Speech and Debate Team Clinches Overall Tournament Sweepstakes!

The Speech & Debate team from American Heritage Schools, Palm Beach campus, clinched the Congress Sweepstakes, Speech Sweepstakes, and Overall Tournament Sweepstakes at the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) Florida Oceanfront National Qualifier. The event, hosted by Palm Beach State College and Spanish River High School, included 3 IMPRESSIVE team awards and 13 National Qualifiers.

The students who qualified will represent our school and district at the NSDA National Tournament in Phoenix, AZ, in June!

We are incredibly proud of our Speech & Debate Team. Good luck at Nationals!!

TEAM AWARDS:
CONGRESS SWEEPSTAKES
SPEECH SWEEPSTAKES
OVERALL TOURNAMENT SWEEPSTAKES

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:
Rebeca Lopez-Anzures - Florida Oceanfront Student of the Year

CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
Ryon Jemail - National Qualifier (House)
Jordan Melamed - National Qualifier (House)
Mike Kaiser - National Qualifier (Automatic Qualifier)
Rayan Kha - House Finalist
Enan Khan - House Finalist
Kiran Spencer - House Finalist
Cameron Swartz - House Finalist
Cyrus Khorassani - 1st Alternate (Senate)

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS/SPEECH
Taylor Throne and Caitlin Yaralli - Duo Interpretation - 1st Alternate
Eli Levy - Humorous Interpretation - National Qualifier
Pooja Gudoor - Informative Speaking - 1st Alternate
Rebeca Lopez-Anzures - Informative Speaking - National Qualifier
Ben Zajc - Informative Speaking - National Qualifier
Skyler Burrus - International Extemporaneous Speaking - National Qualifier
Andres Orejuela - International Extemporaneous Speaking - National Qualifier
Kayli Harris - Original Oratory - 1st Alternate
Christina Li - Original Oratory - National Qualifier
Sara Meran - United States Extemporaneous Speaking - National Qualifier
Ryan Weissblum - United States Extemporaneous Speaking - National Qualifier

POLICY DEBATE
Phoebe Shatkin and Amelia Sun - National Qualifier
Yug Patel and Eli Sacks - National Qualifier