It's the chance for high school seniors to speak out on traffic safety.
The Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office is offering the chance for Kansas high school seniors to compete for a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship through Seatbelts Are for Everyone or SAFE Speaks. Students who wish to compete should prepare a 5 to 8 minute presentation on a topic related to driving safely. Visual aids are helpful but not required. Remember to use the terms crash or wreck instead of accident. Personal stories about how a car crash has affected you or your community are encouraged.
Presentations will be judged on:
- Content - Was your information accurate, relevant, and well-researched?
- Delivery - Was your vocal volume and tone, gestures, and appearance appropriate?
- Lanuguage - Did you use words and phrases that the general public would understand?
- Responses - How well did you answer follow-up questions posed by a panel of judges?
When you sign up, you will choose a time on October 4 or 5 to speak via Zoom to a panel of judges, who will pose relevant traffic safety questions immediately following the presentation.
Five students will receive scholarships and winners will be announced on October 13th. A KTSR Office representative will visit the schools of the winning students, who will also be recoginized at the Kansas Teen Transportation Safety Conference.
The application deadline is September 29th.
