About Helix Speech & DebateHelix Speech and Debate is a co-curricular class. Students that are in the class must compete for the team. Students on the team must be in the class.
Students use class time to prepare for competition. Depending on which events in which they choose to compete (there are several from which to choose); students write/find speeches, memorize speeches, write cases, and practice those speeches or cases. Students are then expected to go to a certain number of tournaments, including the "playoffs" throughout the year. Those tournaments take place on weekends. There are also opportunities to compete at invitationals (optional) that are often overnight tournaments. |
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