AAUW California - Speech Trek

2013 Speech Trek Winners!

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:07:00 -0700

The final round of the 2013 Eleanor Stem Allen Speech Trek Contest was held on Saturday, April 20 at the AAUW CA Annual Meeting. The three finalists gave their speeches and the prizes were awarded.

Pictured are (from left): Pavin Trinh, 1st place winner of $1500, (Alhambra-San Gabriel); Tierney Pretzer, 3rd place winner of $500 (Mariposa); Kaitlyn Schultz, 2nd place winner of $1000 (Oakddale/Escalon/Riverbank)

Gray Allen, sponsor, awarded the prizes and made a few remarks about his wife, Eleanor Stem Allen, in whose memory the contest is named.

Speech Trek Winners!

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:34:00 -0700

Eleanor Stem-Allen Memorial

Speech Trek 2012 Contest Finalists

From left: Daisy Figueroa (3rd place), Shelina Noorali (2nd place), Kyron Richard (1st place)

The three students gave their winning speeches on the topic of Bullying—So what? at our 2012 convention

Bullying . . . What's It All About

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:20:00 -0700

BULLIES ANONYMOUS

Program Director, Cathy Foxhoven, wants you to not miss out on the Bullying Plenary featuring 19 elementary students from five schools in Burlingame and other Bay area schools when they present BULLIES ANONYMOUS at Convention, Friday, April 13th at 1:30PM. This performance will be followed by Napa Valley's presentation of "Cyber-Bullying".

The student performers are pictured in rehearsal.

Read more about the production on Burlingame Patch

http://burlingame.patch.com/articles/visit-a-meeting-of-bullies-anonymous

Finally, plan on attending the finalist Speech Trek competition on Saturday, April 14th, 3:00PM. After that, you will be an expert on how bullying continues to rear its ugly head!

Speech Trek Deadline -- October 1

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:20:00 -0700

Is your branch planning a Speech Trek contest this year? The deadline to notify Speech Trek of your intent to participate is October 1. Email it to speechtrek@aauw-ca.org.

You can find all the materials you need in the Speech Trek Toolkit. Download it from this website in the Forms & Documents section under Speech Trek HERE.

The Student Packet, which you will give to each student contestant has been recently updated. It can be found in the same section -- click HERE.

Speech Trek Tool Kit Is Available

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:55:00 -0700

Dee Quatraro, AAUW CA Speech Trek Coordinator, reports that the the tool kit for 2011-12 has been posted.

The contest theme for 2011-12 is "BULLYING: so what?"

The tool kit, which contains all the resources a branch needs to participate in the annual Speech Trek contest, can be found on the AAUW CA website, in the Forms & Documents section under Speech Trek (or by clicking HERE).

Speech Trek Finalists Announced

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:52:00 -0700

Three students, by delivering some very impassioned, unique and creative speeches, were selected for the final competition: Montanna Tarkington, a sophomore from Tulare Union High School, sponsored by the Visalia-Sequoia Branch, Emily Shumway, from Summerville High School and sponsored by the Sonora Branch, and Jasmine Khangura, a junior at Franklin High School, sponsored by the Sacramento Branch.

These three students and their chaperones will enjoy an all expense-paid trip to the AAUW CA convention for the fifth annual SPEECH TREK-ELEANOR STEM ALLEN MEMORIAL final competition on April 9, 2011 in Irvine. They will compete for a $1000 first place gift and $500 for second and third place. They will also receive a $50 gift certificate for micro financing with Kiva, an entrepreneurial organization that helps women and girls finance their own businesses.

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