#speechanddebate They didn’t know they were going to establish a school record but they did! Our Speech and Debate Team competed at the Forensic League “Hurricane” Regional Tournament consisting of all state league members across Broward County. The top nine competitors in each category advance to the Varsity State Tournament held next month in Apopka, FL.

 

When our seniors were freshmen just three years ago, our team qualified eighteen students to the state tournament. At the time, it was the most we ever qualified. This year, the best record as of yet of TWENTY-NINE students from American Heritage Schools, Broward Campus, qualified to the FFL Varsity State Championship Tournament along with several alternates standing by! 

 

Congratulations to each one of them, and their coaches. We are very proud of their accomplishments!

 

Dramatic Interpretation:

 

Oliver Laczko, 2nd Place

 

Humorous Interpretation:

 

Jaimee Canalejo, 2nd Place

Kennedy Hack-Juman, 3rd Place

Saanya Dahm, 5th Place

 

Original Oratory:

 

Carly Aikens, 8th Place

 

Congressional Debate:

 

Zoe Weissman, 2nd Place

Umar Hussain, 3rd Place

 

After Dinner Speaking:

 

Saanya Dham, 3rd Place

Isabella Verde, 4th Place

Lindsay Cohen, 5th Place

Anya Pinto, 6th Place

Matthew Ruiz, 7th Place

Ayla Ramazanova, 8th Place

Toby Winick, 9th Place

Ronak Patel, 10th Place (First Alternate)

Akhil Sikha, 11th Place (Second Alternate)

 

Duo Interpretation:

 

Jaimee Canalejo & Kennedy Hack-Juman, Auto-qualifiers

 

Impromptu Speaking:

Carly Aikens, 7th Place

Aurora Lai, 8th Place

 

Informative Speaking:

Esther Oyetunji, Auto-qualifier

Suriya Gadh, 3rd Place

Aurora Lai, 5th Place

 

International Extemporaneous Speaking:

Toby Winick, 3rd Place

Ronak Patel, 6th Place

 

Lincoln-Douglas Debate:

 

Emilin Mathew, Auto-qualifier

Akanksha Patra, 2nd Place

Mary Abi-Karam, 5th Place

Sharvaa Selvan, 9th Place

Jessica Wong, 11th Place (Second Alternate)

 

Policy Debate:

 

Prateek Gupta & Jin Kwon, Auto-qualifiers

Spencer Swickle & Prateek Gupta, Auto-qualifiers

 

Program Oral Interpretation:

 

Abigail Canalejo, 2nd Place

 

Public Forum Debate:

 

Sarah Dufays & Leonid Cherevko, 5th Place

Odin Farkas & Evan Burgen, 10th Place (First Alternates)

Charlotte Wu & Clayton Zipperien, 11th Place (Second Alternates)