Paradigm (club)

Paradigm is a speech and debate club located in San Diego, California. The club is affiliated with Stoa, is a part of Heritage Christian School, is a sister club to CONTROL, and usually meets every Monday evening. The mission of the club is to winsomely communicate and convey Christian thought with the culture and to glorify God in everything we say, think, and do. The club as a whole has had considerable success at Stoa's National Invitational Tournament of Champions (NITOC): in 2011, Paradigm won best speech club and best club overall; and in 2012, Paradigm took home the best overall speech club.

Club leaders
Paradigm highly encourages the parental role and leadership that only parents can give. As the coaches explain, the parent has much more time to teach and are the real "coaches" for a child's speech and debate career; the coaches are simply there to help along in the process. The Paradigm website further explains, "Paradigm Speech and Debate Club is a parent-led and parent-instructed organization, with assistance from Paradigm alumni for routine coaching in debate and limited areas of speech. The philosophy of this club is to instill in the students the strengths of the family as the primary working model for the education and socialization of students, the gaining of practical application of Biblical principles in a competitive format, and for the inculcation of American values."

There are typically more contributors to the discussion and recognized "coaches" at each Paradigm meeting then the major ones listed below.

Dykstra, Randy - coach of Lincoln-Douglas debate

Schalin, Van - creator of Speechranks.com, runs the StoaUSA website, and former assistant Team Policy coach

Trueba, Dan - former Individual Events coach

Winston, Steve - official head coach of Paradigm

York, Scott - President of Stoa and Apologetics coach in Paradigm

Notable members
Buck, Evan

Dykstra, Aaron

Ford, Audrie

Jerman, Ryan

Nimori, Sara

Schalin, Claire

Trueba, Elena

Vannoy, Joshua

West, Brandon

Winston, Sawyer

Contact information
Official website