09 Mar TEECS Speech and Debate Team @ Hunterdon Central Invitational Tournament!
Congratulations to the following competitors:
– Ayesha Amir placed 4th in the Declamation event.
– Sarang Patki placed 7th in the Congressional Debate event
– Veer Guda advanced to the finals of the Lincoln Douglas Debate event.
The Hunterdon Central Invitational Tournament offered 11 individual speech events and 5 debate events. Over 466 participants from 57 schools and 4 states across the Tri-State area participated in this tournament.
Declamation: Declamation requires students to select a speech that was delivered in public and perform an excerpt of that speech to an audience.
Congressional Debate: Congressional Debate (also known as Student Congress, Legislative Debate) is a competitive interscholastic high school debate event in the United States. Congressional Debate is a mock legislative assembly competition where students draft bills (proposed laws) and resolutions (position statements), which they and their peers later debate and vote to pass into law and then take action on by voting for or against the legislation.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Lincoln–Douglas is a one-on-one competitive debate that is focused on values and criteria. The format traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic, ethical values, and philosophy.
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