Speech and Debate Opportunities
Milpitas Speech and Debate is a: a chartered club on campus, b: a competitive team with memberships in National Speech and Debate Association ( https://www.speechanddebate.org/ ), California High School Speech Association ( http://www.cahssa.org/ ), Coast Forensic League ( https://sites.google.com/site/coastforensicleague/home ) and the National Catholic Forensic League (http://www.ncfl.org/).
We take students to local and national speech and debate tournaments. Our league (Coast Forensic League) is the most competitive in the country (we are competing against Harker, St Francis, Mitty, Mission San Jose, Leland, Los Gatos, etc.
Students learn to research, prepare, and deliver arguments in a variety of formats, give performance oratories and literary pieces, and to learn cooperation and competition.
Our team IS approximately 150 casually active students, with around 40 very active students. We also run debate teams for Russell and Rancho. We have traveled to tournaments in Ft Lauderdale, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Omaha, Salt Lake City, Tacoma, Las Vegas, San Diego, Stockton and LA.
Our website is at: https://sites.google.com/site/milpitasspeechanddebate/
The tournament schedule is at: https://sites.google.com/site/milpitasspeechanddebate/tournament-schedule
For more information, contact:
We take students to local and national speech and debate tournaments. Our league (Coast Forensic League) is the most competitive in the country (we are competing against Harker, St Francis, Mitty, Mission San Jose, Leland, Los Gatos, etc.
Students learn to research, prepare, and deliver arguments in a variety of formats, give performance oratories and literary pieces, and to learn cooperation and competition.
Our team IS approximately 150 casually active students, with around 40 very active students. We also run debate teams for Russell and Rancho. We have traveled to tournaments in Ft Lauderdale, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Omaha, Salt Lake City, Tacoma, Las Vegas, San Diego, Stockton and LA.
Our website is at: https://sites.google.com/site/milpitasspeechanddebate/
The tournament schedule is at: https://sites.google.com/site/milpitasspeechanddebate/tournament-schedule
For more information, contact:
- Charles Schletzbaum - Director- [email protected])
- Annie Marple (Assistant coach - [email protected])
- Divyesh Chotai ( Club president - [email protected])