Forensics is a group where students can get creative by writing poems, acting, or reciting literature to express themselves or get across a point. Skylar Osborne, a sophomore, says it’s very independent and that the group rarely meets up as an entire team. Participants in Forensics practice individually based on their schedules. Osborne says the challenging part isn’t how to do it, but what to do. Forensics offers 17 categories.
Forensics would be great for anyone who likes speaking, acting, and writing. Chloe Drury, a freshman, has acting experience. Drury says it is hard to memorize monologue because it is about a paragraph long, but she also gets to perform for judges, which she finds fun.
Forensics gives kids an opportunity to practice public speaking, writing, and performing. Andrea Armstrong, a co-adviser alongside Kimberly Volden, says forensics has a wide variety of different opportunity for any individual. She also states that when a student doesn’t know what part they want to do, the coaches will help point you in the right direction and give you suggestions.
Everyone joining the club finds a part they can perform. Some categories involve performing a speech that the student has already prepared, and other categories ask students to speak more extemporaneously.
Forensics competitions start with sub-districts in February. Judges are mainly looking for potential at that level. If students score well enough, they advance to District level competition. From there, the students’ scores decide who advances on to State level completion in April.