On Saturday, February 18, 2017, at 10:30 am, the Coronado Lions Club will host its 18th Annual Student Speaker Contest at the Winn Room of the Coronado Library, 640 Orange Avenue. This year’s topic is: “Is the Right to Privacy a Threat to Our National Security?”
Students residing in Coronado or Imperial Beach or attending any Coronado or Imperial Beach School in grades 9-12 may compete. The speech should be between 5 and 10 minutes long. The speech does not have to be memorized at this first club level.
The Lion’s Clubs of California Speakers Contest began as an attempt to bring the widely dispersed Lion’s Clubs in the central region of California together to jointly promote the skills of public speaking in high school students. The contest provides an opportunity for students to develop independent thinking about a pressing problem in today’s world. Besides encouraging self expression, the research the student speakers conduct helps promote a variety of solutions to shared problems.
The contest will start at 10:30 am. The Club level winner and each finalist shall receive a cash prize. The winners of the club level contests go on to compete until the final rounds at the state level where winners earn college scholarships. This year the Student Speakers Foundation will provide scholarships totaling more than $103,500.
Registration deadline is February 15. Students wishing to register should email their name, phone and grade level to [email protected]. Anyone with questions about the contest should contact the Coronado Lion Club Speaker Contest Chair, Carrie Downey at 522-2040 or [email protected].
