FOUR WAY TEST SPEECH CONTEST

The contest is an opportunity for your Club to increase your involvement in the community through the local high schools, career-tech schools and home-school organizations, and for all those students to learn about Rotary and the Four-Way Test. Inviting the contestants to present their speeches to your club will provide your members with a thought-provoking experience as well as an opportunity to meet outstanding youth in your communities.

It is now time to begin recruiting student contestants from your local high schools, private schools, or charter schools. Please share the Guidelines for Contestants information with the appropriate teachers (usually English, Speech and/or Debate), school counselors, administrators or other club advisors. Interact clubs and RYLA participants are also excellent sources for potential candidates. Please specifically note the Guidelines state no aids - including notes - may be used for the District competition.

You may find that school officials do not have a good grasp of the Four-Way Test, whereby it will be your responsibility to educate them. Students may work with their teachers, parents and/or Rotary members to prepare for the local competition. We place special emphasis on the use of the Four-Way Test in the speech, i.e., it is the focal point and speeches display a good understanding and application of the principles, whether the students apply that to Leadership, Service to Others or Life Experiences.

• Club winners must be received no later than February 28, 2024, at the District to ensure each student is placed in the rotation for the District Contest. Please be sure each student also completes a (1) Registration form, (2) a Student Release form and those are forwarded to the District.
• District Contest Date will be Sunday, March 10, 2024, at Noon at Wright State University.

Contacts

Beth Huber
Chair