Cherry Creek Speech and Debate

04/14/2023

It is an amazing activity with phenomenal students! Voices matter!

12/04/2021

Hooray! Congratulations!

12/04/2021

You’re amazing, Josh!

Spotlight on leadership: Josh Silva, Cherry Creek

11/12/2021

Interested in judging online this weekend? Still looking for a few more judges!

Here is the link to sign up to judge this weekend, if you’re interested.

We would love to have community members, parents, and alums assist us with judging! • All judging is done online. All you need is a computer and online connection. • Rounds will happen at 5pm Friday, 7pm Friday, 9am Saturday, and 11am Saturday. • CX Debate, LD, Debate, Congressional Debate, an...

09/10/2021

Our Sweet Treat Social in August was a huge success and we’re excited to invite you all to the second of the year, the Fall Family Social! Invite your family to join you for a fun afternoon of games, food, and meeting all your fellow members and coaches of this amazing team! We’ll start at 12:30 in the Debate rooms (FA625 & FA624) and outside in the quad. Varsity members don’t forget to bring your corresponding dish!

05/15/2021

Congratulations Nicole! Hooray!

Cherry Creek High School senior Nicole Yee Chen was one of the 161 students selected for this year’s class of U.S. Presidential Scholars! 👏

A White House commission selects the scholars out of the highest-achieving students in each state. Over 6,000 students qualified for the 2021 award.

U.S. Dept. of Education: www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html

The Sentinel: bit.ly/3ohFmfr

02/19/2021

Many thanks to all of you that have helped with judging this year! There are only a few more tournaments left this year!

In order for us to compete, we must provide judges! Your willingness to judge is critical to our success and much appreciated!

CCHS Bruin Bonanza- February 20, 2021
We would love to have you assist us with judging!
• All judging is done online. All you need is a computer and online connection.
• Rounds will happen at 9am, 11am, 1pm, and 3pm.
• We are asking judges to check-in to a zoom room at 8:30am. An email will be sent with the round information.
• CX Debate, LD, Debate, PF Debate, National Extemporaneous Speaking, International Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu, and Improv Storytelling will be held synchronously-live. Judges will receive a link to an online room and then you will judge the round. The ballot is also filled out online.
• Drama, Humor, Poetry, Duo, Oratory, Informative, and POI will be held asynchronously. Judges will receive a link to videos. Judges will watch the videos, provide comments, and rank the competitors- submitting the online ballot.
• If you can judge all four rounds- fantastic! If not, let us know what works for you and we will make it work.

If you are able to judge at the Bruin Bonanza, please fill out this google form.
https://forms.gle/dGyuLhDgrmLbHx3N9

Questions, comments, or concerns? Contact Ms. Marti Benham at [email protected]

We would love to have parents and alums assist us with judging! • All judging is done online. All you need is a computer and online connection. • Rounds will happen at 9am, 11am, 1pm, and 3pm. • We are asking judges to check-in to a zoom room at 8:30am. An email will be sent with the round inf...

12/10/2020

We are excited to host the 27th Annual Winter Wonder Online at Cherry Creek High School on Saturday, December 12! We have 61 schools and more than 700 students competing this weekend!
And… we are looking for more judges for this weekend!
All judging is done online. All you need is a computer and online connection.
Rounds will happen at 9am, 11am, 1pm, and Finals will be at 3pm.
CX Debate, LD, Debate, Congressional Debate, National Extemporaneous Speaking, International Extemporaneous Speaking, and Impromptu will be held synchronously-live. Judges will receive a link to an online room and then you will judge the round. The ballot is also filled out online.
Drama, Humor, Poetry, Duo, Oratory, Informative, and POI will be held asynchronously. Judges will receive a link to videos. Judges will watch the videos, provide comments, and rank the competitors- submitting the online ballot.
If you can judge all four rounds- fantastic! If not, let us know what works for you and we will make it work.
Here is a google form to fill out if you are interested in judging this weekend!
https://forms.gle/pTDKKoGpBAA8UYZm9
Thanks so much for your continued support!
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

08/11/2020

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07/31/2020

It was a beautiful performance ladies! And a big shout out for Karen!

06/26/2020

In the midst of pandemic, protests and other social strife, thousands of young people are practicing and perfecting the art of effective communication and civil discourse through high school speech ...

06/20/2020

Hooray for nationals!

A huge congratulations to Colorado Finalists at Nationals!

Peter Alisky, Smoky Hill HS- National Extemporaneous Speaking and to
Jude Barakat, Kent Denver School- Expository
Julia Fenn, Air Academy- Commentary
Aspen McCart, Eaglecrest HS- Storytelling

All of the speech final rounds are tomorrow!
Here is the link to watch live!
If you click on the link, you can see the schedule of events for tomorrow!

https://live.speechanddebate.org

If you know of other Colorado finalists, let me know. :)

Congratulations to all finalists and their coaches!

Watch livestream coverage of finals and awards from the 2020 National Tournament starting Sunday, June 14!