Fremont Union HSD

English Learner Speech Contest 2024

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 

Fremont High School @ 575 W. Fremont Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94087

Schedule of Event

2:50-3:30 - Adult Judge Check in (Faculty Lounge)

3:40-4:25 – Round 1 (various classrooms)

4:25-4:40 – Break 

4:40-5:25 – Round 2 (various classrooms)

5:25-6:05 – Dinner (area outside the cafeteria)

6:05-6:50 – Final Round (various classrooms)

7:30–8:15 – Recognitions and Awards (Shannon Theatre)


Judges - Start here. View a video or click through the slides for a TUTORIAL on how to judge the speech contest.



Documents (We will provide you paper copies of these on the day of the event.)

1. Schedule of event

2. Map of Fremont High School

3. Room assignment for adult judges

4. Score sheet (rubric)

5. Sample ranking sheet

6. Videos of student speakers from previous years. These samples give the judges an idea as to what a speech that qualified for the final round could look and sound like. To practice, try scoring these speeches using the "SCORE SHEET."



Adult Judges - Please check in at the Faculty Lounge to pick up your materials.

Please check in at the Fremont High Faculty Lounge between 2:50 pm and 3:30 pm for Round #1


If you are not judging until Round #2, please stop by the Faculty Lounge before 4:30 pm.


If you are assigned to judge the Final Round, please meet in the Faculty Lounge at 5:50 pm.


NOTE: If for some reason, your co-judge(s) is absent and you are the only judge present in the classroom, please tell your student speakers to wait for a few minutes. Then, please return to the Faculty Lounge to find Welton. He will assign a back-up judge to join you.


See you on Wednesday, May 1, 2024!