Student Speaker Contest
Begins Mid-December through the end of AprilClub Contest in February, followed by Zone, District,
Area, and MD4 Contests
Link to MD4 Student Speaker site. $50 to winner, $25 to runners-up.
10-15-08
Chair reported he had received the contest package from MD4. This year's topic is "Water - will California be left high and Dry?" The date for the club's contest is February 18, 2009. Letters were mailed October 16th to eighteen San Francisco High Schools inviting them to participate in the competition.
1-21-09
Student Speaker Chairman Joe Farrah reports Mercy High School and Bridgemont High
School on Brotherhood Way have students who will be competing at the February 18th event. Hopefully we will be hearing from more schools by then.
2-18-09
President George turned the meeting over to Student Speaker Chairman Joe Farrah. The only speaker this year was Daly City resident Chloe Lessard, a sophomore from Mercy High School. Chloe spoke well on the topic “Water - Will California be Left High & Dry?” She was awarded a $50 check, a plaque acquired by George Salet, and a framed Certificate of Participation. Photographs were taken. She was accompanied by her father and her coach, Gail Chastain. Chloe automatically advances to the Zone 3 runoff taking place at Mercy High School, Room 209, Wednesday, March 11th, 7 P.M. Judging the contest were retired educators Maurice Fitzgerald and Enrico Micheli, and Toastmaster Frank Gelini. All three of these judges were Joe Farrah’s schoolmates at Balboa High School, and all four of these men were in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
10-15-08
Chair reported he had received the contest package from MD4. This year's topic is "Water - will California be left high and Dry?" The date for the club's contest is February 18, 2009. Letters were mailed October 16th to eighteen San Francisco High Schools inviting them to participate in the competition.
1-21-09
Student Speaker Chairman Joe Farrah reports Mercy High School and Bridgemont High
School on Brotherhood Way have students who will be competing at the February 18th event. Hopefully we will be hearing from more schools by then.
2-18-09
President George turned the meeting over to Student Speaker Chairman Joe Farrah. The only speaker this year was Daly City resident Chloe Lessard, a sophomore from Mercy High School. Chloe spoke well on the topic “Water - Will California be Left High & Dry?” She was awarded a $50 check, a plaque acquired by George Salet, and a framed Certificate of Participation. Photographs were taken. She was accompanied by her father and her coach, Gail Chastain. Chloe automatically advances to the Zone 3 runoff taking place at Mercy High School, Room 209, Wednesday, March 11th, 7 P.M. Judging the contest were retired educators Maurice Fitzgerald and Enrico Micheli, and Toastmaster Frank Gelini. All three of these judges were Joe Farrah’s schoolmates at Balboa High School, and all four of these men were in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.