Stoa is a national High School and Junior High Speech and Debate organization serving the needs of privately educated, Christian Homeschooling families. Stoa trains and supports leaders who in turn develop students into confident, articulate leaders who can change their culture through the marketplace of ideas.
What is a Club? While Stoa is a nation-wide organization, its heart is found in the hundreds of individual clubs established locally. When families join Stoa, they have the option of joining an existing club in their area, or starting their own group. Each local group has the flexibility to determine their own time, day, length, and place of ...
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Lincoln Douglas Value Debate, Team Policy Debate, Parliamentary Debate All documents can now be found on the StoaHub site and are accessible with your StoaHub account. Debate Resolutions for 2025-2026 Lincoln Douglas First Resolution: Resolved: In foreign policy, diplomacy is more effective than military intervention. Debate Period: - Lincoln Douglas Second ...
Stoa alumni often cite speech and debate as the most rewarding and beneficial extracurricular activity in which they participated. Our alumni are standouts in the work of the church, higher education, and the workplace as they demonstrate initiative, critical thinking, public speaking, research, writing, problem solving, and conflict resolution.
Stoa’s forensics-based mission believes human speech is “from” God and that only through Him can we speak with grace, truth, and beauty. The league embodies a culture of thought, public discourse, apologetics, and intellectual inquiry.
Stoa’s Slam Poetry is a form of performance poetry that combines the elements of theme and expressive presentation. The poem can be original or crafted from one or more sources. The piece demonstrates effective use of poetic devices, which will include figurative language and/or thoughtful vocabulary, and rhythm and cadence.