Eagle Pass FFA SPEAKS their way to the TOP
On
Friday, May 9, 2014, CTE students from
the Eagle Pass FFA competed in the Wintergarden District FFA Public Speaking
Contests in Poteet, TX. These students
each had to research, write their own speeches, and memorize them. At contest, each student had to say their
speech in front of a panel of judges, and then answer questions pertaining to
their speech. Shawnee Betancourt
competed in the Junior Prepared Public Speaking contest, where she competed
against 3 other freshman, and received 2nd place. Alexis de la Garza competed in the Soil Stewardship Prepared Public Speaking contest and received first
place. Karina Garcia, a freshman,
competed against three upper classmen in the Extemporaneous Speaking contest,
where you research many topics ahead of time, then at contest, you have 30
minutes to prepare your speech. In the
Prepared Public Speaking contest, we had three individuals competing in
separate categories. Alvaro Guevara won
in the Ag Science category. Dakota
Betancourt received first place in Ag Policy.
Bertha Alicia Torres received second place in the Natural Resources
competition. The five students receiving
first and seconds place will be advancing on to Area competition on May 15,
2014, in Kingsville at the Area X FFA Convention. We are very proud of all of their efforts,
and would like to wish them luck at the next competition.
