What an AMAZING time we had last night during the school board’s recognition of our 2022 STATE CHAMPION Speech and Debate Team Members! Coaches Edgerton and Devine provided a nice overview of the significance of the students’ accomplishment, including all of the dedication, hours and energy the students invested to get to the top.
Board members had an opportunity to ask questions and interact with the team members, who spoke eloquently about their passion for this thriving program. My personal favorite was the team’s unanimous recitation of their mantra: “win with humility, lose with grace.”
So What Exactly Is Speech and Debate?
Forensics is a competitive speech team – think track and field or swim team – but for debate, speech and drama activities. Forensics students choose from a variety of categories/events to prepare and take to competitions at neighboring schools. Categories include: Original, Impromptu, Extemp, as well as Interpretation, Poetry, and Storytelling. Debate includes: Policy, Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas, and Student Congress.
The word “forensics” comes from ancient Greece where the term was applied to speeches made to convince a group of people who would make a judgment based on the arguments and evidence presented in the speech. Forensics typically applies to Speech and Debate, although the VHSL separates the 2 activities.
The 2022 State Champion Speech and Debate team included:
- Riley Yowell, Extemp and Public Forum Debate
- Caroline Fields, Impromptu and Public Forum Debate
- Jackson Kinsella, Student Congress
- Callie Taylor, Policy Debate
- Ashlyn Fayard, Policy Debate
- Brianna Bates, Debate
- Ellie White, Poetry
- Abbie White, Prose
- Kessler Potter, Poetry
- Townes Mullinex, Serious Duo
- Paola Gomez, Serious Duo
- Ben Bossong, Humorous Duo
- Ryan Taylor, Humorous Duo
- Bridgette Kirchner, Humorous Duo
- Tomas, Cruz-Vega, Humorous Duo
- Jackson Farley, Humorous
- Lauren Shmidt, Humorous
- Allison Monfalcone, Storytelling
- Samantha Carter, Storytelling
- Ella Kearney, Original Oratory
- Alonzo Lewis, Dramatic
We are so proud of these exceptional FLUCOS – their achievements and their character!
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