Chemil Durant & Kathleen Glynn Speechmakers

Category: Featured Teen
Published on Friday, 01 May 2015 15:36
Written by Kevin Glynn
On Sunday, February 8, American Legion Hollywood Post 43 Commander Don Schilling and Oratorical Chair Randy Kahn presented Los Angeles High School contestants Chemil Durant  and Kathleen Glynn  from Los Angeles High School with checks and certificates for their speeches in Hollywood Post 43's American Legion High School Oratorical Contest.  Two other contest winners were Kyle Alford (Granada Hills Charter High School), and Samuel Novicki (Cathedral High School).

Chemilweb2kathleenweb2 The Legion contest for high school students has been running for over 75 years and has awarded over $3 million in scholarships.  It aims to instill in high school students a greater knowledge and appreciation of our Constitution, to develop leadership qualities, to develop the ability to think and speak clearly and to prepare them for the duties and responsibilities of citizenship.

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