognition for both teamwork and individual excellence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Team Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Wellspring Academy learners aged <strong>11\u201314<\/strong> emerged victorious, winning trophies and medals after demonstrating strong debating, reasoning, and communication skills throughout the competition. Our Under-10 team also made the school proud by securing 1st place, bringing home additional trophies and medals.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_987520180\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-987520180\" class=\"wp-image-987520180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellspringacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image00004.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-987520180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>Proud Wellspring champions celebrating their trophies and medals.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wellspring students also excelled, earning 3 medals in Public Speaking and 3 medals in Spelling Bee. Special recognition goes to Kabera Ivan, who was crowned Best Debater Overall, and Nkuranga Micah, who was awarded 2nd Best Speaker among all debaters.<\/p>\n<p>These achievements reflect Wellspring Academy\u2019s commitment to developing confident communicators, critical thinkers, and future leaders. Through opportunities such as debate, public speaking, and academic competitions, our learners continue to grow academically and personally while representing the school with excellence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_987520182\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-987520182\" class=\"wp-image-987520182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellspringacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image00003.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"391\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-987520182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>Deputy Principal presents the trophy to celebrate our champions\u2019 success.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wellspring Academy is proud to celebrate the remarkable achievements of our Primary students at the East African Primary Debate, Public Speaking &amp; Spelling Bee Tournament, held on 18th and 19th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":987520183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[48],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-987520181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-news-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wellspring Academy Primary Students Shine at East African Regional Tournament - Wellspring Academy Kigali Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wellspringacademy.org\/fr\/stories\/wellspring-academy-primary-students-shine-at-east-african-regional-tournament\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wellspring Academy Primary Students Shine at East African Regional Tournament - Wellspring Academy Kigali Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wellspring Academy is proud to celebrate the remarkable achievements of our Primary students at the East African Primary Debate, Public Speaking &amp; 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