# KNIGHTS STAND OUT Oh, What a Knight! Speech and Debate Team’s Hours of On Friday, February 18, the EHS community celebrated Episcopal High Hard Work Pay Off School’s 38th Auction, Oh, What a Knight! Chairs Mary Ellen Bos ’93, Anne Freeman, and Allison Jordan, along with countless volunteers and generous donors, raised the necessary revenue for the School’s operating budget.
The evening took on a new format with all silent items being sold in our Online Auction. The night consisted of a jubilant cocktail hour before attendees moved into the ballroom for dinner and a Live Auction. Guests enjoyed a wonderful dinner prepared by Jackson & Company, bid high in our Live Auction with energetic Auctioneer Johnny Bravo, and danced the night away with tunes spun by DJ Senega. EHS is already gearing up for Auction 2023. Chairs Rebecca Martin, Cara Michael, and Mindy Rippstein promise an unforgettable evening as we celebrate The Greatest Knight. Save the date for February 24, 2023!
Our Speech and Debate Team competes between October and February, and it is a grueling schedule these students undertake on the weekends. “It’s for this reason,” Jordan Butler, Head Coach of Speech and Debate, says, “that I often describe our tournaments as marathons. Our students have to be prepared to debate for four to five hours, non-stop on Friday, and wake up Saturday morning ready to continue for semi-finals and finals.” This school year, the Speech and Debate Team has competed in the TFA Stratford Spartan Tournament, the Big Cat Swing at Cypress Creek, the Mayde Creek Ram Classic TFA Tournament, the Clear Creek Classic, and the Tompkins Cy Park Spring Swing. Outside of the NSDA/TFA circuit, our students also compete in the Coolidge Cup at either SMU in December or online in May. Students who do well in the Coolidge Cup will qualify for the Coolidge Cup National Tournament in Plymouth, Virginia. Our students also compete in Model UN with Coach Michael in the Spring semester. Accolades go to Emily McKay ’24, who qualified for Nationals in Program Oral Interpretation in late February.
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EHS Yearbook Earns National Recognition Episcopal High School’s yearbook The Hexagon, earned national recognition with its inclusion in the Jostens 2022 Look Book. Celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and coverage, the Jostens Look Book is the largest and most comprehensive publication of its type in the world. The annually published Look Book honors the important role well-crafted yearbooks play in helping schools chronicle the experiences, stories, and achievements most relevant to students and that academic year. A panel of judges comprised of nationally recognized scholastic journalism professionals and award-winning yearbook advisors carefully selected the best spreads and covers from outstanding yearbooks across the country. Selected for its 2021 Born to Be Blue cover featuring a unique plexiglass design, The Hexagon has been included in the Look Book for four of the last six years. Congratulations to Mr. Framel and his group of students!
