Harker’s middle school competed at six tournaments in two states (California and Texas) during December and January. Here is the review of their success. Our middle school students primarily compete against high school students, so success is by no means guaranteed.
College Prep (Oakland)
In mid-December, 37 schools from six states representing 106 entries competed in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Three Harker middle school students competed. You can view the picture album here.
University of Houston
From Jan. 12-13, 58 schools from five states representing 312 entries competed in speech and debate events. Five Harker middle school students competed. You can view the picture album here.
Program Oral Interpretation
4th – Zubin Khera, grade 7
Intramural No. 3 (Harker Middle School)
On Jan. 17, about 50 Harker middle schools students competed in four distinct events and received the following awards. You can view the picture album here.
Speech (Impromptu)
1st – Madeleine Hansen, grade 8
Public Forum
1st – Carol Wininger and Deeya Viradia, both grade 7
Lincoln-Douglas
1st – Rahul Santhanam, grade 7
Policy Speaker Awards
1st – Ansh Sheth, grade 6
Intro (6th Graders Only)
1st – Adam Sayed
2nd – Meishin Yen
3rd – Andrew Tang
4th – Sathvik Chundru
5th – Brittany Tsui
6th – Arjun Gurjar
7th – Anika Mantripragada
Intro Speaker Awards (6th Graders Only)
1st – Sathvik Chundru
2nd – Adam Sayed
3rd – Brittany Tsui
4th – Gautam Bhooma
Harvard-Westlake School (Los Angeles)
From Jan. 13-15, 65 schools from 10 states representing 201 entries competed in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Eight Harker middle school students competed. You can view the picture album here.
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (Los Angeles area)
From January 19-21, 82 schools from five states representing 347 entries competed in debate and speech events. About a dozen Harker middle school students competed, and a few received awards. You can view the picture album here.
Policy Debate Varsity
5th – Deven Shah, grade 8, and Julia Biswas, grade 9 (quarterfinalists).
Policy Debate Varsity Speaker Awards
3rd – Deven Shah
Milpitas High School (Milpitas)
From Jan. 27-28, 45 schools in California representing 477 entries competed in debate and speech events. About 70 Harker middle school students competed, and a few received awards. You can view the picture album here.
International Extemporaneous
5th – Ramit Goyal, grade 6
Original Prose & Poetry
5th – Cecilia Yang, grade 6
Original Oratory
9th – Nila Dharmaraj (semifinalist), grade 6
Public Forum Varsity
9th – Aaditya Gulati and Dhruv Shoji (octofinalist), both grade 8
9th – Yejin Song and Alina Yuan (octofinalist), both grade 8
Public Forum Varsity Speaker Awards
2nd – Yeijin Song
Public Forum Novice
22nd – Desiree Luo and Angelina Zhu (3-2 record), both grade 6
29th – Elvis Han and Muthiah Panchanatham (3-2 record), both grade 8
41st – Cynthia Wang and Emma Gao (3-2 record), both grade 6
43rd – Sriram Bhimaraju and Gautam Bhooma (3-2 record), both grade 6
45th – Jeremy Ko and Vishnu Veeravalli (3-2 record), both grade 7
Public Forum Novice Speaker Awards
5th – Veyd Patil, grade 6