For homeschoolers, there are two big leagues to be involved: NCFCA and Stoa. Both leagues change every year, and their announcements of these changes are nearly finished. I summarized these below to help you and your family get ready for a successful year of competition.
NCFCA Changes and Announcements for 2015-2016
- No essay contest next year, but a story-writing contest instead.
- Speech events
- Returning: Biographical Narrative as a platform event and Original Interp as an interp event.
- Not returning: Thematic and Humorous Interp.
- New interpretive event: Biblical Interp.
- LD resolution: When in conflict, the right to individual privacy is more important than national security.
- TP resolution: That the United States Federal Court system should be significantly reformed.
- National Opens:
- January 6-9, 2016 at University of Wisconsin in Osh Kosh
- January 27-31 Ridgecrest in North Carolina
- March 16-19 at Oklahoma Baptist Univ, Shawnee, Oklahoma.
- January 6-9, 2016 at University of Wisconsin in Osh Kosh
- Nationals: June 14-18 at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.
Stoa Changes and Announcements for 2015-2016
- Stoa will be hosting a Coaches Academy in Denver, Colorado, July 13-15.
- Wildcard events rotate: Motivational Speaking will continue for its second year, and the new event Monologue will start its two-year run.
- Rules for Stoa speech events are expected to be released in September.
- LD resolutions (Stoa has two resolutions for the year):
- In formal education liberal arts ought to be valued above practical skills.
- Developing countries ought to prioritize economic growth over environmental protection.
- TP resolution: The United States federal government should substantially reform its trade policy with one or more of the following nations: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan.
- Nationals: Drury University in Springfield, Missouri, May 21-28.