Woodward Field Report

Novice Division (1st Years)

Suraj Seghal/Naveena Karusala – Alpharetta SK

Chris Moxley/Matthew Simcoe – Alpharetta SM

Rachana Kotapalli/Taylor Johnson – Alpharetta JK

Saachi Hingorani/Mili Raina – Alpharetta HR

JV Division (2nd Years)

Tucker Boyce/James Pitman – Alpharetta BP

Samir V./Priyanka Juneja – Alpharetta VJ

Kal Thakore/Mahnvee Deo – Alpharetta DT

Ji-Yeon Hyun/Priyanka Ghosh – Alpharetta HG

Student Judges

Ricardo Saenz, Anushka Panday, David Lee, Reuben Lack, Vignesh Ramesh, Austin Duffield, Neil Chaudhary, Chelsea Ashworth

AHS Tournament next Saturday

Next Saturday, February 19th, 2011, will be the Alpharetta Debate Tournament. Check out the main website for invite information.

The 2011 Alpharetta High School Speech and Debate Treasure Hunt

Below is the invitation for the first forensics tournament at Alpharetta High School. It will be on Saturday, Janaury 15, 2011.

Dear Colleague: We are excited to extend to you and your students an invitation to the first annual Alpharetta High School Speech and Debate Treasure Hunt to be held January 15th, 2011.  We will offer the following events:  Two-person novice, JV, and open policy debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, public forum, extemporaneous speaking, impromptu, dramatic interpretation, humorous interpretation, duo interpretation, original oratory, and prose/poetry.  We request that you follow the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association resolution stating that, “a novice debater should be a student who is debating his/her first national high school resolution in high school tournaments.” There will be four preliminary rounds of debate and individual events.  All students will debate preliminary rounds and then proceed to break rounds depending on their records and the number of entries within each division.  Please take time to look at the tentative schedule enclosed in this packet.  There are many hotels in the Alpharetta area.  We’ve included contact information for local options.  Please feel free to search for other options in the area, around North Point Mall or GA 400.  The hotels we’ve included are easily accessible off GA 400 at either exit 9, 10, or 11.  Our team and parent booster clubs are working diligently to provide a quality tournament.  Our coaches’/judges’ hospitality room and concession stand will include meals for vegetarians.  We hope to see you in January.  Sincerely, David Gay, Amy Graiser, Adam Smiley, and Mary Kay Swartz Forensics Coaches, Alpharetta High School

Alpharetta Tournament – Parent Meeting

We are having a parents meeting on December 9th at 7:00 pm to organize the tournament. It will be in Mr. Smiley’s room in the 3200 hallway, on the mainlevel of the school. The tournament is currently scheduled for Saturday, January 15th, 2010.

Practice debate will be Thursday and Friday

An update to the in-class practice debate schedule – the debate set for this week already for Thursday and Friday will take place. The one that had been set for Tuesday and Wednesday has been put off until next week.

Upcoming novice practice debates

UPDATE (Oct 22) – The debate originally set for October 25-26 will be pushed back a day (to October 26-27).

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Here are the upcoming in-class novice practice debates, continuing next week:

On October 25-26, Taylor and Marquel will be Affirmative against Rachana and Michael as Negative. Chelsea and Anushka are the varsity mentors.

On October 28-29, Nyjiah and CJ will be Affirmative against Matt and Amritha as Negative. Vignesh and Reuben will be the varsity mentors.

Remember to bring your evidence, and timers!