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RHS Speech & Debate A Commitment to Excellence

RHS Speech & Debate A Commitment to Excellence. What is Competitive Speech?. Speech is a program designed to teach the fundamentals of public speaking primarily through competition. Competitive speech is more than the traditional giving a speech, much more. How Much More?.

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RHS Speech & Debate A Commitment to Excellence

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  1. RHS Speech & DebateA Commitment to Excellence

  2. What is Competitive Speech? • Speech is a program designed to teach the fundamentals of public speaking primarily through competition. • Competitive speech is more than the traditional giving a speech, much more.

  3. How Much More? • Are you interested in current events and politics? • Then you may be interested in extemp • Have you been told that you argue a lot? Or that you should be a lawyer? • Then you may like debate • Do you like to perform for others or secretly want to be a stand up comic? • Then you may like Interp • Do you like to be creative and write your own stories? • Then you may like OPP

  4. How Much More? • As you can see, speech appeals to many different types of people. Take a few minutes and watch the following video clips.

  5. Why choose speech over other programs? • Flexibility • Speech is offered during two periods and has minimal after school practices, making it ideal for student athletes. • Speech offers over 15 different events appealing to a wide variety of interests

  6. Why choose speech over other programs? • Travel • Speech and Debate travels extensively throughout California and the country. In the last five years we have been to the following locations • Chicago, Salt Lake City, Philadelphia, New York, Wichita, Las Vegas, Houston, Tempe Az., Stanford, Berkeley, Long Beach, Northwestern Univerity, etc.

  7. Why choose speech over other programs? • College / Career Advancement • Workplaces look highly on people with public speaking skills. • Improved confidence in interviews • Colleges like speech as an elective • Many scholarship opportunities in public speaking • Tradition of excellence • RHS speech and debate is a nationally recognized program • Won over 20 league championships • Annual qualifiers to the national tournament • Countless individual awards

  8. Why choose speech over other programs? • Speech is fun!! • No one will deny that speech is a lot of work, but overall it is fun.

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  10. How do I Join? • Complete Application by Deadline 3-31 • You will need 3 letters of recommendation • 1 Math teacher, 1 English teacher, 1 adult who knows you (not a family member) • Write a short essay explaining why you want to joins speech and debate and what you would contribute to the team. • Prepare for your Interview • Need a 3-5 minute monologue, speech, or impromptu

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