Monday, February 22, 2010

HHS DEBATE CLUB WINS BIG AT VERMONT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (VIDEO)



HHS debaters won several awards at the State Championship Tournament held at the Vermont State House in Montpelier. Katherine Chen and Annelise Brinck-Johnson were State Championship Finalists and won the 2nd Place Overall Team Award and 1st Place Novice Team Award. All three teams fielded by this brand-new HHS club successfully advanced through the qualifying rounds.

Katherine Chen won the 1st Place Speaker Award in the tournament and John Gehlbach received the 4th Place Speaker Award. Click here for the WCAX-TV Channel 3 news story and a short video on the tournament.

Congratulations also to Katherine, Annelise and Amanda Washington for winning many team and speaker awards at regular-season tournaments.

The Debate Club meets every Friday activity period in Ms. Cluff’s room 203. Everyone is welcome for snacks and extemporaneous mini-debates on fun topics. For more info, please visit the Club’s website at www.hanoverdebateclub.org and watch this video blog by Katherine Chen and Amanda Washington.