St. Matthew speech team is open to all 5th-8th graders and is governed thru IESA. All participants must be academically eligible in order to participate. Ineligible participants may perform (but not be judged) at the discretion of the host site.
Participants are judged on basic acting criteria such as Articulation, body and facial expression, pronunciation, fluency, projection, memorization, stage presence and staging.
Participants are given one of three ratings and awards Division 1-Medal Division 2-Ribbon Division 3-Ribbon
Speech categories Individual events Solo acting Poetry Impromptu speaking Original script Storytelling
Duet Events Duet acting Improv duet acting Original script