Inspire Gilbert Speech and Debate Club is a nonprofit organization that aims to support and encourage students who want to develop communication skills through competitive speech and debate. We do so by providing weekly educational opportunities for students to learn about speech and debate, to practice writing and delivering speeches, to develop their critical thinking skills and to debate respectfully. We also provide tournament opportunities for speech and debate students throughout the state of Arizona. Inspire Gilbert is now an ESA ClassWallet Vendor listed as Inspire Gilbert Speech and Debate.
Inspire Gilbert is an ASDA affiliate club. Students are expected to participate in ASDA tournaments, both locally and online. Affiliation for ASDA is required annually and can be completed at americanspeech.org.
Embrace the values found in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
Cultivate an atmosphere of collaboration and congeniality where freedom in all religious beliefs and political stances is honored.
Accept youth from all learning environments (home, private, charter school).
We have both Juniors (ages 8-11) and Varsity (6th-12th grades). The Juniors focus on speech skills and the Varsity does both speech and debate.
