By: Coach Tammie Peters Now that fall sports and activities are winding down, the Forensics team would like you to consider speech and debate. For junior high school students, we have Debate Club which meets every Thursday after school from 2:35-3:30 in Library Room C. We'll be learning about "debate thinking" and looking ahead to competing in a few middle school tournaments in the future. For high school students, we have the Speech and Debate team which meets every Tuesday after school from 2:35-3:15 in Library Room C, plus time for practicing in the students' events. We have competition opportunities nearly every weekend from November through February. Which tournaments a student competes in is determined by the student -- no one competes in every tournament. Students may choose to compete in a number of different types of speaking. Join some of the famous people who competed in junior high and high school Speech and Debate: Zac Efron, Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, Jane Pauley, Oprah Winfrey, Keenan Thompson, Kal Penn, Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson, Jared Padalecki, and more. Participation in Speech and Debate has also been shown to provide young people with the communication skills needed in most professions, increase standardized test scores, develop leadership skills, evaluate information, and increase critical thinking. For more information, please contact coach Tammie Peters at [email protected] Comments are closed.
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