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Speech and Debate at Hathaway Brown

Congratulations to the Edison Speech and Debate team which placed 10th out of 32 competing schools at Saturday's tournament at Hathaway Brown. Individual winners for the Edison squad include:

Everett Gfell - 2nd place in Big Questions Debate

George Rhodes - 2nd place in International Extemporaneous Speech

Rory Conrad - 2nd place in Program of Oral Interpretation.

The team travels next to University School this Saturday to compete. All speech and debate students are reminded to sign up for the remaining tournaments in January and the State Qualifiers posted on the Speech and Debate bulletin Board this week before registration closes.

Mr. Amstutz will meet with debaters on Wednesday after school in the Innovation Room.

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Speech and Debate at Vermilion Tournament

Congratulations to the Edison Speech and Debate team that competed against 21 other teams from across northern and western Ohio at the Vermilion Tournament on Saturday. Individual winners for Edison included:

Jaylah Weaver - 1st place in the Big Questions debate

Rory Conrad - 3rd place in Program of Oral Interpretation

Navea Yamanouchi - 3rd place in Big Questions Debate

Policy Debate team of Ilah Reynolds and Nathan Dolsen who placed 4th with their 2-1 record.

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Speech and Debate at Sylvania Northview

Speech & Debate students competing at the Sylvania Northview tournament on Saturday, Reminder - The bus will leave at 6:25 am. Take all of your materials home with you today. Make sure you do not leave anything you need in the school. We will be back by 4:30pm. If your parents are taking you or picking you up from Sylvania Northview, please let Ms. Morris know ASAP."

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Edison Invitation Speech and Debate Tournament

Congratulations to the Edison Speech and Debate team which placed 4th out of 19 participating schools at the Edison Invitation Speech and Debate Tournament on Saturday. The following students placed for Edison:

Noah Proctor and Jeff Esser - 1st place in Duo Interpretation

Noah Proctor - 1st place in Program of Oral Interpretation

Lily Kreglow and Sara Gates - 3rd place in Policy Debate

Jeff Esser - 3rd place in Humorous Interpretation

Scarlett Bennett and Abby Saflund - 4th place in Policy Debate

Ilah Reynolds - 6th place in Humorous Interpretation

Jonah England - 7th place in congressional debate

The team next travels to Sylvania Northview on November 11th. T-shirt orders are due to Ms Morris or Mr. Amstutz by Friday, November 4th. Sign up for the Sylvania tournament and the Nov 18th Mentor tournament closes on Friday of this week!

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2023 - 2024 Speech and Debate Competition Schedule

The 2023 - 2024 Speech and Debate is proud to announce their schedule for the 2023 - 2024 competition year. The competitions are as followed:

Saturday, October 28th - Edison Home Tournament

Saturday, November 11th - @ Sylvania Northview High School

Saturday, November 18th - @ Mentor High School

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2023 - 2024 Speech and Debate Competition Officiers

President - Noah Proctor

Vice President - Rory Conrad

Sectretary - Lily Kreglow

Treasurer - George Rhodes

Historian - Grace Anderson

Debate Captain - Sara Gates

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Speech and Debate 2023 - 2024

Attention any EHS student who would like to compete this year with the Speech and Debate team. There will be an informational meeting on Thursday, August 31 immediately after school in the Innovation Room. Mr. Amstutz and Ms. Morris will explain all the competitive events and begin distributing pieces to practice. Policy debaters will receive their evidence packets also on this year's topic on economic inequality and redistributing wealth in the U.S. Our season begins in 6 weeks, so if you are interested in this activity, please try to attend.

President - Noah Proctor

Vice president - Rory Conrad

Secretary - Lillu Kreglow

Treasurer - George Rhodes

Historian - Grace Anderson

Debate Captain - Sara Gates

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22-23 Officers
President	Noah Proctor
Vice-President	Jeff Esser
Secretary	Brienna Marcy
Treasurer	George Rhodes
Historian	Addyson Puraty
Debate Captain	Sara Gates
Advisor	Mr. Michael Amstutz

Speech and Debate Tournament Schedule
*As always, the schedule is subject to change!*
When	Where
Sat., November 5	EDISON (be at EHS at 7:45 am)
Sat., November 19	Mentor (bus leaves at 6:30 am)
Sat., December 3	Olmsted Falls (bus leaves at 7:00 am)
Sat., December 10	Vermilion (bus leaves at 7:40 am)
Sat., January 7	Brecksville Broadview Heights (bus leaves at 6:30 am)
Sat., January 14	Hathaway Brown (bus leaves at 6:45 am)
Sat., January 21	TBA
Sat., January 28	Solon (bus leaves at 6:30 am)
Sat., February 4	State Qualifying Tournament (ALL events)
Sat., February 11	National Student Congress Qualifier (TBA)
Fri., February 17	St. Ignatius (Day 1 - National Qualifiers; bus leaves at 2 pm)
Sat., February 18	St. Ignatius (Day 2 - National Qualifiers; bus leaves at 7 am)
March 3-5	Austintown Fitch (State Tournament)



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