Want to join Speech and Debate?
Speech and Debate is open to all CDM students. We also have a junior high team that meets Friday at lunch in Ms. Kucera's room. There are no tryouts and fees are kept low so that the team is accessible to more students. There are however attendance requirements to remain on the team.
- Contact the chapter adviser and/or chapter president.
- Chapter Member Dues. You must submit chapter yearly dues of $250. If you cannot afford the dues, do not despair. Talk to our chapter Treasurer and we can work on scholarshipping the dues. You can pay the dues to the Treasurer mailbox in room #210.
- There is a sign up from that members will complete at the informational meeting or can contact the board to receive.
FAQ
- Why are there attendance requirements? There is no way to become a better speaker if you do not get out there and speak! We also have a big team and we cannot manage those types of numbers if everyone is not actively participating. Speech and Debate looks great on college applications but you cannot join just to join. We are an academic team and, like all teams, it requires preparation and participation. If you do not do both, you cannot remain on the team. Team members may only miss 2 meetings per semester to remain on the test. Furthermore, there is a set number of events you must attend per year. You do not have to attend all events but you must look over the calendar to make sure you can attend the minimum number to remain on the team. The most important thing is you cannot sign up for an event and then drop after the deadline. Our team incurs financial penalties for drops, it disrupts the flow of tournaments and can result in our team being blacklisted from future tournaments, etc. The team will also not be refunded by the tournaments for no shows so we have no means of refunding team members or recouping team fees. You will not be able to remain on the team if you are a no show past the drop deadline.
-Why do we have to pay fees? Dues cover many things including registering you as a member in NFL,
a JSA tax paying member, our dues to NFL, various speech league memberships, etc. Dues are $250 which is considerably lower than other similar organizations. when you achieve 25 points and earn lifetime membership in NFL, your dues will have covered that as well. We also cover graduation tassels and cords. Dues also provide access to the online resources for research.
-Refunds? What if I quit or am removed from the team, can I get my money back? No. The money paid is spent at the beginning of the year so we will not have it to give back to you. When you pay fees for events and then drop out those organizations will not refund CDM so we will not have the money to refund you. Similarly, as noted above, tournaments do not refund registration costs so you cannot get refunds on that either.
-Where can I find info? At any of the meetings, the facebook page, our website ir via remind!
- If I missed the info meeting, can I still join? Yes! You can join once the year has started provided there are still enough events for the year to make the minimum requirement.
-Why do we have to pay fees? Dues cover many things including registering you as a member in NFL,
a JSA tax paying member, our dues to NFL, various speech league memberships, etc. Dues are $250 which is considerably lower than other similar organizations. when you achieve 25 points and earn lifetime membership in NFL, your dues will have covered that as well. We also cover graduation tassels and cords. Dues also provide access to the online resources for research.
-Refunds? What if I quit or am removed from the team, can I get my money back? No. The money paid is spent at the beginning of the year so we will not have it to give back to you. When you pay fees for events and then drop out those organizations will not refund CDM so we will not have the money to refund you. Similarly, as noted above, tournaments do not refund registration costs so you cannot get refunds on that either.
-Where can I find info? At any of the meetings, the facebook page, our website ir via remind!
- If I missed the info meeting, can I still join? Yes! You can join once the year has started provided there are still enough events for the year to make the minimum requirement.