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5th Grade Grandparents’ Day
Annual Report SPRING 2013
Kinkaid Debate Briefs The dedication and commitment of the Kinkaid debaters has been undeniable. Kinkaid had 15 students qualify for the Texas Forensics Association State Tournament in public forum, Lincoln-Douglas, and policy styles of debate, and five students qualified for the prestigious Tournament of Champions, sponsored by the University of Kentucky.
University of California – Berkeley February 16 – 18 200 schools from throughout the United States Policy
Humza Tariq ’13 and Zach Rosenthal ’13 won the tournament, first out of 234 teams. Zach was awarded 5th overall speaker, while Humza placed 15th. Sita Yerramsetti ’16 and Rikki Bleiweiss ’16 reached the top 64.
Lincoln Douglas Jan Gordon, Sally DeWalch, Don DeWalch, Andrew DeWalch ’20, Binz DeWalch, Don Gordon and Nancy DeWalch
John Lewis ’13 placed in the quarterfinals (top 8 of over 350). John qualified for the Tournament of Champions with his success. Rizwan Popatia ’13 placed in the top 64. Tyler Gamble ’15 had the record, but not the speaker points, to reach elimination rounds.
Emory University – Atlanta January 25-27 149 schools representing 22 states Policy
Humza and Zach reached the semi-finals. Zach was awarded 5th overall speaker, while Humza placed 8th.
Lincoln Douglas
John Lewis placed in the top 32.
Lexington HS – Boston January 18-21 94 Schools representing 22 States Clementine McIver, Nicole Zarr ’87, Strater Zarr ’20 and Richard Domercq ’62
Policy
Humza and Zach went undefeated in preliminary rounds and placed 1st overall. Ali Jamal ’15 and Ben Mitchell ’13 placed in the top 16. Reece Rosenthal ’15 and Ravi Inamdar ’15 placed in the top 32.
Public Forum
Roma Patel ’14 and Alina Valera ’14 placed in the top 32, out of over 100 teams.
Lincoln-Douglas
John Lewis placed in the top 32.
Jersey Village HS – Houston February 11-12 Policy
Arjun Reddy ’16 and Alex Kalai ’16 reached the semi-finals, placing third
Lincoln Douglas
Nina Kalluri ’15 placed in the top 16. Gunter Frankel, Debra Orkin, Jared Orkin ’20, Danielle Frankel, Lois Joseph and Bob Orkin ’72
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