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At the first Speech and Debate club practice of the year, speech coach Jenny Cook delivers announcements.

Speech and debate members excel at June’s Nationals, adding momentum to fall competitions

Preksha Jain and Skyler Mao September 24, 2024

Five students competed against the nation’s best in the National Speech and Debate Association’s (NSDA) National competition in Des Moines, Iowa, from June 16-21. They gained valuable competition skills...

Juniors Timothy Leung and Kinnera Potluri perform their Duo Interpretation speech, “Click,” at the Tournament of Champions on April 20.

Speech and debaters excel at Tournament of Champions

Anthony Luo May 15, 2024

After months of extensive research and preparation, along with a lengthy qualification process, students from the speech and debate team delivered strong performances at the highly competitive annual...

Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions

Speech and debate wraps up qualifications for Tournament of Champions

Bryan Zhao and Alan Cai March 15, 2024

As the regular debate season wraps up on March 10, two public forum debate teams will be making their way to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) this April, preparing to articulate eloquent arguments, fiery...

Leung and Potluri pose with their first-place plaques from the John Lewis Invitational outside of Silver Creek HS.

Speech and debaters team up as a duo and qualify for nationals

Emma Fung and Anthony Luo February 8, 2024

Juniors Timothy Leung and Kinnera Potluri are now preparing  for the National Invitational Events Tournament of Champions (NIETOC), which will be held in Bellevue, N.E., on May 10-12. They earned...

Timothy Leung accepts his trophy for reaching the semifinals for Program Oral Interpretation.

National tournament experience sets up speech competitors to reach new heights

Andrew Lin December 4, 2023

Nearly 140,000 students across the country are National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) members, but only 4% of them qualify for nationals, which were held in Phoenix, Arizona from June 11 to 16....

Students fill the student center on a Tuesday night for debate practice.

A new year for speech and debate: new faces, new branches and more hopes for more national tournament bids

Alan Cai and Bryan Zhao November 8, 2023

With a new coach and a truckload of promising freshmen, the speech and debate team is ramping up for the main part of the season. With the club now totaling around 77 members, Tuesday and Thursday evening...

The speech and debate team advertises their homemade cake pops along with bags of popcorn during the homecoming reveal on Aug. 15.

Speech and debate team dives into upcoming season with juniors at the helm

Emma Fung and Anthony Luo September 24, 2023

Under the leadership of co-presidents Ashish Goswami and Timothy Leung — both juniors — and new speech coach Jenny Cook, the school’s speech and debate team is looking to pursue ambitious fundraising...

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