School Resources
2011 Competition Results| Champion | Runner-up |
| Kelly Weber | Henry Overos |
| Tall Oaks Classical School New Castle, DE | Ad Fontes Academy Centreville, VA |
Link to the speech. Scroll down to the Chrysostom Competition
title located under the Subject
tab. | Link to the speech. |
2011 participating schools:
Ad Fontes Academy (Centreville, VA)
Evangel Classical Christian School (Alabaster, AL)
Providence Classical Christian School (Lynnwood, WA)
Rockbridge Academy (Millersville, MD)
Tall Oaks Classical School (New Castle, DE)
Trinitas Christian School (Pensacola, FL)
Past Champions
| 2010 Champion | Anna Kitchin Rockbridge Academy Millersville, MD |  |
2010 Runner-Up | Krista Wilford The Ambrose School Meridian, ID |  |
2009 Champion | Anna Hollidge Rockbridge Academy Millersville, MD |  |
To watch these speeches, click here. Then scroll down to the Chrysostom Competition title located under the Subject tab.
Chrysostom Oratorical Contest Guidelines
The following are the stated objectives for a student presentation competition:
1. To inspire other ACCS educators and students to pursue rhetorical excellence.
2. To showcase the rhetorical skills of senior and junior students from accredited ACCS schools.
3. To further promote the benefits of classical Christian education, ACCS membership, and ACCS accreditation.
Abbreviated Guidelines: (Complete guidelines will be mailed to heads of schools.)
1. Junior and senior students from accredited ACCS schools will compete with their peers from other accredited ACCS schools for the opportunity to make an oratorical presentation at the annual ACCS conference.
2. Submitted student presentations must be original works (e.g., a senior thesis) and are to be between ten to fifteen minutes in length. Submission themes should be carefully and wisely chosen to best showcase each student’s rhetorical skills, presentation content, and wisdom. Topics must be appropriate for presentation at the annual conference. ACCS reserves the right to reject any presentation that is considered inappropriate.
3. Submissions must contain arguments that articulate the best way to resolve a dispute or persuade people to take action. The judges' criteria assume a classical arrangement structure, and thus speeches without those six elements clearly evident–exordium, narratio, partitio, confirmatio, refutatio, and peroratio–will be at a disadvantage.
4. A maximum of either one junior or one senior submission per accredited school is allowed.
5. Presentations must be submitted to the ACCS executive director’s office no later than April 10, 2012, to allow for maximum student participation as well as time for judging the submissions.
6. ACCS accredited schools submitting a contestant must also provide a qualified judge who will be asked to judge all other entries except the one from his or her own school.
7. The ranking of the judges decides the winner and runner-up no later than April 24, 2012. In case of a tie, the ACCS executive director will make a final determination.
8. Winning notification will be provided by the ACCS executive director’s office to the winning contestants’ designated school official by May 1, 2012.
9. ACCS will fund three night’s shared room hotel costs and $100.00 per person for meals for both of the winning contestants and one of their parents or a guardian. All travel expenses and arrangements for travel to and from the conference location are the responsibility of the winning contestants’ families and/or schools.
10. The winner and runner-up will present their submissions at the annual ACCS conference prior to selected plenary sessions on a day determined by the ACCS executive director.
11. The winning students’ presentations will also be recorded as part of the ACCS conference library. All copyrights and privileges of the audio recording will be reserved by ACCS. The contestants, their families, and/or representatives waive all present and future claims to any profit or remuneration that may be derived from the recording, marketing, and sale of their recorded ACCS presentations.
12. The winner, runner-up, and one parent each will receive complimentary conference registration.
a. The winner will receive a $1000.00 cash prize from ACCS.
b. The runner-up will receive $500.00 cash prize from ACCS.