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2009 High School Speak-off
2009 Speak-off
The Resource Conservation District's role in the protection of ground water through urban, agricultural, & environmental planning.

Contestants Must:

  • Be high school students, grades 9-12, in June, and prior to the state conference on November 2009.

  • Not have won a prior speak-off at the state level. Previous winners are not eligible to be contestants.

  • Have an interest in agriculture, resource conservation, or the environment.

Each contestant must fill out and submit an application form to the local RCD office [Loma Prieta is the local office for San Benito, and Santa Clara Counties, download application below], which is a member of the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts. The application must include name, address, phone number, social security number, school, age, club affiliations, and a brief statement about interest or involvement in agriculture, conservation or environmental practices.

All regional winners will receive plaques at the state speak-off. The state speak-off winners will receive:

1st place - $300 and a plaque
2nd place - $200
3rd place - $100

The speech shall be at least three minutes, and not more than five minutes, including the salutation and title. Notes will be allowed at district and regional levels, but not at the state level. There will be NO props, costumes, or visual aids at any level.

There shall be three judges and a timekeeper for each speak-off: district, region, and state. It is the Regional Director's responsibility to include the speak-off on the fall meeting agenda and to secure regional judges and a timekeeper. Judges or timekeepers shall not be related, in any way, to contestants. At the regional level, directors from districts with contestants cannot be judges or timekeepers.

Any question arising during the state level speak-off shall be decided by the Speak-off Committee of the Conservation Education Committee. At regional meetings, questions shall be decided by the Regional President. Contestants must speak at a regional meeting in order to compete at the state conference.

Call Patti Marfia at Loma Prieta RCD, for details: 408.847.4171 

2009 Speak-off Rules
2009 Speak-off Application


Loma Prieta Resource Conservation District

Gilroy, CA
408.847.4171

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