AVID Student Speaker Contest

Awarding all speakers $500 and a chance to speak before thousands at the
2012 Summer Institutes

Note: Speaker contests will remain open until the end of the year (December 31, 2011).

Student are the highlight of Summer Institute. Selected students will speak during the Day 2 General Session in front of thousands of educators from across the country. We look forward to hearing your AVID story.

• Student Speaker Contest

Have questions or concerns? Email speaker@avidcenter.org.

Note: Entrants can apply online using the Student Speaker Contest Application!

Speech Prompts

Think about your experiences with AVID and how working with AVID teachers, tutors and peers has helped you open doors to opportunity and change and define your future. The best speeches will address all of the prompts below.

• How have you been influenced by your experience in AVID? What kind of opportunities has AVID made possible for you?
  
• How have your AVID teacher(s), tutors, and peers helped you grow academically or intellectually? How has participating in the AVID program enriched your life, whether because of your peers, tutors or teacher?
• What obstacles have you faced and how has your AVID family helped you to cope and possibly overcome them?

Guidelines

• Speech should be approximately 500-750 words long.
• Speech should be four to five minutes long.

Deadline

• Application cut-off date: December 31, 2011.

Apply online using the Student Speaker Contest Application.


Example:Jonathan Grant Brown