IMPORTANT DATES
October 10, 2020 Entry Forms Due
October 24, 2020 at 1pm Speech Contest at The Valentine Theater located at 895 North 900 East in American Fork
THE MARY KAWAKAMI
SCHOLARSHIP SPEECH CONTEST
2020 SPEECH CONTEST FORMS
AMERICA OUR COUNTRY Online Contest Entry Form
AMERICA-OUR-COUNTRY.pdf
2020 MARY KAWAKAMI SPEECH CONTEST
For 7th-12th Grade Junior and Senior High School Students
CASH SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES
1st PLACE……….……..$1,000.00
2nd PLACE…………….. $500.00
3rd PLACE………………$300.00
5 Recognition Awards.…$100
(Veteran’s Day Programs to be Announced)
DETAILS
• The contest is open to Junior High School and Senior High School Students in North Utah County.
• Contestants must present their own original speech and must not have won a 1st place award in any speech contest in the previous 12 months.
• Speeches must be at least two minutes in length and no longer than three minutes in length.
• Contestants will be judged on content, value, presentation, language and creativity.
• To receive their scholarship awards, the top three winners must present their speeches at the Veteran’s Day Awards Programs, if held this year.
Free Speech Coaching will be online this year.
“America Our Country”, the Mary Kawakami Scholarship Speech Contest has been going strong since 2003. In that time the Timpanogos Arts Foundation and The American Fork Arts Institute and have sponsored the contest for Junior High and High School students in North Utah County. Their objective is to support those students with initiative, drive and a commitment to leadership. It is in this spirit that this speech contest allows students to eloquently address the diverse complexities, responsibilities and beauty of “America Our Country”.
Contestants have the opportunity to construct and present their own 2-3 minute speech and have the chance to win cash scholarship prizes. Contestants are judged on content, presentation, appearance and timing. Winners of the contest go on to presents their speeches at the Veteran’s Day Ceremony.
“America Our Country”, the Mary Kawakami Scholarship Speech Contest has been going strong since 2003. In that time the Timpanogos Arts Foundation and The American Fork Arts Institute and have sponsored the contest for Junior High and High School students in North Utah County. Their objective is to support those students with initiative, drive and a commitment to leadership. It is in this spirit that this speech contest allows students to eloquently address the diverse complexities, responsibilities and beauty of “America Our Country”.
