BofA Speech Competition Winners Announced
- May 5, 2023
Fourth, fifth, and sixth graders competed on May 4 in the annual Bank of America Speech Competition held at the Larry Reider Education Center in downtown Bakersfield. Each of the participants deliver a three to five minutes speech based on an essay they had previously written on the topic of “how has substance abuse affected your community?”
Essay competition began at the school level. Each school judged the writing and nominated one fourth, fifth and sixth grade student essay writer to represent the school. Essays were then judged by a panel of teachers and the finalists were identified for the event’s speech contest.
2023 Bank of America Essay and Speech Contest top three finishers:
4th Grade
1st place — Addilyn Atkin / Bimat Elementary
2nd place — Alondra Chavez / Redwood Elementary
3rd place — Noah Cook / Discovery Elementary
5th Grade
1st place — Kailyn Hays / Regan Elementary
2nd place — Isla Friedman / Bimat Elementary
3rd place — Angelina Maldonado / Thorner Elementary
6th Grade
1st place — William Plank / Regan Elementary
2nd place — Blake Been / Bimat Elementary
3rd place — Shashank Ramasubram / Discovery Elementary