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SPEAKING UP HIGHLAND JUNIOR TAKES FIRST IN SPEECH CONTEST.


Byline: Daily News

PALMDALE - Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to:

In the United States:
  • Highland High School (Gilbert, Arizona)
  • Highland High School (Bakersfield, California)
  • Highland High School (Palmdale, California)
 junior Shannon Bailey won the local American Enterprise Speech Contest with a talk titled ``CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. .''

Elicia Stoller, a senior at Littlerock High School Littlerock High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Littlerock, California. It is the a part of the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). External links
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, finished second with a speech titled ``The American Dream American dream also American Dream
n.
An American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire:
 and the American Free Enterprise System.''

Bailey will represent the Lockheed Martin For the former company, see .

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta.
 Leadership Association in the second level of the contest at the Burbank Library on March 22. Stoller will represent Boeing's Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming.

The Antelope Valley
 chapter of the National Management Association at the Burbank contest.

Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD).  senior Ashley O'Neal, the third-place finisher, will compete in Burbank if either Bailey or Stoller cannot. O'Neal's presentation was titled ``War and the American Free Enterprise System.''

The National Management Association presents the American Enterprise Speech Contest annually. The contest is an educational tool and a mechanism for high school students to compete for college scholarships. Contestants can potentially earn up to $13,000 in scholarships, if they win every level of the contest. To enter the contest, a student must prepare and present a four- to six-minute speech on the American free enterprise system.

The local contest is supported by the National Management Association's Lockheed Martin Leadership Association (Chapter 525) and the Boeing Antelope Valley Chapter (Chapter 705). These two chapters of the NMA NMA Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit
NMA National Medical Association
NMA National Mining Association
NMA NetWare Management Agent (Novell)
NMA New Model Army
NMA National Motorists Association
NMA North Mississippi Allstars
 provided $675 in college scholarships this year, and gave participants videotapes of their speeches.

The contest is also supported by the Toastmasters International organization, which provides volunteers to coach the students in preparation for the contest. Toastmasters International is a communication and leadership organization that is active throughout the world in helping people gain communication skills.

The scholarships were $300 for first place, $200 for second place, $100 for third place and $25 for the three runners-up.

Contestants included Bailey, Stoller, O'Neal and Quartz Hill juniors Noelle Blair, Jessy Gonzalez and Jacqueline Martin.

The local contest was held March 1 at the Antelope Valley Union High School District's Regional Occupational Program facility.

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(color) Donald Williams, left, chairman of the American Enterprise Speech Contest, and Kevin Coffee, speech coach, present trophies to contest winner Shannon Bailey, second from right, and Elicia Stoller.
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