2014-2015 Welcome

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I'm having some issues with viewing the meteachgood blog but apparently I can still post to it.  Here is the Lanier Speech & Debate Tournament schedule so far:

Bellaire Novice Extravaganza       Sept. 12/13                           Bellaire High School

Afterschool Debate Club Starts      Sept. 16                              Debate Room

Tournament                           Sept. 19/20                  Memorial High School

Tournament                           Oct. 17/18                   Bellaire High School*

Tournament                           Oct. 25                        Klein Oak High School

6^th Grade Tournament          Dec. 5/6                       Lanier Middle School

Tournament                           Dec. 13                        Oak Ridge High School

Tournament                           Jan. 23/24                   Lamar High School*

Tournament                           Jan. 31                        Hastings High School

Tournament                           Feb. 20/21                   E.A. Olle Middle School

Tournament                           Apr. 11                       Oak Ridge High School

Debate Banquet                     May 16                       Sheraton Galleria

Nationals Camp                     June 3-15                    Lanier (time TBD)

Nationals                                June 16/20                  Dallas, TX

An asterisk means that students will need their own transportation on the Saturday portion of the tournament, as well as Friday night pick-up from the school we're competing at.

Hastings results

Hastings - Feb. 1, 2014

1st Place Sweepstakes

Public Forum Debate

Rukmini Kalamangalam & Mina Nam – 1^st

Olivia Faust & Sarika Kotha – 2^nd

Ruth Ling & Emily Zhou – Semifinalists

Sarah Lai & Michelle Rodriguez – Quarterfinalists

Lucy Ding & Lucy Wu – Octofinalists

Ioana Nechiti & Amalia Nichols – Octofinalists

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Rhiannon Morris – Semifinalist

Congressional Debate

Tommy Hayes – 1^st

Andres Schnelle – 2^nd

Noah Scantlebury – Finalist

Beckett Gonzales – Finalist

Devon Watson – Finalist

Impromptu Speaking

Zuhayr Ali – 1^st

Nikki Goldin – 2^nd

Noah Scantlebury – 3^rd

Mina Nam – Finalist

Adele Lauzon – Finalist

Poetry

Alisa Lu – 2^nd

Kaityln Kelly – 3^rd

Sara Wells – Finalist

Lucy Ding – Finalist

Humorous

Alisa Lu – 2^nd

Will Derden – 3^rd

Original Oratory

Mina Nam – 3^rd

Jeong Hyun Han – Finalist

Rukmini Kalamangalam – Finalist

Lekha Sunder – Finalist

Prose

Nikki Goldin – 1^st

Sara Wells – Finalist

Samantha Su – Finalist

 Extemp

Zuhayr Ali – 2^nd

Beckett Gonzales – 3^rd

Lekha Sunder – Finalist

Robert Brown – Finalist

Tommy Hayes – Finalist

Dramatic

Ally Sun – Finalist

Samantha Su – Finalist

Duet Acting

Will Derden & Mogi Taylor – 1^st

Viviana Collymore & Sara Wells – 2^nd

Sophie Dunn & Audrey Foster – 3^rd

Ally Sun & Samantha Su – Finalists

Nikki Goldin & Gabby Keene – Finalists

Duet Pantomime

Nicholas Abraham & Nathan Dunbar – 1^st

Readers Theatre

Cardenas, Meehan, Lauzon & Foster – 1^st

Vocal Solo

Mariana Rodriguez – 2^nd

Solo Pantomime

Nathan Dunbar – 2^nd

Duet Improv

Adele Lauzon & Rhiannon Morris – 2^nd

Kaitlyn Kelly & Larry Zhang – Finalists

Dance

Lanier, Goldin, Wells & Collymore – 3^rd

TV Commercial

Athene DelVecchio – 3rd

Olle Results

Olle Feb. 21/22

Extemporaneous Speaking

Lyle Derden – 1^st

Lekha Sunder – 2^nd

Robert Brown – 3^rd

Joseph Donowho – 4^th

Andres Schnelle – 5^th

Dramatic

Natalie Festa – 3^rd

Samantha Su – 4^th

Ruth Ling – 6^th

Junior Storytelling

Kirin Singal – 3^rd

Lucy Wu – 5^th

Senior Storytelling

Athene DelVecchio – 1^st

Alisa Lu – 2^nd

Sophie Cardenas – 4^th

Thalia Rigney – 5^th

Hanna MacNamee – 6^th

Declamation

Lekha Sunder – 1^st

Athene DelVecchio – 3^rd

Ioana Nechiti – 5^th

Robert Brown – 6^th

Duet Improv

Adele Lauzon & Rhiannon Morris – 1^st

Sophie Dunn & Hanna MacNamee – 2^nd

Nicholas Abraham & Nathan Dunbar – 5^th

Oratory

Nikki Goldin – 3^rd

Lyle Derden – 5^th

Sophie Cardenas – 6^th

Humorous

Athene DelVecchio – 5^th

Junior Poetry

Ashley Wu – 5^th

Luz Balderas – 6^th

Senior Poetry

Nikki Goldin – 2^nd

Alisa Lu – 3^rd

Impromptu Speaking

Lekha Sunder – 1^st

Noah Scantlebury – 4^th

Jeong Hyun Han – 5^th

Liliana Herrera – 6^th

Duet Acting

Will Derden & Mogi Taylor – 1^st

Vivi Collymore & Sophie Dunn – 2^nd

Nikki Goldin & Gabrielle Keene – 3^rd

Sara Frank & Hanna MacNamee – 4^th

Junior Prose

Lucy Wu – 6^th

Senior Prose

Athene DelVecchio – 1^st

Maggie Hill – 3^rd

Readers Theatre

Lauzon/Morris/Cardenas/Frank – 6^th

Lincoln-Douglas

Robert Brown – Semifinalist

Pooja Vettical – Octofinalst

Rhiannon Morris – Octofinalist

Public Forum

Lyle Derden & Lekha Sunder – 1^st

Joseph Donowho & Joseph Dowdall – Semis

Lucy Ding & Lucy Wu – Quarterfinalists

Special Awards

Robert Brown  - LD Top Speaker

Lekha Sunder – Top Individual Performer

Sophie Dunn – Heart and Soul Award

2014 March/April LD Topic

2014 March/April Topic
Resolved: Placing political conditions on humanitarian aid to foreign countries is unjust.

March PF Topic

Resolved: Single-gender classrooms would improve the quality of education in public schools.

Tournament Schedule

Jan. 18 - Westfield HS (@ Bammel Middle School)

Jan. 24/25 - Lamar HS (high school tournament)

Feb. 1 - Hastings HS

Feb. 21/22 - Olle MS

Apr. 12 - Conroe HS (tentative)

February PF Debate Topic

Resolved: The Supreme Court rightly decided that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act violated the Constitution.