Speech and Debate Club

The Mother of Providence Regional Catholic School Speech Team typically consists of up to ten (10) middle-school students who prepare in the fall semester for approximately six competitions in the spring semester which are organized by (i) high schools in the Philadelphia metropolitan area with speech & debate programs and (ii) an association of Philadelphia-area elementary schools which offer the activity.  Competitions at the middle school level are similar to those conducted at the high school level under the governance of the National Speech & Debate Association and the National Catholic Forensic League.

Practices are typically held once a week.  Students pick an event (a "flavor" of public speaking, such as dramatic interpretation, original oratory, declamation, or interpretation of prose/poetry), are assisted with piece selection, and work on improving/refining their respective presentations.

The following links contain descriptions of the various speech events, a number of which are offered at the middle school level:
https://www.speechanddebate.org/competition-events/
http://www.ncfl.org/NCFLnew/pages/ncfl-events.html

Inquiries and questions may be directed to the Speech Team coach:

Joseph J. McMahon, Jr., Esq.
[email protected]