These Four-Way Test Speech & Essay Contests are ONLY for students that live within Rotary District 7390! Rotary D7390 encompasses Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York Counties in South Central PA. If you DO NOT live within one of these counties in South Central PA, you CANNOT participate in our Contests! Click here to find a Rotary Club in your Area!
One of the world’s most widely printed and quoted statements of ethics is The 4 Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The 4 Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks the following four questions of the things we think, say and do.
Interested in the SPEECH Contest? Look to the LEFT!
Interested in the ESSAY Contest? Look to the RIGHT!
The 2024-2025 Rotary Four Way Test Speech Contest is underway! The 2025 Mid-Level Contests will be held in March of 2025. Students who advance from club level competitions throughout Rotary District 7390 will be assigned to one of the Mid-Level Contests. Students will be contacted with the location and time (all mid-level competitions will be held in-person). The finale for the Speech contest will be held at the Rotary District Conference in April 2025.
How the Rotary District 7390 Four-Way Test Speech Contest Works
Contestants must currently be in attendance (in either grade 10, 11 or 12) at a public or private high school, charter school or home schooled within Rotary District 7390 (Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry or York County). No student may be a contestant in more than one club contest in any one year. Nothing in our rules prohibits clubs from developing their own procedures, requirements, and/or guidelines for their contest. Contestant Entry Forms must be submitted before participation. Prizes at the finals will be $1250 for the winner, $750 for 2nd place, $500 for 3rd place, and then $250 each for 4th & 5th place.
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