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    Conrad’s Very Own Tyrek Traylor Wins MLK Contest

    Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!! There were seven finalists on Sunday at the Baby Grand theater in Wilmington. New Castle County. High school students were invited to “Use their way with words to encourage their communities, families and friends to give Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message a chance in solving today’s societal problems.”

    Tyrek Traylor, a senior at Conrad Schools of Science, worked through many after school hours with Colette McDonald, his coach and sponsor, to refine his spoken word poem titled “One Love” and ended the first-place winner of the annual communication contest. He used the civil rights leader’s words and sentiments and tied them to the modern Black Lives Matter. Dr. Prillman, who went to the competition to support Tyrek, said, “How very powerful his words were, I just cried as he ended with the words-  “one love. “- “Then placed his hand on over his heart in a final gesture.”

    “That sums up everything that me and everyone else here is trying to accomplish – one love,” said Traylor, who received a $1,000 prize.

    2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Communication Contest

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