Katherine Schwind

Informational speech outline

Public speaking
10/11/18

Introduction

​Hook/Grabber
● Do you have any idea what it’s like to go to high school without god? (Pause) I do.

​Introduce your topic

● In my opinion highschool without god leaves you unfilled and easily forget your morals.

​Transition
● Not all high schools are created equal. You can’t judge a book by its cover. Just like you
judge catholic schools by their appearance. It’s what’s experienced in the building.

​Preview of points
● Facilities
● Benefits of catholic school
● Teachers
● College placement
● Enrollment

​Main point 1(​facilities)

● Most catholic schools don’t have air conditioning.
● Public school renovate there school often to keep it updated.
● The sports facilities at the public’s are better, newly renovated, and bigger because they
have more students.
● Public schools have more money that they are able to spend on Fixing up the school

​Transition
● The facilities may not be as good as public schools but, there are many other benefits
from catholic school.

​Point 2​(benefits of catholic school)

● A caring community
○ Parents provide many hours of service to the school, assist with many things, and
even raise funds for the school.
 ● High expectations
○ Teachers expect every student to achieve.
● Committed parents
○ The school supports families in order to benefit their child.
● Christ as a model
○ Help the child develop into christ like people. Go to mass as a school, have
religious class everyday, and pray every morning.
● Rigorous curriculum
○ Most students will take 4 years of mathematics, history,English, science, foreign
language, and religious studies.

​Transition
● Catholic schools have many benefits to them but, teachers play a big role in a school.

​Point 3(​teachers)
● The percent of new teachers is higher in public schools at 16% compared with private
school at 11%.
● Public school teachers have a higher percent of master degrees at 48% compared to
private school at 36%.
● In both schools the teachers have the same level of teaching experience.
● Private school principals have more experience at 10.8% compared to public school at
7.2%.
● Teachers at public school make around 50,000 a year when private schools only make
around 36,000 a year.

​Transition
● Catholic school teachers might not make as much money as public school teacher but,
there students score better during testing.

​Point 4 ​(college placement/ test scores)

● For the national test scores private schools come out on top.
● On the ACT test private schools score 3.1 points higher than public schools.
● For 8th graders mathematic test private schools score 18 points higher than public
school.
● Percent of ACT test grades from graduates ready for college work
● English 64%public school- 83% private school
● Reading 50%public school-68% private school
● Math 44%public school-60% private school
● Science 29%public school- 42% private school
​Transition
● Catholic schools may place better testing wise but the enrollment is as high.

​Point 5​ (enrollment)
● The total Catholic school enrollment for the current academic year is 1,835,376.
○ 1,274162 are in elementary schools/middles school.
○ 561,214 are in secondary schools.
● Student diversity
○ Racial minority-20.8%
○ Hispanic/Latino-17.4%
○ Unknown-6.5%
● Non-catholic enrollment is 349,139 which is 19% of the total enrollment.

​Review of points
● There are of many differences between Catholic school and public school. The facilities,
and buildings. The scoring and enrollment numbers. To the benefits and the teachers.

​Summarize/revisit
● High school with God leaves you fulfilled and ready for you Christian life.

​Closure
● The reason I choose Lansdale Catholic wasn’t because of the building, of the facilities it
was because the people inside. Their belief in me, caring for my education, and belief in
God. No matter how many statistics you are shown it comes back to the care that is put
into your education. It’s more than a number on a page. The one thing I know from my
public school education is the building was nicer, the sports facilities were better, the
textbooks were nicer, teachers were more educated, they had air conditioning but, they
weren’t aloud to acknowledge my religious beliefs and faith.
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