Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Contest Application

1. Contact information
2. Verify and submit
3. Confirmation

Guidelines for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Contest

• Open to K-12 students.
• One speech entry per grade level category per school. (Each school should establish a procedure to determine their entry for each grade level category.)
• Speeches are to be written and delivered by the student speaker. Use of notes is optional.
• Students must follow the theme, “What Are You Doing For Others?”
• Speeches are timed and must not exceed 4 minutes. Judges will stop scoring the speech at 4 minutes. Speakers will be notified at the 4-minute time limit and given 15 seconds to complete their speech.
• Student behavior should be attentive, courteous and supportive at all times.
• Speakers will be judged using the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Contest Judging Criteria.
• All contest inquiries should be made to contest officials.
• Contest officials reserve the right to counsel, deduct speaker points or disqualify speakers due to contest rule infractions.

Application

All form fields required.

Application deadline

Friday, Nov. 22, 5:00 p.m.

Student

  = Required

 Grade level category is required. Grade level category (Entries limited to one student per grade level category per school.): K-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12  Student name is required. Student name:
 Student grade is required. Student grade: K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Student home phone:  --
Parent/guardian phone:  --
 Student email address is required. Student email address: A valid student email address is required.
 Parent/guardian email address is required. Parent/guardian email address: A valid parent/guardian email address is required.
 Student address is required. Student address:
 City is required. City:
 State is required. State:
 ZIP is required. ZIP: A valid ZIP Code is required.

School

 School name is required. School name:
 School address is required. School address:
 Principal approval is required. Principal approved: Yes
No
 MPS media release on file is required. MPS media release on file:
(If non-MPS student, you will be contacted for a copy of your school's media release) Yes
No

Teacher / coach / guardian

 Name is required. Name:
Phone:  --
 Email address is required. Email address: A valid email address is required.
By checking this box, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the contest rules. You must agree to the contest rules.

Contact

For answers to questions about the contest or application, contact: Nuntiata Portis-Buck
414-475-8464

MLK Speech Contest

2023 speech highlights
(3:29 min)

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Student

Grade level category:

Student name:

Student grade:

Student phone:

Parent/guardian phone:

Student email:

Parent/guardian email:

Address:

School

School name:

School address:

Principal approved:

MPS Media Release:

Teacher / coach / guardian

Teacher / coach / guardian name:

Teacher / coach / guardian phone:

Teacher / coach / guardian email:

Thank you for your application.

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