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MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS & POLICIES

Student Requirements

All prospective students and parents must attend Registration & Orientation on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 7:00pm. We will meet at our regular location, see Home page for address, directions and Mapquest link.

Students must be age 12-18 on January 1, 2012 and home schooled at least 50% of the time.

All LAHSD students are required to compete in at least one Spring qualifying tournament per season.

Aside from competition, we believe good communication skills are crucial to success in the home, church, workplace, and community. We want to train communicators who will go out into their communities and deliver their message in a way that is engaging, persuasive, thoughtful, entertaining and truthful. We want our students to make an impact for Christ on today’s culture. Competition is an opportunity to sharpen skills, but not the end goal. However, speaking skills cannot sharpen without competition.

Mandatory Parental Involvement

Student success requires parental involvement. At least one parent from each family is required to attend club with his or her student(s). Please don’t think of this as a burden. Come and learn alongside your student. The more parents are involved, the more all students in our club benefit. Coaches pour a great deal of time into preparation and teaching so please make sure your students arrive on time and have all their homework completed.

In addition to club responsibilities, parents must also serve as judges at tournaments. Dedicated parents make our tournaments happen.

NCFCA Family Affiliation

Club member families who desire to compete in the NCFCA league are to register for NCFCA Affiliation by December 31, 2011. Cost is $45/family. After your family affiliate registration is processed, NCFCA will email you with your family’s affiliate number. Keep this info for tournament registration.

Dress Code

The Spirit of the dress code is modesty and professionalism with the intent to glorify Christ. The goal is to minimize the focus on the body or outward appearance and maximize the focus on the development of ideas and communication skills. Young ladies should wear modest clothing with pants, skirts or shorts (fingertip length) and must have no midriffs showing. No hats, tank tops, low-cut blouses, short skirts or T-shirts with offensive slogans are allowed. We don’t want our students to recite every week in front of a distracted audience. Our dress code is strictly enforced.

Code of Conduct

All club members are to exhibit a kind, polite and respectful attitude toward others at all times and to behave in a manner that brings glory and honor to God. All club members are required to stay within the geographical boundaries set by the administration of all facilities we use and are to strictly adhere to all established rules/regulations. If a student is disrespectful, uncooperative or disruptive, the student will be given one warning. If the behavior continues, leaders will consult with the parents. Habitual problems will result in dismissal from the club.

At tournaments, you are expected to be kind and helpful to everyone-adults and fellow competitors alike. Anything less reflects negatively on you, your family, our club and will not be tolerated.

Statement of Faith

We have a statement of faith all leadership must hold to, but members are not required to sign a statement of faith. We are a Christian club which teaches skills and leaves matters of doctrine to individual families.

Tournaments

All LAHSD students are required to participate in at least one Spring qualifying tournament and there are usually 2-4 local tournaments each year. Each tournament is an opportunity to develop skills and bring home valuable ballot feedback. Tournament participation level is directly related to how far a student advances in a given season.

Tournament dress code is professional business attire (suits are recommended).

Communication

All announcements including club meetings, homework, tournament information and other events will be communicated through the LAHSDParentStudent yahoo group. Families are responsible for checking email regularly to stay informed.

This loop is strictly for club use. Only speech and debate information is to be posted.

Complaints

Any and all complaints should be directly communicated to the Board of Directors. Anyone voicing complaints on the club loop will automatically be removed from the loop until all issues are dealt with by the Board. Anyone may contact any Board member at any time in order to schedule an open forum meeting. Open forums are scheduled by request.

Club Registration

To join:

All parents and students must read and comply with all membership requirements and club policies.
New families must attend Orientation on August 18, 2011.
Fill out and submit a 2011-12 Registration Form.
Submit annual non-refundable club fee.
Join LAHSDParentStudent yahoo group upon receiving invitation.

Club Fee

Our club fee is a family fee: $75 for the first student, $50 for each additional student with a $175 family maximum.

Club fee is non-refundable and not prorated. If your family drops out of club after joining, you are not entitled to a refund. Everyone pays the same amount regardless of when, in the school year, they join club.

All club families must pay in full at time of registration.