CLARKS SUMMIT, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 An Abington Heights High School student earned national recognition this weekend after placing third in the American Legion\u2019s National High School Oratorical Scholarship Contest.<\/p>\n
Judah Donnelly, a senior from Clarks Summit, finished third in the nationwide constitutional speech competition, earning a $20,000 college scholarship.<\/p>\n
The contest brought together top student speakers from across the country for the 87th annual American Legion Oratorical Scholarship Program, often referred to as \u201cA Constitutional Speech Contest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Competitors delivered both a prepared speech and an impromptu presentation on constitutional topics, all without notes and in front of a panel of judges and live audience.<\/p>\n
The event is designed to strengthen public speaking skills while encouraging students to study the U.S. Constitution and the responsibilities of citizenship.<\/p>\n
Donnelly advanced through multiple rounds of competition to reach the national stage, competing against state champions from across the country.<\/p>\n
The national title and top scholarship went to Juliet Hetzel of Colorado Springs, Colorado, while Wendy Gluski of Scottsdale, Arizona, finished second.<\/p>\n
The American Legion says it awarded more than $8 million in scholarships nationwide this year through various youth programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLARKS SUMMIT, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 An Abington Heights High School student earned national recognition this weekend after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-195779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}