High School finalists in the Rotary District Speech Contest shown (l to r) are Virginia Sun, Oriella Mejia, Niles Ribeiro, Nathalia Dunlop and Echo Arnold. Niles Ribeiro, a student at Fauquier High School sponsored by the Warrenton Rotary Club, received $1,000 for first place. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology junior, Virginia Sun, sponsored by the Falls Church Rotary Club, earned $500 for second place and J.E.B. Stuart High School’s Echo Arnold, sponsored by the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club, was awarded $250 for third place.