Each year at our banquet (April 20, 2017; more information to come), our Boosters give two Senior Awards to our departing team members. To be considered for these awards, any interested senior should fill out the 2017 Boosters Senior Award Application by the deadline of April 1. Instructions are contained within the application. Good luck to all applicants!
States and Districts Rosters
Congratulations to all team members who have qualified or been selected to compete at the NJSDL State Championships and the NJ District Qualifying Tournament!
- If you were not selected for States, there may still be an opportunity for you to compete in either Congress or Declamation. Please see a coach if you are interested.
- All competitors in interpretation events are required to register their piece information here (change workbooks to change between tournaments). They must also have their script on-hand at all times for the duration of each tournament.
- All competitors in public address events are required to register the titles of their pieces at the same link, and must submit one annotated copy of their speech (with works cited) to a coach and carry another copy with them.
- All competitors in debate should familiarize themselves with NSDA rules, especially on evidence challenges and use of Wifi.
- If you have questions about these tournaments, visit this link for more information, or speak to a VP or coach.
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Well done to all team members for a fantastic season. It’s not over yet!
Results Results Results
Congratulations to our team on their success at the most recent tournaments. Please congratulate these team members if you see them!
District Congress @ Montville:
- Sam Halpern – 6th place Senate (4th alternate)
Montville Invitational:
- Katherine Hu – Top Non-Advancing Novice, Humorous Interpretation
- Allie Wu & Paul Ward – 6th place Novice Public Forum
- Nicole Nissel – 5th place Program Oral Interpretation
- Renee Shen – 4th place Varsity Lincoln Douglas
- Shefali Das – 3rd place Oral Interpretation
- Jordan Pontelandolfo – 1st place Oral Interpretation
Harvard Invitational:
- Amy Pu – Triple-octafinalist, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
- Lauren Spencer – Octafinalist, Dramatic Interpretation
- Caitlyn Dempsey – Quarterfinalist, Program Oral Interpretation
- Bryn Bennett – Quarterfinalist, Humorous Interpretation & Semifinalist, Program Oral Interpretation
Montville Big Questions & World Schools Debate:
- Sam Halpern, Shefali Das, & Daniel Kim – 5th place World Schools Debate
CFL #5 @ Ridge:
- Tyler Harper & Lara Heinlein – 5th place Duo Interpretation
- Jaqueline Wu – 1st place Junior Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking
- Caitlyn Dempsey – 1st place Varsity Oral Interpretation
Borelli Memorial:
- Shefali Das – 1st place Original Oratory
Ridge Invitational Results
35 team members went to Ridge this weekend for our largest local tournament and came away with some excellent results!
- Caitlyn Dempsey – Semifinalist, Oral Interpretation
- Jess Wattman – Semifinalist, Oral Interpretation
- Claudia Pietrus – Semifinalist, Original Oratory
- Shefali Das – Semifinalist, Radio Speaking & 3rd place Original Oratory
- Bryn Bennett – 4th place Program Oral Interpretation & 2nd place Humorous Interpretation
- Naomi Gonzalez – 2nd place Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
- Mallika Ravi – 1st place Novice Oral Interpretation
- Team Sweepstakes – 6th place
Hunterdon Central & Freehold
Our small contingent did fairly well at the inaugural Hunterdon Central Winter Invitational this weekend. See below:
- Katherine Hu – Top Non-Advancing Novice, Humorous Interpretaiton
- Shefali Das – 6th place Original Oratory
- Sam Halpern – 4th place Congress
- Nicole Nissel – 4th place Program Oral Interpretation
- Julian Yan & Brenna McConnell – 3rd place Novice Public Forum
- Jordan Pontelandolfo – 2nd place Dramatic Interpretation
- Bryn Bennett – 4th place Humorous Interpretation and 1st place Program Oral Interpretation
- Team Sweepstakes – 5th place
Also, the tournament at Freehold is this coming weekend!
LET’S PACK THE BUS.
Hunterdon Central
Next Saturday (1/7) kicks off the second half of our season at Hunterdon Central. This is a new NJSDL tournament that will offer ALL speech events and all levels of debate, and we want the tournament to stick around in the future, so let’s go out in force! It will also be the site of States this year, so it might be a good idea to get a feel for the campus, too. Sign up here.
CFL #3 Cancelled
We received word this afternoon that CFL #3 at Montville is cancelled, so there will be no tournament tomorrow (12/17). We will keep you updated if the tournament is rescheduled for another time. Enjoy the weekend, be safe, and we’ll see everyone for our holiday cookie exchange on Tuesday after-school.
Results from Princeton & Summit
Please congratulate the following team members for their hard work and success the past two weekends!
Summit Holiday Classic:
- Peter Vailakis – Top Non-Advancing Novice, Original Oratory
- Tyler Harper & Lara Heinlein – Top Non-Advancing Novices, Duo Interpretation
- Kathryn Altman – 4th place Humorous Interpretation
- Jordan Pontelandolfo – 4th place Dramatic Interpretation
- Lauren Spencer – 1st place Dramatic Interpretation
- Bryn Bennett – 1st place Humorous Interpretation and 1st place Program Oral Interpretation
- Team Sweepstakes – 5th place
Princeton Classic:
- Amy Pu – Double-octafinalist, Varsity Lincoln Douglas
- Shefali Das – Semifinalist, Original Oratory
- Bryn Bennett – 6th place Humorous Interpretation
- Lauren Spencer – 6th place Dramatic Interpretation
Princeton
For all students attending the Princeton trip this weekend, we will be meeting in the commons at 11 am on Friday. If you are attending the tournament, please bring your luggage with you to school in the morning and leave it in Mrs. Poff and Ms. Anllo’s room (B128). Try to pack as lightly as possible – we will be taking a school bus, rather than a charter bus. The tournament will run through Sunday, and we will hopefully return Sunday around 5pm. For more information, including hotel and transportation, check out the Princeton information sheet.
CFL #2 Results
After a week off, our team competed at CFL #2 at Ridge HS on Saturday. Veterans got some great fine-tuning opportunities, novices got some great experience, and we did quite well for ourselves overall. Take a look:
- Naomi Gonzalez – 6th place JV Extemporaneous Speaking
- Jordan Pontelandolfo – 5th place Oral Interpretation
- Abha Walter – 4th place JV Extemporaneous Speaking
- Lauren Spencer – 4th place Dramatic Performance
- Bryn Bennett & Caitlyn Dempsey – 4th place Duo Interpretation
- Claudia Pietrus – 4th place Original Oratory
- Jacqueline Wu – 3rd place JV Extemporaneous Speaking
- Sam Halpern – 3rd place Congress
- Team Sweepstakes – 4th place
Perhaps you’ve already heard about some other excitement from the tournament. Two of our students had the great fortune to debate Stephen Colbert’s son this weekend at CFL #2. What was perhaps more surprising to them was that when they walked in their room, Mr. Colbert was sitting in the back, ready to watch the debate. Mr. Colbert is also a speech and debate alumni from his childhood in South Carolina, so it was really great to see him supporting the activity. If you’re interested in photographic proof, check out our photo gallery here.