2012 St. Joseph Speech Contest

This year's topic:
"A Time When Volunteers Made a Difference"

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1^st Place: Kaitlynn Himmelreich

2^nd Place: Diane Gabriel

3^rd Place: Katie Dionne

EXCELLENT JOB, STUDENTS!!!!!!! You should be very proud of yourselves! All the speeches were very well done.

Wow! The speeches were excellent. The students really did a wonderful job, and we’re so proud of them. It was very tough narrowing down to the top 12.

CONGRATULATIONS to the following students who will compete in the 2012 St. Joseph Speech Contest:

Tressa Bleau

Christian Carlyle

Emily Cononie

Katy Dionne

Diane Gabriel

Margaret Gupton

Sam Hanania

Kaitlynn Himmelreich

Sarah Lendvay

Lindsay Pacheco

Joe Reinhardt

T.J. Tillo

Students need to bring their speech to class on Monday. Students may use one note card during the speech contest.

The contest is Thursday, February 16, at 1:15 in the gym. Good luck!!!

For this year’s theme students are asked to select a time in American history when individuals have banded together to improve quality of life. Participants should choose one volunteer project or volunteer-driven movement and discuss it in their speech.

In organizing their speeches, students can consider these questions:

· What is a volunteer project or movement that has made a tremendous impact? (Consider both small-scale community driven efforts and large national efforts.)

· Who was responsible for leading and/or carrying out the volunteer effort? (Consider projects led by one or many people. Explain their motivation and goal.)

· How has this volunteer effort positively impacted one or more people? And how does it continue to improve quality of life for people? (Consider lasting impact.)

Students can use the questions above to help formulate ideas, but they should not be limited by the list.

The speech is to be 3-5 minutes long and must be in your own words. No props, visuals or costumes are permitted! Contestants will be judged on organization, delivery and presentation, and overall effectiveness.

The above information was taken from Modern Woodmen pamphlet given to the students.

For a timeline of volunteer organizations and/or movements click on the following link: http://www.handsonnetwork.org/files/resources/VCs_A_History_of_America.pdf

Here are a few links to volunteer organizations that you may find helpful.