Stuyvesant Speech & Debate

This post is a little late but the Stuyvesant Speech and Debate team kicked off the year with a strong showing at the Yale Invitational!
Oratory:

Karen Chen reached octafinals

Emily Xu reached octofinalist

Humorous Interpretation:

Thomas Chen reached quarterfinals.

POI

William Lohier received Second Place.

Congress:

Joshua Weiner reached semifinals.

Christian Bae reached semifinals.

Lincoln Douglass:

Kevin Li received top speaker and reached octafinals.

Pacy Yan received 8th speaker and reached octafinals.

Claire Liu reached quarterfinals.

Public Forum:

Inbar Pe'er and Mahesh Saha(Stuy PS) reached double octafinals.

Daniel Ju and Abie Rohrig (Stuy JR) reached semifinals.

Parlimentary:

Elijah Karshner and Isaac Rose Berman reached octafinals.

We are very excited for Big Bronx in a couple of weekends!

This weekend, Stuy policy became the United States federal government by spending the weekend in our nation's capital, debating at the Georgetown Day School Invitational. We couldn't have asked for a better start to the year, coming out of it with 3 bids, the top 2 seeds, 5 speaker awards including the top 2 speakers, and a tournament W!!!
Stuy HC (Jenny and Luola) went 7-0 and finished 1st seed, picking up the bid on their way to the finals round, which will be held at a later date. On top of that, Jenny was 1st speaker, and Luola was 2nd. They only dropped one ballot the entire tournament!
Stuy DS (David and Isaac) went 6-1 and finished 2nd seed, also snagging a bid and dropping on a 2-1 in semifinals. David was 4th speaker, and Isaac was 7th. Lack still not filled though.
Stuy FW (Julianna and Matteo) went 5-2 and finished as the 8th seed, coming off with a ghost bid after getting walked over by HC in quarterfinals. Matteo was also 6th speaker!
Stuy AC (Ayham and Jeffrey) had a strong showing as sophomores at their first ever varsity tournament, and are looking forward to topping their current record the next time they come to GDS.
None of this would have been possible without the incredible on-site coaching of Corinne Sugino and new Stuy coach Emmanuel Ruiz, who have been powering this squad through. We also want to extend a huge thanks to jon sharp and Judy Butler for hosting yet another amazing tournament. It was an honor and a privilege to attend, and the seniors on the team are sad that this is their last time coming thru. Finally, we want to extend a huge congratulations to Berkeley Prep Debate and Brooklyn Tech Debate for fantastic tournament runs full of speaker awards, bids, and wins. It's gonna be a good year for K debate!!!!

We were incredibly impressed with all of the talent we saw at auditions this week! Tryout results will be released on Monday (9/25) outside of room 627 after tenth period and will also be sent out in an email after they are posted. Have a wonderful long weekend!

Hello folks

Today's the day -

Stuy's Speech & Debate Awards Event & Team Dinner starts at 6:00 pm ....TONIGHT!

Pls drop off food / supplies in 5th floor cafeteria - the awards ceremony will be in 1st floor theater.

If you haven't added to potluck list pls do so now - We can still use more hot & cold dishes and desserts.

The online sign-up sheet at www.perfectpotluck.com OR http://www.PerfectPotluck.com/meals.php?t=CZZE6662

Sorry - no webcast -- you'll have to experience it in person. Come on down!

Questions? Contact me.

Warm regards,

David Lasday
[email protected]
917.328.2624


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It's tomorrow.
Stuy's Speech & Debate Awards Ceremony & Team Dinner starts at 6:00 pm tomorrow, June 17.

Some have asked is the event appropriate for underclassmen and parents - Answers: yes and yes.

We hope you can make it. And we still need donations.
Please go to the online sign-up sheet at http://www.PerfectPotluck.com/meals.php?t=CZZE6662

06.17.2017 - Stuy Speech & Debate Team Year End Awards Event and Dinner Click on the link above to view the sign up sheet for the 06.17.2017 - Stuy Speech & Debate Team Year End Awards Event and Dinner group meal on PerfectPotluck.com.

"Our Speech and Debate Team is one of the most successful in the country. For many of our team members, the cost of attending tournaments is prohibitive. We do not want to leave any deserving student behind because of income limitations.We are hoping to take 50 students to the Harvard Tournament. It is one of the largest, most prestigious and expensive contests in our season.
The funding will be used 100% to sponsor team members attending this tournament. It will be used to pay transportation, registration fees, and hotel expenses. The average cost is about $450 per student.
Many of our team members cannot afford to go
The tournament is Feb 17-20, so the sooner the better on the funding.
This support will allow deserving students to participate
in one of the finest contests in the US.
We have had great success there over the last years, but most importantly, we have had a wonderful experience competing against some of the finest young men and women from the entire country." -Julie Sheinman
https://www.gofundme.com/stuyforharvard

Click here to support Stuyvesant Debates at Harvard by Julie Sheinman Our Speech and Debate Team is one of the most successful in the country. For many of our team members, the cost of attending tournaments is prohibitive. We do not want to leave any deserving student behind because of income limitations.We are hoping to take 50 students to the Harvard Tournament...

