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Six LHWHS Students Qualify to National Speech and Debate Tournament
The Talking Rams competed in the National Forensic League’s Eastern Missouri Speech and Debate District Tournament in March. Six students qualified to the national tournament, many other students made it to the final round, and the team won multiple honors.
National Qualifiers:
Sarah Allen – Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Chloe An – Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Collin Christner and Sydney Petersen – Duo Interpretation
Jerome Gregory – Original Oratory
Haohang Xu – Lincoln-Douglas Debate
LHWHS Allen Earns Highest Speech and Debate Degree
Sarah Allen, senior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, has earned the highest degree of membership in the National Forensic League (NFL). Allen earned Premier Distinction during the fall 2012 when she attained over 1,500 points. Earning this degree places Allen in the top half of one percent of all members in the NFL. Currently, she has the most points on the Talking Rams.
Five Speech and Debate Students Qualify for State at District Tournament
- Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking: Sarah Allen – 2nd place
- Original Oratory: Jerome Gregory – 3rd place
- Radio Speaking: Emily Chu – 4th place
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Jerome Gregory – semifinalist; and Haohang Xu – 2nd place
Speech and Debate Team Kicks Off 2012-13 Second Semester
Fourteen novice members of the Ladue Horton Watkins High School speech and debate team attended Parkway North High School’s Novice Debate Round Robin on January 5, 2013. After only one day of practice following Winter Break, the students competed in six rounds of debate.
Congratulations to the following students who were recognized in the awards ceremony. Freshmen Renee Colby and Jackie Wong placed sixth in Policy Debate. In Lincoln-Douglas Debate three students were awarded medals: freshman Rasika Sant placed sixth; sophomore Tushar Raj earned fourth place, and freshman Huayu Gao received third place. Raj and Gao completed the tournament with a perfect 6-0 record.
The speech and debate team continues their season with the finals round of the Greater Saint Louis Speech League tournament on January 18 and 19, 2013.
LHWHS’ Allen Selected for National Speech Event
Sarah Allen, a senior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, has been accepted to the George Mason University Extemporaneous Speaking Round Robin. Sarah was selected as one of eight students from across the country to compete in a head-to-head style round robin. Sarah will be expected to be an expert on domestic and international topics – from the economy and elections, to the conflict in Syria and governments in transition around the world.
LHWHS Speech and Debate Team Starts 2012-13 Season with Success
The Ladue Horton Watkins Speech and Debate Team started off the 2012-13 season with great success. Eleven team members (including four new members) attended Autumn Congress at Oakville High School on Saturday, October 6, 2012. The team earned second place in the Sweepstakes competition which was calculated based on number of entries, submitting student-written legislation, and cumulative speaker points. Arlo Frantz-Greene won second place in his chamber. Sarah Allen and Kisan Thakkar won first place (best speaker) in their respective chambers.
Congressional Debate District Tournament
Students from Ladue Horton Watkins High School joined their peers in the Saint Louis area to compete in the Congressional Debate District Tournament on Saturday, 25 February 2012. This experience was unique because the Eastern Missouri District holds their Congressional Debate District Tournament in the Capitol Building in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Speech and Debate Team Wins Big!
The Talking Rams, speech and debate team at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, earned multiple trophies at their last regular season tournament of the 2011-2012 school year!
The final regular season tournament of the year was the Marquette Invitational. This tournament is one of the three biggest in Saint Louis and brings competition from every major area of Saint Louis as well as some schools from Illinois and Kansas.
