Colorado Speech & Debate Association
Dialectic Speech & Debate Club
"Dialectic" is defined by the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary as: "Discussion and reasoning
by dialogue as a method of intellectual reasoning."
Purpose: To enable students to push themselves academically and intellectually,
helping them to use their gifts to the best of their ability and in a way that glorifies God.
Costs: $45 per student or $75 per family
for Debate OR Speech
$65 per student or $100 per family for
BOTH Speech & Debate
Meeting Time: Monday afternoons for approximately 1-1/2 hours during the school year. At times
this schedule will change to accommodate tournaments, practicums, round robins or other needs.
Debate will usually be on the 2nd &
4th week of each month and speech usually on the 1st & 3rd weeks.
Location: The Blum Home, 13137 Ash Ct., Thornton, CO
Club Requirements:
* Become affiliates of the NCFCA upon joining the club.
* To participate
in this club you must be a homeschooled student according to the NCFCA
* Students are expected to learn about and participate in club with speech and/or Lincoln-Douglas
Values debate.
* Parental involvement is necessary and parents will be expected to help at the Colorado
tournaments by actively enlisting judges, being prepared to judge and assisting in other ways
whenever possible.
S.A.L.T.
Speaking As Living Testimonies