Last weekend Stuy competed at New York City Invitational at Bronx Science! The team did incredibly well:
Speech:
William Lohier- Semifinalist in Oral Interpretation
Kate Johnston- Semifinalist in Oral Interpretation and semifinalist in Humorous Interpretation
Liam Elkind- 6th in Oral Interpretation and 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation
Alec Dai and Lela Ni- Semifinalists in Duo Interpretation

Policy:
David Doktorman and Isaac Segal - 2nd seed and Octafinalists
Neil Yang and Matteo Wong - Octafinalists
Jenny Han and Luola Chen- Partial Octafinalists

Congress:
Asher Lasday - 4th place

Public Forum:
Abraham Rohrig and Zachary Ginsberg - Semifinalists

Lincoln Douglass:
Katherine Fennel -Double Octafinalist
Aleksander Shipetich - Triple Octafinalist

A great performance by all!

The wait is over! Here are results for this year's debate tryouts. We had a ton of great applicants, and placing y'all was hard, but here it is! We know you might not have gotten your 1st choice, but please try to spend at least 1-2 weeks on your category before you try to switch. So great to have such a strong year of recruits, and we can't wait to start the season with y'all!!!!!!

Another great weekend for Stuyvesant Speech and Debate!
Our Policy team went to Georgetown and here are the results:

Luola Chen and Jenny Han - Semifinalists (First bid!)
Isaac Segal and David Doktorman- Quarterfinalists
Neil Yang and Matteo Wong - Octafinalsts

Go Policy!

Last weekend Stuyvesant Speech and Debate kicked off the year with the Yale Invitational!

Our Results:

Speech
Liam Elkind - Fifth in OI
Kate Ly Johnston - Fifth in HI

Congress
Asher Lasday - Semifinalist
Niels Graham- Semifinalist

Lincoln Douglas
Aleksander Shipetich - Octafinalist
Katherine Fennel- Double Octafinalist
Pacy Yan - Triple Octafinalist
Kelly Wang - Double Octafinalist in JV

Policy
Luola Chen and Jenny Han - Quarterfinalists

Public Forum
Zachary Ginsberg and Abie Rohrig - Triple Octafinalists

Parliamentary
Rodda John and Lorez Vargas were in the top 5 speakers

A great start to a great new year!

Our team just returned from the New York City Invitational (the one national tournament we attend that's just a subway ride away!) Congratulations to everyone who competed and placed this weekend! Our speakers and debaters faced an extremely competitive pool of national competitors and yet performed remarkably well.

Our results:

Duo Interpretation:

Rishika Jikaria and Danielle Hahami — Semifinalists



Extemporaneous Speaking:

Alexander Hirsch — Quarterfinalist



Humorous Interpretation:

Kate Johnston — Semifinalist



Legislative Debate (Congressional Debate):

Dennis Nenov — 9th!!!

Benedict Bolton — 10th!!!

Asher Lasday — Semifinalist



Prose and Poetry (Oral Interpretation):

Alec Dai — 4th!!!

Maggie Gutmann — Quarterfinalist



Public Forum:

Jakob Urda & Ben Kessler — Quarterfinalists

Zachary Ginsberg & Lorenz Vargas — Octafinalists

Out of more than 400 teams, Jakob Urda won 2nd Speaker and Ben Kessler won 13th Speaker.



Team Debate (Policy Debate):

Daniel Goynatsky and Jeffrey Yan— Octafinalists

Check out our website, www.stuyforensics.com for updates!

The Stuyvesant Speech & Debate season started with a bang this year! We've trained, we've competed, and we've been a little too busy for Facebook posts. A tad late, but here are a few of our updates:

We held our annual Kick-Off meeting this past Wednesday, and were amazed to see so many students and parents fill up the Stuyvesant auditorium. Check out this page for pictures:
http://www.stuyforensics.com/news/2014/10/11/2014-2015-kick-off-meeting

Our top Public Forum team, Jakob Urda & Ben Kessler were co-champions at the Crestian Classic Round Robin. They semifinaled at the tournament and tied for first and second speaker!
http://www.stuyforensics.com/news/2014/10/11/congratulations-to-jakob-urda-and-ben-kessler-for-winning-the-crestian-beltway-classic-fl

Our PF, LD, Congress, and Declamation novices got their first chance to compete this past Friday and Saturday. Here's how they did:
http://www.stuyforensics.com/results/2014/10/11/stuyvesant-10112014-results
http://www.stuyforensics.com/results/2014/10/11/stuyvesant-hugh-mcevoy-tournament-101114-results