STOCKTON -- Yesterday, 27 Delta Charter High School students and two 8th Grade students arrived at Bear Creek High School to compete with 13 other schools in their second league tournament of the year. The students participated in a variety of events including interpretation, persuasive speaking, informative speaking, original compositions, and debate. While some students gave prepared pieces, orations, and debates, others participated in events with limited preparation time ranging from 20 and 30 minutes to only two minutes! They spoke on a plethora of topics including national and international current event topics (they did not know which ones until 30 minutes before speaking-yikes), organ donation, ageism, making a difference, pregnancy brain, professional sports subsidies, privacy, internet anonymity and many others. Perhaps one of the most telling debate topics was the final round of parliamentary debate: “Fun is more important than work.” Students had to negate this resolution to win the final round and the they succeeded. The debate team is ranked in the top 10 percent of high schools in the nation and is the top team in five different counties. They students earned awards in many different events and completely closed out the finals of Novice Congressional Debate: * Madelyn and Serena Peterson, 1st varsity Duo Interpretation * Natasha Young and Josh Quinn, 1st varsity Parliamentary Debate * Chylee Holsten, 1st novice Dramatic Interpretation * Nathaniel Medina, 1st in novice Impromptu and novice Congress * Michael Raybourn, 1st novice Congress * Sonia Shankar, 2nd novice International Extemporaneous * Chey Bearfoot, 2nd varsity Humorous Interpretation * Kiowa Bearfoot, 2nd varsity impromptu * Clare Barton, 2nd novice Original Oratory * Maryam Asas, 3rd novice Congress * Pedro Ribeiro, 3rd varsity Congress * Elijah Smiddy, 4th novice Congress * Sequoia Bearfoot (8th grade), 4th novice Impromptu * Gracie Quinn, 5th novice Dramatic Interpretation and novice Congress * Pedro Ribeiro, 5th varsity Impromptu * Maryam Asas, 5th novice Original Oratory * Tobias Kenan, 6th novice Congress * Chris Flores, 6th varsity Congress * Jose Chavez-, 6th varsity Original Advocacy Also participating: Megan Cable, Liz Chavez, Christian Glass, Kate Good, Chris Farmer, Francina Ortega, Jack Petz, Maribel Barroeta, Jordan Summers, Vincent Bogetti (8th grade) A huge thanks is also in order to three parents who went above and beyond the call of duty: Mrs. Holsten for staying all day with us, Mr. Petz for judging all day as well as supplying a hefty debate brief for research, and Mrs. Summers for bringing pizza for the squad after a long day of speech and debate. We would also like to thank Mr. Niemi for bringing donuts, tabbing, and supporting the team. Also thank you to Ms. Koon for serving as parliamentarian and middle school coach and Mrs. Bearfoot for supplying snacks and rides to and from the school. The team will compete at the University of Pacific’s Jon Schamber Invitational on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:58:10 +0000
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