Summit Public Schools: Speech And Debate Team Dominates In December

Summit NJ

13 January, 2022

4:44 PM

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Press release from the Summit Public Schools: 2022-01-13 Speech and Debate Team Dominates in December The Summit High School Speech and Debate Team had a very busy and successful December! Summit students competed in three virtual tournaments and welcomed 25 schools and over 300 competitors to the Hilltopper Holiday Classic in early December. Parents judged rounds, contributed individually wrapped baked goods, and worked our Coaches lounge and Student Cafeteria Concessions throughout the day. Many thanks to our volunteer parents and our custodial staff who cheerfully helped us throughout the day! Three debate teams competed in the virtual Ridge Debates, and a few of our speech competitors entered THE MASQ (Making Art While Socially Distanced) virtual speech tournament. The SHS team competed at the prestigious Princeton University Tournament, and advanced in 15 events to elimination rounds and secured seven Tournament of Champions bids for the TOC tournament in April. Princeton Tournament Results: VARSITY LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATEQuarters-Jeremiah CohnVARSITY PUBLIC FORUM DEBATEOctos-Andrew Cheung and Scott Au-YeungNOVICE PUBLIC FORUM DEBATETrips-Eylon Hotam and Ethan VelaDRAMATIC INTERPRETATIONSemis-Matt HeckerDUO INTERPRETATION1st-Thea Rind and Jake Model (TOC bid)2nd-Hefziba Campos and Ella Szabados (TOC bid)3rd-Lilly Espeland and Brooke Campbell (TOC bid)4th-Lissette Green and Alex GallegosHUMOROUS INTERPRETATION5th-Ben Schachne (TOC bid)6th-Sarah Walsh (TOC bid)INFORMATIVE SPEAKING2nd-Lilly Espeland (TOC bid)6th-Emma Vachal (TOC bid)SEMIS: Samantha Barbato, Isabella EstupinanORIGINAL ORATORYSEMIS: Aarav Gupta, Molly DuffQuarter: Hefziba Campos This press release was produced by the Summit Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author's own.