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Goals
  • Have all speakers ready for first speech meet (memorized and polished)
  • Consistently place in the top five schools at small team meets
  • Consistently have speakers break into finals or top eight
  • Attend more meets with three rounds and a final
  • Attend at least three NFL meets a year, more as we get more competitive; have students consistently break into finals
  • Increase parent involvement
  • Maintain and develop fund-raising efforts
  • Develop and maintain publicity through newspaper articles and website
  • Increase team size by five members each year (22 for 2007-2008)
  • Hire additional coach 
  • Create an evening of speech performance for the general public. Charge $5.
  • Place speech spotlight or speech meet dates on District Calendar
  • Obtain a required Beginning Public Speaking course in either ninth or tenth grade
  • Obtain an elective Advanced Public Speaking course in tenth through twelfth grades
  • Establish a middle school speech team