QUEENS COLLEGE SPEECH & DEBATE SOCIETY
High School Speech Worshop
July 21-25, 2025
Inaugural High School Speech Workshop
Join us for our inaugural high school speech workshop at the Queens College campus in July 2025. This workshop is a unique opportunity for high school students to hone their public speaking skills in various Individual Speech Events. These speech events include Prose, Informative, Poetry, Original Oratory, and more. The workshop will be held at the Queens College campus during the fourth week of July 2025 (July 21 – 25).
Description of Events
Students within our inaugural high school speech will learn important public speaking and competition skills at the following events:
Dramatic Interpretation
Duo Interpretation
Program Oral Interpretation
Expository
Humorous Interpretation
Informative Speaking
Original Oratory
Extemporaneous Speaking (U.S. & Int'l Formats)
Extemporaneous Commentary
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Monday, July 21, 2025
9:00 – 9:30AM Workshop Introduction and Group Opening Activities
(Workshop Orientation Monday only)
9:45 – 10:00AM Breakout Sessions
10:00 – 11:15AM Oral Interpretation Application Lecture
10:00 – 11:15AM Public Address Application Lecture
10:00 – 11:15AM Limited Preparation Application Lecture
12:00 – 3:00PM Major Event Work Period
3:00 – 4:15PM Oral Interpretation Lab Practicum
3:00 – 4:15PM Public Address Lab Practicum
3:00 – 4:15PM Limited Preparation Lab Practicum
4:15 – 4:30 PM Session Q & A
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
9:00 – 9:30AM Workshop Introduction and Group Opening Activities
9:45 – 10:00AM Breakout Sessions
10:00 – 11:15AM Oral Interpretation Application Lecture
10:00 – 11:15AM Public Address Application Lecture
10:00 – 11:15AM Limited Preparation Application Lecture
12:00 – 3:00PM Major Event Work Period
3:00 – 4:15PM Oral Interpretation Lab Practicum
3:00 – 4:15PM Public Address Lab Practicum
3:00 – 4:15PM Limited Preparation Lab Practicum
4:15 – 4:30PM Session Q & A
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
9:00 – 9:30AM Workshop Introduction and Group Opening Activities
9:45 – 10:00AM Breakout Sessions
10:00 – 11:15AM Oral Interpretation Application Lecture
10:00 – 11:15AM Public Address Application Lecture
10:00 – 11:15AM Limited Preparation Application Lecture
12:00 – 3:00PM Major Event Work Period
3:00 – 4:15PM Oral Interpretation Lab Practicum
3:00 – 4:15PM Public Address Lab Practicum
3:00 – 4:15PM Limited Preparation Lab Practicum
4:15 – 4:30PM Session Q & A
Thursday, July 24, 2025
9:00 – 9:30AM Workshop Introduction and Group Opening Activities
9:45 – 10:00AM Breakout Sessions
10:00 – 11:15AM Oral Interpretation Application Lecture
10:00 – 11:15AM Public Address Application Lecture
10:00 – 11:15AM Limited Preparation Application Lecture
12:00 – 3:00PM Major Event Work Period
3:00 – 4:15PM Oral Interpretation Lab Practicum
3:00 – 4:15PM Public Address Lab Practicum
3:00 – 4:15PM Limited Preparation Lab Practicum
4:15 – 4:30PM Session Q & A
Friday, July 25, 2025
9:00 – 9:30AM Workshop Introduction and Group Opening Activities
9:45 – 10:00AM Breakout Sessions
10:00 – 11:15AM Oral Interpretation Application Lecture
10:00 – 11:15AM Public Address Application Lecture
10:00 – 11:15AM Limited Preparation Application Lecture
12:00 – 1:15PM Oral Interpretation Lab Practicum
12:00 – 1:15PM Public Address Lab Practicum
12:00 – 1:15PM Limited Preparation Lab Practicum
1:15 – 1:30PM Session Q & A
2:00 – 5:00PM Cohort Mini-Tournament
Approx 5:30PM Cohort Dismissal
Rates
Each participant in our program will be assessed a base $350 fee. This fee covers five days of lectures, guided lab sessions, and instruction from camp instructors. The experience will culminate in an exhibition “mini-tournament” on Friday afternoon. Participants will leave the program with extensive lecture notes, worksheets, and recorded podcast copies of all lectures and lab discussions for their reference.
Our program will combine a half-semester of work and preparation into one week.
A $50 late registration fee will be charged to participants who join past the deadline.
We will offer early registration discounts for those who register throughout May and June. The fee schedule is as follows:
EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT
$100 Discount (before June 15, 2025)
$75 Discount (from June 16 to June 22, 2025)
$25 Discount (from June 23 to July 6, 2025)
FULL PRICE @ $350 (after July 7, 2025)
GROUP RATE DISCOUNT
$100 Discount
If FOUR OR MORE people from one particular high school plan on attending, EACH student is given a $100 discount.
For access to the group rate discount code, registrants must email ALL the names of the students attending the high school to info@qcspeechsociety.com. We will reply with the code they can use at registration.
ADD-ONS
SPEECH MINORS
$65 fee
Students who want to work on multiple speech events during the workshop can enroll in MINORS. They can enroll in MINORS simply by enrolling in another cohort session after attending their first one. This is ideal for those who want to compete in more than one speech event during the year. Students can minor in ANY EVENT regardless of their major (for example, a Public Address major could minor in POI). MINORS will help students cover additional materials for their speeches taught within the workshop week.