Parents
Help Your Teen Reach New Heights
Get your student involved with MHS Speech & Debate—where they’ll challenge themselves, learn skills that last a lifetime, and have a blast doing it.
Debate Opens Doors and Changes Lives
While your student is celebrating wins and making memories with friends, speech and debate helps them prepare for what’s next—college, careers, and every challenge in between.
Real-World Preparation
Your student will learn skills—like analysis, communication, and teamwork—that give them an edge in any career.
Pathways to Higher Learning
From local recognition to national awards, debate builds resumes and opens doors to scholarships and universities.
Positive Social Environment
Your teen will spend time in a supportive environment with peers who model responsibility, focus, and growth.
Debate by the Numbers
Debate by the Numbers
Our Alumni Go Places
Hear from Past Team Members
“The skills that your kid will learn will shock you in the best way, I know my mom was shocked when I practiced for her before a competition one time. Speech and Debate is a great extracurricular because they’re still learning but having fun while they do it! Maybe speech and debate is the platform to launch your student onto the path to law school or medical school or running their own business or whatever they’re passionate about.”
“Speech and debate was the best ACT/SAT and college prep I ever had. It improved my confidence, my social skills, and helped me make great friends.”
“Being on the speech and debate team taught me how to think critically on my feet, communicate clearly, and stay composed under pressure. These are all skills that have continued to shape the rest of my education and career. It also pushed me outside of my comfort zone, which gave me the confidence to take risks and embrace new opportunities throughout my life. I can honestly say I would be a shell of my current self if it weren’t for speech and debate.”
“Joining speech and debate was one of the best things that I did in high school without a doubt. No matter if your student plans on going to college, military, vo-tech, or any other route, they will almost always have to deal with talking to others, making a case for themselves, and leaning how to compete. The awesome thing about speech and debate is that it really helps train up so many social and life skills all in one program.”
“Speech and debate will be a foot in the door to a whole world of opportunities for your child. Our team is filled with the top performers in the school and people who will push your kid to better themselves.”
“This team is an environment that encourages your kids to research, give and take constructive feedback, compete, think critically, and engage in respectful discourse. Using my skills from the team I’ve briefed aircrews in critical intelligence updates, threat assessments, and on-the-spot analysis. I’ve also taken speaking opportunities where I’m the MC for ceremonies with both U.S. and partner nation General Officers in attendance. The Debate Team helped me step into a skillset that’s been invaluable to my career.”
“In addition to communication skills, speech & debate teaches a wide range of other important life skills—responsibility, organization, and teamwork. Coaches and older team members do a phenomenal job of welcoming in new students and will support them in building these skills to achieve success in the activity and beyond.”
“As a student, I competed in debate and earned a college scholarship. I saw the country this way. I have made lifelong friends and it prepared me for multiple kinds of jobs. If you take any advice, encourage your child to join speech & debate. It gives students confidence that no other course can.”
“MHS Debate teaches your child how to use their voice to make a difference. My parents were skeptical when I joined the team; they came to watch me deliver a speech at State my junior year and were amazed at the skills I’d learned. MHS Debate changes lives.”
“Everyone that I was in speech and debate with were intelligent, charismatic, and ambitious people. It builds friendships for kids who aren’t into other things and at the same time it’s building social skills and life skills that will translate immediately after high school. I would’ve done it throughout all 4 years. I think this program is equally if not more beneficial than any other program offered.”
“I think that speech and debate is a place that I was able to grow in. It was through the encouragement of my mom that I initially joined, and am now very glad that I did. I think getting better at critical thinking through debate helped me to a better all around person.”
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