Eastern Zone 2024 Preston Johnson Speech Contest


Conducted April 6, 2024 at the Bridge Center on St. Simons Island - Jim Kielt Organizer

St. Simons Rotarian Jim Kielt hosted the Eastern Zone competition for the Rotary Preston Johnson Speech Contest at the Golden Isles Duplicate Bridge Club.  10 high school students from clubs in Rotary District 6920 competed. Each gave a 3-4 minute speech. The first-place winner was Nathan Hayes from Effingham High School.  Nathan gets to present his talk at the annual Rotary District Conference at Jekyll Island in April and receives $1,000 award.

 

Pictured from left:  Jim Kielt, contest coordinator, Nathan Hayes from Effingham High School 1st place, Grace Rogers from Pinewood Christian Academy 2nd place, Abigail Jordan from Tattenall County High School 3rd place, Candace Christian District Speech Contest Chair, 2023-2024
 

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Eastern Zone 2023 Preston Johnson Speech Contest

Conducted April 1, 2023 at the Bridge Center on St. Simons Island - Jim Kielt Organizer
Photos by Jonna Kerrigan

 
!3 Student Contestants from Clubs in the Rotary District 6920 Eastern Zone
From left to right:  Serani Hassan (Woodville-Tompkins), Nathaniel Hayes (Effingham HS), Ella Allen (Effingham HS), Grace Rogers (Pinewood Christian Academy), Erin Meeks (Ware County HS), Amiyah Elam (Ware County HS), Jada Hendrick (New Hampstead HS), Elana Yancey (Tattnall County HS), Taylor Gillespie (South Effingham HS),  Syniah Seabrian (Woodville-Tompkins), Rebekah McKinnon (Glynn Academy), Griffin Lee (Glynn Academy), Jayden Mueller (Effingham HS)
 
Left to Right:  Jim Kielt (Organizer, St. Simons Rotary), Nathan Hayes 3rd place,
Amiyah Elam 1st place, Rebekah McKinnon 2nd place.

YouTube Video of Speech Presentations
 

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Eastern Zone 2022 Preston Johnson Speech Contest

Conducted March 26, 2022  at the Bridge Center on St. Simons Island - Jim Kielt Organizer
Photos by Pam Hamilton

  
   

 

!4 Student Contestants from 8 Rotary Clubs in the Rotary District 6920 Eastern Zone
L to R : Clint Strickland; Tyson Driggers - Tattnall County HS; Cassidy Smiley - Tattnall County HS; Ali Murphy - Glynn Academy;
Griffin Lee - Glynn Acad; Benjamin Edwards - South Effingham HS; Arthur Kallay - Ware County HS;
Rebekah McKinnon - Glynn Academy; Nathan Hayes - Effingham County HS; Hunter Welch - South Effingham HS;
Sonia Bernacki - Effingham County HS; Katelyn Pittman -Brunswick HS; Kayla Lathan - Woodville-Tompkins Inst;
Katerina Lee - Woodville-Thompson Inst.

  
   

 
L-R: Jan Horadan (District Chair for speech contest) Griffin Lee 1st Place, Nathan Hayes 2nd Place,
Ali Murphy 3rd Place, Jim Kielt (Organizer, St. Simons Rotary)		  
  

 SPEECH CONTESTANTS

Last Name First Name School Rotary Club 
Strickland Clint Pinewood Christian Academy Claxton
Edwards Benjamin South Effingham HS Effingham 
Welch Hunter South Effingham HS Effingham 
Bernacki Sonja Effingham County HS Effingham Sunrise
Hayes Nathan Effingham County HS Effingham Sunrise
Smiley Cassidy Tattnall County HS Glennville
Driggers Tyson Tattnall County HS Glennville
Lee Griffin Glynn Academy Golden Isles
Murphy Alexandra (Ali) Glynn Academy Golden Isles
Lee Katerina Woodville-Tompkins Inst Metro Savannah
Lathan Kayla Woodville-Tompkins Inst Metro Savannah
Pittman Katelyn Brunswick HS St. Simons
McKinnon Rebekah Glynn Academy St. Simons
Kallay Arthur Ware County HS Waycross

 

  

 

 

Jim Bruce - webmaster