The results are in for the finals of the Four-Way Test ESSAY Contest and the Mid-Levels of the Four-Way Test SPEECH Contest!
Congratulations to the following students and Clubs that were in the top three for the Essay Contest! If you would like to read the top three essays, please click here to find them on the speech and essay contest page of the website.
1st Place - Lilliana Klopp - (Myerstown-ELCO)
2nd Place - William Alexander Smith - (Hershey)
3rd Place - Ryelan Swartz - (D7390 Passport)
We hope to hear Lilliana Klopp read her essay at the upcoming District Conference on April 19th where the finals will also occur in the Four-Way Test Speech Contest.
The finalist for the Four-Way Test SPEECH Contest are:
Ram Makki (Mechanicsburg-North)
Hannah Taylor (Elizabethtown)
Arman Kazi (Hershey)
TJ Kennedy (Lancaster-Hempfield)
Ian Mathers (Lancaster-Sunrise)
The committee would like to thank our Rotarian judges (ESSAY Contest): DGE Rebecca Zalit (Palmyra), Stephanie Acri (Mechanicsburg-North), and Friedel Liebe-Elser (York-East) for their time, talents and wisdom in making such excellent choices among the six strongly written essays. Thanks to the District for providing the generous prizes of $500. $300 and $100 for these talented 9th grade students. We encourage that even more clubs will participate in both contests in 2026-2027!
Another thank you to the judges of the Mid-levels for the SPEECH Contest: DGE Rebecca Zalit (Palmyra), Megan Frye (Mechanicsburg-North), Karen Anthony (D7390 Passport), Melissa Kopp-Smith (D7390 Passport) and Mike Handshew (Elizabethtown).