The California High School Speech Association, or CHSSA, is a speech and debate organization offered to all schools in the state of California. It is the governing body for local and state speech and debate competitions in California, with higher-level competition under the auspices of the National Forensic League and the

National Catholic Forensic League The National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) is a speech and debate league that was formed in 1951. It is organized into regions that correspond to Roman Catholic dioceses. Member schools include both public and parochial high schools. The NCFL r ...

. The league held its first championship tournament in 1958, and continues to hold championship tournaments every April.

Events

The California High School Speech Association offers the following events (bold denotes events that are recognized by the National Forensic League):

Debate

Policy Debate Policy debate is an American form of debate competition in which teams of two usually advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government. It is also referred to as cross-examinat ...

(TM) * Lincoln-Douglas Debate (LD) *

Public Forum Debate Public Forum debate is a widespread form of middle and high school competitive debate which centers on current events and relies on both logic and evidence to construct arguments. Invented in the US, Public Forum is one of the most prominent Americ ...

(PF) *

Congressional Debate Congressional Debate (also known as Student Congress, Legislative Debate) is a competitive interscholastic high school debate event in the United States. The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA), National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) ...

(CONG) * Parliamentary Debate (PRL)

Speech

Original Events

* Original Oratory (OO) * Original Prose & Poetry (OPP) *

Expository Narrative exposition is the insertion of background information within a story or narrative. This information can be about the setting, characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical context, etc. In literature, exposition appears in t ...

(EXP)

Interpretation Events

* Duo Interpretation (DUO) *

Dramatic Interpretation Dramatic Interpretation (often shortened to "Dramatic Interp," "Drama" or just "DI") is an event in National Speech and Debate Association (and NSDA-related) high school forensics competitions. In the National Christian Forensics and Communicatio ...

(DI) *

Humorous Interpretation Humorous Interpretation (often shortened to "HI", or "Humor") is an event in competitive middle and high school forensics leagues such as the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association and the National Speech and Debate Associatio ...

(HI) * Thematic Interpretation (TI)

Spontaneous Events

International Extemporaneous Extemporaneous Speaking (Extemp, or EXT) is a speech delivery style/speaking style, and a term that identifies a specific forensic competition. The competition is a speech event based on research and original analysis, done with a limited-prepar ...

(IX) * National Extemporaneous (NX) * Impromptu (IMP)

CHSSA Leagues

CHSSA divides the state of California into four areas and eleven leagues of competition, based on region. Any school can become a member of CHSSA, and its ability to compete in league tournaments is determined by school location.

Area 1

*Golden Gate Speech Association (GGSA) - includes the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma and Trinity. *Coast Forensic League (CFL) - includes the counties of Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz.

Area 2

*Capitol Valley Forensics League (CVFL) - includes the counties of Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama, Yolo, and Yuba *Southern Valley Forensics League (SVFL) - includes the counties of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, and Tulare *Yosemite Forensics League (YFL) - includes the counties of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne

Area 3

*Tri-County Forensics League (TCFL) - includes the counties of Los Angeles (partial), San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. *Southern California Debate League (SCDL) - includes the county of Los Angeles (east) *Western Bay Forensics League (WBFL) - includes the county of Los Angeles (west)

Area 4

*Orange County Speech League (OCSL) – includes the county of Orange *Citrus Belt Speech Region (CBSR)Citrus Belt Speech Website
/ref> – includes the counties of Kern (partial), Riverside, and San Bernardino *San Diego Imperial Valley Speech League (SDIVSL) – includes the counties of San Diego and Imperial

References

External links

California High School Speech Association Official Website

National Forensic League Official Website

Point of Information: Central Website for High School Parliamentary Debate
Student debating societies Organizations based in California