Harker’s varsity speech and debate team is heading into the end-of-season championships phase! The team has qualified an impressive 18 students (see photo!) to represent us at state and various national championships. The coaches are especially proud that the school will be represented in all of our main events: policy debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, speech, congress and public forum debate.

This weekend, students will attend the first of the national championships, hosted by the National Debate Coaches Association in Atlanta. Next weekend, team members will attend the state championship in Mountain House, near Tracy. The weekend after, they will travel to the Tournament of Champions in Lexington, Ky. The team concludes its season with the National Speech & Debate Association Championship in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in June. Watch for updates!

Qualifiers are:

Alan Hughes, grade 12

Megan Huynh, grade 12

Serena Lu, grade 12

Jacob Ohana, grade 12

Alycia Cary, grade 11

Nikhil Dharmaraj, grade 11

Haris Hosseini, grade 11

Jason Huang, grade 11

Anusha Kuppahally, grade 11

Cindy Wang, grade 11

Clarissa Wang, grade 11

Avi Gulati, grade 10

Maddie Huynh, grade 10

Sachin Shah, grade 10

Nikki Solanki, grade 10

Jason Lin, grade 9

Andy Lee, grade 9

Andrew Sun, grade 9

Huge congrats to all! Best of luck in the coming events!