Harker speech and debate has had a wonderful first semester. Across 16 tournaments, students in all of the events have earned prestigious awards.
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Speech and debate students place high, collect awards at final NSDA tournament
Harker had incredible results at the final speech and debate tournament of the season. The National Speech & Debate Association tournament took place online…
Senior becomes congressional debate national champion
This story was submitted by speech and debate department chair Jenny Achten. Senior Andrew Sun was named the congressional debate national champion at the…
Upper school debate takes Lincoln-Douglas championship
This story was submitted by speech and debate department chair Jenny Achten. Harker closed out the national championship final round in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Seniors…
Harker speech and debate takes first place at UC Berkeley tourney
Harker was the first place overall school at last weekend’s Cal Invitational UC Berkeley speech and debate tournament.
Harker speech and debate dominant at early tournaments
The upper and middle speech and debate teams did not miss a beat as they switched to the new world of online tournaments.
Rising senior debater receives leadership award
This story was submitted by speech and debate department chair Jenny Achten. At the 2020 National Speech & Debate Tournament, held online June 14-20,…
Upper school debate coach named Coach of the Year by NSDA California Coast District
Last week, speech and debate teacher Scott Odekirk was named Coach of the Year by the California Coast District of the National Speech &…
Speech and debate wins top award at Cal tournament
Harker placed first out of 191 schools for overall team performance at the tournament held by the University of California, Berkeley on Feb. 15-17.
