Journey of the Creative Soul

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SATURN Welcome to Saturn, where the beautiful rings come from chunks of ice and carbonaceous dust. You can make your impact on others through the rhetoric of speech and other clubs that explore creativity implicitly through business, healthcare, and volunteering.

Speech-Related Activities Mock Trial Mock Trial is a team-based competition that simulates a real trial. As witnesses and attorneys, students prepare and present an argument while advocating for sides of a case. Students employ and build upon the skills of public speaking, acting, advocacy, and persuasion. Cases involve creative problemsolving skills as members act out a mock trial.

Speech and Debate Speech and Debate is a competitive academic team offering the resources and connections to compete in speech and debate tournaments locally, nationally, and internationally. Offered divisions include but are not limited to Lincoln Douglas, Policy, Public Forum, Original Oratory, Humorous Interpretation, etc. They also offer novice, junior varsity, and varsity levels of competition based on the student experience.

Ted-Ed Club TED-Ed is a club that fosters constructing ideas worth sharing and involves creative writing as well as learning effective oration for public speaking events. It follows the Ted-ed videos seen often online and takes inspiration from them.

Model UN is a popular activity for those interested in learning more about how the UN operates. Hundreds of thousands of students worldwide take part every year at all educational levels. Many of today’s leaders in law, government, business, and the arts – including at the UN itself – participated in Model UN as students. Crisis Committees include creative problem solving as well as acting out scenarios mimicking United Nations activities.

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