The competitions are Intraschool and Interschool based competitions for Policy Debate (Team & LD), Parliamentary Debate, Individual Events (Oratory, Informative Speaking, Humorous Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu Speaking, Duo Interpretation, Programmed Oral Interpretation, Prose Interpretation) Round Robin style, taking place during the week and culminating on a Friday or Saturday. Swing/Championship style tournaments for debate and individual events occur on Friday evenings and all-day Saturdays. Round Robin tournaments are generally for intraschool competitions, Swing Tournaments are reserved for regionally sponsored Greenhouse teams, and Championships combine all of our competing locations in a Winter and Summer Finale. Winners receive trophies, leadership advancement opportunities, and cash.
The Greenhouse Forensics League is intended to provide speech and debate services to students who do not have the opportunity to participate in Speech & Debate activities. Programming for the Greenhouse Forensics League occurs in day and after school programs in St. Louis City and St. Louis County, as well as online for competitors outside of the St. Louis region.
GCI staff and volunteers facilitate the learning, mentoring, and competition portions of the programming. Our clients provide the facilities, except for our main location in the Cortex Innovation Community. Participants are grades K-12th and are divided into four levels of learning(L1-L4) as well as Rookie, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Elite levels for competitions