ACTAA Leadership announces a call to report rosters for the Academic All-State (individual) and the Academic State Champion (program) recognition.

These two new recognition categories were created by the ACTAA Board of Directors at organization's Fall Conference in September to provide an opportunity for students to highlight their commitment to scholarship across all subject areas in  addition to our historical practice of rewarding competition success out-of-the-classroom.

ACTAA- member sponsors of speech & debate and theatre programs must completed an academic roster signed by the ACTAA member & appropriate principal and email the scanned form to actaa.ar@gmail.com before 5:00 p.m. on April 15 to ensure recognition at the Arkansas State Championship (ASC) tournament, May 2-3, 2025.

ACTAA Academic Roster Reporting Form

Academic All-State

Academic All-State recognition is awarded to student speech & debate competitors and theatre production members who have achieved academically in addition to co-curricular activities in communication & theatre arts. ACTAA members sponsoring the program must submit a roster of the names and compatible GPA on a 4.0 scale of students active in their program. (e.g., theatre students must have had a role in at least one production during the academic year (i.e., acting, tech, props, scene design, etc.) and speech & debate students must have completed in at least two tournaments during the academic year.) Rosters are due April 15 and must be signed by the coach and appropriate principal. The top 10% of students in speech & debate and theatre of all the students reported will be recognized in each category.

Sponsors with students that meet the requirements will be provided a certificate at registration of the ASC tournament, along with All-State Speech & Debate certificates. If no representative is present at ASC, certificates will be mailed to the school.

Academic State Champion

The school with the highest average cumulative grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale in speech & debate and theatre will be recognized at the ASC tournament as the Academic State Champions for their category (i.e., speech & debate or theatre).The second and third-highest average GPAs in speech & debate and theatre will be recognized as finalists for the award.

The Academic State Champions are presented a plaque similar to competition state champion recognition awarded by ACTAA at the ASC, May 2-3.