Speech team receives prestigious honor

The National Speech and Debate Association announced last week that Three Forks High School has earned charter membership in the organization. This is the highest honor schools can achieve as part of the organization.

Over the past three years, Three Forks High School has earned more than 50 degrees for outstanding speech and debate activities. Degrees are earned by students and coaches through speech and debate competition, community service, and leadership activities.

At a school board meeting last week, Principal Justin Helvik and Coach Greg Overman said this is an honor that not many cl...