Speech

Announcements:

Join us for an informational meeting on Thursday, December 5th at 3:15 in the media center! See Ms. Pixler with any questions.

Parent Involvement: If you would like to help organize and coordinate our concession sales for out home meet (January 27th from 8:00-noon) please email: alana.pixler@district196.org

Join Speech!

Speech is a co-curricular activity in which each participating student chooses and prepares an interesting piece, presents their selection at four tournaments and earns ribbons for their accomplishments. It’s that simple.

Who: All grades

When: December to February. Coaches are available for practice EVERY DAY after school. Students sign up for a 15-minute meeting with a coach once each week. See meet schedule below.

Registration and Fees: There are two steps to signing up. First, sign up in in EduTrak ($44), then complete the registration form below.

Registration Form (Second Step)

Schoology Group Code: 7TKX-WXN7-XG7D8

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Speech Meet Schedule

SCHEDULE

Meet #1 Dakota Hills Middle School Sat., 1/11/25

Drop off: 8:15 AM

Pick up by noon

Meet #2 Scott Highlands Middle School Fri., 1/17/25

Drop off: 3:45 PM

Pick up by 7 PM

Meet #3 Falcon Ridge Middle School Sat. 1/25/25

Drop off: 8:15 AM

Pick up by noon

Meet #4 Northfield Middle School, Northfield, MN Sat., 2/1/25

2200 Division Street South, Northfield, MN 55057

Drop off at BHMS by 7:20AM for team photo and bus ride to Olson. Lunch with family - Ribbon Ceremony approximately 1:00-2:30 PM.

Coaches are available for practice EVERY DAY after school. Students just sign up for a 15-minute meeting with a coach once each week. That’s all it requires. YES-you can participate in Speech at the same time as other co-curricular activities.

Students will practice and present their piece throughout the season. The Ribbon Ceremony will showcase their talent. Parents and families are welcome.

More Information

Advisor Contacts

Parent Involvement

Parents, we need you!

We’d love for you to be involved in your student’s experience in Speech. Here is a way you can help:

Judging: In order to run each meet, we need to provide one judge per eight students. We need seven to nine judges for every meet. Judging a meet is fun and gives you a chance to see other students demonstrate their hard work. If you would be interested in judging one or more of our meets this year, please indicate this below. We will provide a short in-service about judging speeches at the meet. A training manual is provided.

Interested in judging?

Judging is a rewarding experience and a great opportunity for an adult to see an example of a middle school speech performers.

At a Speech meet, 500-600 students are divided into categories and then placed into groups of 7 or 8 performers within each category. Each group is then matched with a judge and put in a room.

The students will take turns presenting their pieces to the room while the judge listens and critiques their presentation on a detailed rubric. The rubric sheet is very thorough and gives many examples of what to look for with each aspect of the speech.

To make it easier, each meet hosts a judges' meeting, which explains the meet process and responds to questions. Coffee and breakfast items are served in addition to a district stipend for your time.

If you would like to judge for one of our meets this year, please send an email to Alana.Pixler @district196.org and indicate which Saturdays you are available.

Speech Judges' Handbook

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