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NITOC 2013
Stoa is a national High School and Junior High Speech and Debate organization serving the needs of Christian Homeschooling families. Stoa offers a National Invitational Tournament of Champions, inviting students from across the United States to perform, speak and debate. Some of the most exciting developments in Christian homeschool forensics are unfolding in Stoa.

NITOC 2013 Memories



The grand finale for Christian homeschool speakers and debaters!
Invitations are extended to students whose tournament results are posted on the National Christian Homeschool Speech and Debate Rankings website. These invitations are extended regardless of league affiliation, making the Stoa NITOC a true, league-independent, National Championship!

NITOC 2012 was the largest Christian homeschool speech and debate tournament in history. 600 students, representing four of the six Christian homeschool organizations/leagues, participated in this grand event. Memories from this celebration of forensics excellence are displayed above.  
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To get your tournament on the StoaUSA calendar, click on the "Tournaments" tab. A new Google Calendar is available to keep track of the nation's tournament opportunities. Plus you'll be able to embed your state's calendar into your own webpage and add certain calendars to your own personal calendar. Be sure to check this new feature out! 

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SpeechRanks:
The National Christian Homeschool Speech and Debate Rankings Website

    A national database is grabbing the attention of students and coaches nationwide: SpeechRanks.com. Speechranks is a gift from Stoa to the Christian homeschool forensics community. The website hosts the events from all six Christian homeschool speech and debate organizations/leagues in the country. The site has been created to fairly compare and rank students from around the nation. 
    Now in its fourth season, SpeechRanks has tallied results from over 490 tournaments, thousands of students, and has more than
2.5 million pageviews!



News and Announcements

  • Stoa Offers First Ever Coaches Conference The first ever Stoa Coaches Conference is being offered this summer in Modesto California from July 16 to 18. Stoa is collaborating with the Institute for Principle Studies to bring ...
    Posted Jun 10, 2013, 11:56 PM by Van Schalin
  • NITOC Attendees Honor Mr. York The NITOC awards ceremony closed with a special celebration honoring Mr. York, who will always be known as the founding father of Stoa. A packed auditorium paid tribute to Mr ...
    Posted May 31, 2013, 5:14 PM by Van Schalin
  • NITOC Endures a Blustery Start and Enjoys Fantastic Finish NITOC 2013 was one for the history books! The tournament week opened with a tornado rushing folks from as far away California and Hawaii in the southwest, Washington in the ...
    Posted May 31, 2013, 5:15 PM by Van Schalin
  • NITOC 2013 is the Largest Overall Tournament in Christian Homeschool History! From today's StoaByte:Excursus on Tournament SizeGetting one’s mind around the conundrum of tournament size is rather like trying to follow the contours of a moebius strip ...
    Posted May 17, 2013, 9:52 PM by Van Schalin
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Tournament News

  • Tournament Season begins again in October 2013 Stay tuned to Tournament News this fall for information about the new tournament season. 
    Posted May 31, 2013, 5:20 PM by Van Schalin
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