Our 2023-2024 Competition Season has begun Get the Updated Season Manual (Click Here)
The Fall Tournaments are now available in Tabroom.com!
New to Speech and Debate?
Check out our “Why Speech and Debate” section and download our League Manual to understand the many ways that your school/students can get involved today!
The Teams of the CVFL
Our Mission
The Mission of CVFL is to help students find themselves. Speech and debate provides students an opportunity to find their inner passions and gives them a voice to express it. It develop skills in critical thinking, organization, persuasion and communication. Students learn to reflect and improve themselves through collaboration with their peers and members of their league.
Our league is now using the Remind App to ensure equal-access communication before, during, and after tournaments. CVFL Tabroom will use the Remind App to announce room changes, posting changes, locate competitors and help communicate with judges!
Student-Competitors Message to the number 81010 message: @CVFLsp (for Speech) and @CVFLD (for Debate
Judges message to the number 81010 message @CVFLju
We hope this decreases confusion while increasing communication and response times going forward!
Our Schedule
Want to know what the 2022-2023 Season looks like for CVFL? Click on the button below to see the dates and locations.
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Active teams
This year we welcomed two new teams to the compete during the CVFL Season. We are always looking to help new teams form and inactive teams compete.
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Competition Categories
Speech and Debate encompasses a large variety of competition styles. There are over 18 ways a student can compete and represent their school.
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League Competitions
There are six league Speech and Debate tournaments, two CHSSA State Qualifiers, NSDA Qualifier and CHSSA State there are 11 competitions.
Frequently Asked Questions:
There are often a lot of questions about how one competes in Speech and Debate, how a student can get started and what a parent does to support competition. Click on the “learn more” button below to read about the most commonly asked questions.
Parents
Many parents have questions about how and why students should get involved in Speech and Debate. Please visit our Judges link below to learn more about judging at tournaments.
Students
Students must attend or be attached to a participating, dues-paying school within the CVFl in order to compete. Students are expected to represent their school’s in accordance with their own school’s student code of conduct. Students can compete in any event that they chose and can compete in more than one event throughout the season.
Coaches
Coaches are the leaders of each team. They can be active teachers or advisors at each school. If you would like to be a coach, please consult your administration on the rules behind how each team is to be governed. If you are looking to start a team, read CHSSA’s resource for new teams (click here)
Adminsitration
Each school and school district has their own rules as to how competitive teams work. Administrators need t0 know that a team exists since principals or other administration are required to sign CHSSA forms which all a team to participate at the state and national level.
