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Yale Signups

This year the Yale Invitational will be held on September 16-18. All team members who would like to compete should complete the Yale Invitational Sign-up. The registration window opens at 1pm on August 1, so any team member who signs up after risks being waitlisted. More information can be found on the Yale 2016 Invitation.

We are opening consideration for ANY team member to attend Yale this year, including new members who are rising 9th graders, up to a maximum of 25. All team members attending Yale will be asked to come to “preseason” meetings in the first two weeks of school before the tournament.

We would like to finalize the trip by August 29. Once we finalize numbers, paperwork and payment information will be distributed.

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NSDA Nationals Results

Senior Harry Kern travelled to Salt Lake City this week for NSDA Nationals. He helped represent Team NJ in the World Schools Debate event as part of a five-member team with students from other schools. The team advanced to the national octafinals, earning tenth place overall! Harry also ranked as the 34th best speaker in the tournament out of over 425 total. Congratulations!

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NSDA Nationals Livestream

The NSDA runs two livestreams of the national final rounds in ALL categories. Visit this link to see the schedule (all times in MDT) and make sure to watch the best of the best in the country (and the world). Interp finals are particularly impressive if you have time to watch. Enjoy!

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Online Speech & Debate Camps

Attending a camp is the single most effective way to improve your skills as a speaker or debater. Going to camp is tough, though – waiting lists, costs, and travel can make it difficult. Luckily there are a few online camp options available.

  • The NSDA runs online institutes for various events (PF, LD, Congress, Interp, OO, Extemp. As resource package subscribers, our students get the most discounted rate for these institutes. Check the dates to see if you’re available.
  • 3P Speech offers options for online coaching and institutes for the summer at affordable rates.
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NCFL Grand Nationals Results

Five RHS Forensics team members travelled to Sacramento, CA for Memorial Day weekend for the NCFL Grand National Championship.

Congratulations to senior Rachel Loia (Oral Interpretation) and the senior team of Alyssa Spagnuolo and Noah Taylor (Duo Interpretation) for placing in the top 48 nationally in their events as national octafinialists!

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2016-17 Interest Meeting

We will be hosting a lunchtime interest meeting for current 9-11 graders interested in learning more about Forensics/Speech and Debate. Please feel free to stop by with friends and spread the word – there will be food, and no commitments are necessary. Come learn about what we do, why we do it, and what you might be good at in B164 at lunch on Thursday June 2.

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2016-17 Officers

Congratulations to our new officers for the 2016-17 school year:

President Amy Pu
Vice-President of Speech Bryn Bennett
Vice-President of Debate Ashley Huang
Captain of Speech Kathryn Altman
Captain of PF/CON Gitanjali Iyer
Outreach Director Caitlyn Dempsey