Labette County FFA Chapter Competes in Public Speaking Event
December 06, 2022
The Labette County FFA Chapter Public Speaking team recently traveled to Caney, Kansas to compete in the highly competitive Southeast District FFA Speech Contest. All of the prepared division speakers had researched, developed, and memorized a speech that was either agriculture or FFA related.
The requirements for each prepared division are as follows:
Freshman Prepared 2-4 minutes in length
Sophomore Prepared 3-5 minutes in length
Junior Prepared 4-6 minutes in length
Senior Prepared 6-8 minutes in length
Extemporaneous 4-6 minutes in length
In addition to the prepared divisions, an additional division is termed “Extemporaneous Public Speaking,” and requires speakers to pull a topic out of a box when they arrive at the contest. Next, the speaker must research and develop a speech within 30 minutes. After the 30-minute period is up, the speaker must immediately present the speech to a panel of judges. The length of an extemporaneous speech is 4-6 minutes in length.
Results are as follows:
Freshman Prepared:
Lily Wiley—2 nd
Jaci Falkenstien—4 th
Sierra Hill—14 th
Sophomore Prepared:
Kinsley Boss—7 th
Laynee Reed—14 th
Aubrey Boss—19 th
Junior Prepared:
Raegan Roberts—1 st
Kaycee Reed 10 th
Anna Cantrell—12 th