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1st Place at Oak Ridge High School

11/18/2019

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​Public Forum Debate
Finals Close-out
Mahsa Forghani & Emerald Tang – 1st
Elliot Fullmer & Mason Martinez – 2nd
Nikhil Kodali & Sway Panigrahi – semifinalists
Dhruv Balivada & Jack Purser – quarterfinalists
Michael Liu & Shining Sun – quarterfinalists
Mingyi Chen & Jerry Zhang – quarterfinalists
Varun Manickam & Zayan Niaz – quarterfinalists
 
Emerald Tang – Top Speaker
 
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Alina Syed – octafinalist
Ryan Shen – octafinalist
 
World Schools Debate
Soumil Goyal, John Hajdik & Pablo Pena – 1st
 
Congressional Debate
Yash Semlani – 1st
Andy Shen – 6th
Ruhaan Singh – 9th
 
Dramatic Interp.
Analisa Fernandez-Weir – 2nd
 
Vocals
Mahika Joshi – 6th
 
Solo Improvisation
Ellery McDaniel – 2nd
Analisa Fernandez-Weir – 6th
 
Duo Interpretation
Carissa Beil & Jeffrey Gao – 1st
Esha Bhavsar & Quinn Morgenroth – 2nd
Hannah Gorelick & Sarah Nitsun – 4th
Spencer Gajanayake & Davis Tran – 5th
Tianna Le & Giavanna Wingfield – 6th
 
Novice Poetry
Amy Liu – 4th
Zee Nguyen – 5th
Kristin Tsai – 6th
 
Humorous
Ellery McDaniel – 3rd
 
Varsity Poetry
Meena Jammi – 1st
Ainsley Ernst – 3rd
Analisa Fernandez-Weir – 4th
Extemporaneous Speaking
Alina Syed – 1st
Mahsa Forghani – 2nd
Swayambhu Panigrahi – 3rd
Ryan Shen – 4th
Vishist Santanam – 5th
Nikhil Kodali – 6th
 
Original Oratory
Emerald Tang – 1st
Klaridy Miller – 3rd
 
Novice Prose
Pranali Rajarajan – 2nd
Riley Rexford – 5th
 
Impromptu Speaking
Mahsa Forghani – 1st
Vishist Santanam – 3rd
Dhruv Balivada – 4th
Meenal Jammi – 5th
 
Storytelling
Ellery McDaniel – 4th
 
Declamation
Tiffanie Huang – 3rd
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2nd Place at Klein Oak High School

11/4/2019

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​Congressional Debate
Yash Semlani – 4th
Zoya Arain – 7th
Pratyush Prakash – 10th
Addison Goodling - Finalist
 
Public Forum Debate
Close out in finals – placement based on seeding
Dhruv Balivada & Jack Purser – 1st
Rayleigh Nam & Saarang Ramabhadran – 2nd
Mahsa Forghani & Emerald Tang - quarterfinalists
Nikhil Kodali & Sway Panigrahi - quarterfinalists
Elliot Fullmer & Mason Martinez - quarterfinalists
Shanti Majumder & Liyana Yeahia – octafinalists
Michael Liu & Shining Sun – octafinalists
Mingyi Chen & Jerry Zhang – octafinalists
 
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Ryan Shen - semifinalist
Matthew Wu - quarterfinalist
 
Duet Improvisation
Josephine Lombardi & Ellery McDaniel – 7th
 
Junior Poetry
Ainsley Ernst – 1st
Zee Nguyen – 8th
 
Senior Poetry
Shreeya Mosalakanti – 5th
Meenal Jammi – 6th
 
Original Oratory
Ellen Dai – 5th
Smruthi Garlapati – 6th
Klaridy Miller – 8th
 
Junior Duet Acting
Josephine Lombardi & Jackson Weinstein – 4th
 
Impromptu Speaking
Kate Wubbenhorst – 3rd
Pablo Pena – 5th
Alina Syed – 7th
 
Extemporaneous Speaking
Meenal Jammi – 3rd
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Bellaire Report

10/14/2019

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​Novice Dramatic
Analisa Fernandez-Weir – 2nd
 
Novice Oratory
Zoya Arain – 3rd
 
Novice Poetry
Analisa Fernandez-Weir – 1st
Shreeya Mosalakanti – 3rd
Kate Wubbenhorst – 4th
Smruthi Garlapati – 5th
 
Novice Impromptu Speaking
Mahsa Forghani – 1st
 
Duet Acting
Weston Ruden & George Willis – 6th
 
Novice Humorous
Ellery McDaniel – 2nd
Lilac Walia – 4th
 
Duo Interpretation
Shreeja Mosalakanti & Shreeya Mosalakanti – 2nd
Liani Stansberry & Avabella Windham – 4th
 
Novice Prose
Analisa Fernandez-Weir – 1st
Kritika Dwarakanath – 3rd
Pranali Rajarajan – 4th
Anna Parker – 5th
Kate Wubbenhorst – 6th
Ella Carayanis – 7th
 
Novice Congress
Ikuya Himori – 6th
 
Novice Lincoln-Douglas
Cindy Cui – 2nd
Alina Syed – Quarterfinalist
Ankit Burudgunte – Octafinalist
Liyana Yeahia - Octafinalist
Nikhil Kodali – Octafinalist
 
Novice Public Forum
(close out at semis – top 4 based on seeding)
Varun Manickam & Zayan Niaz – 1st
Elliot Fullmer & Mason Martinez – 2nd
Ellen Dai & Emerald Tang – Semifinalists
Daniel Hendi & Shining Sun – Semifinalists
Kamala Majumder & Mischa Wijesekera – Quarterfinalists
Dhruv Balivada & Jack Purser - Quarterfinalists
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Debate Team Wins 1st at UIL at Pin Oak on Oct. 5

10/10/2019

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Public Forum Debate
Mahsa Forghani & Emerald Tang – 1st
Rayleigh Nam & Shining Sun - Quarterfinalists

PF Top Speakers

Mahsa Forghani – 2nd
Rayleigh Nam – 3rd
 
Lincoln-Douglas
Cindy Cui – 2nd
Meenal Jammi - Semifinalist
Matthew Wu – Semifinalist
Ankit Burudgunte – Quarterfinalist
 
LD Top Speakers
Cindy Cui – 1st
Meenal Jammi – 2nd
 
Congressional Debate
Andy Shen – 1st
Yash Semlani – 2nd
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Debate Schedule & Team Guide

8/21/2019

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Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year! Below is a link to our team guide and schedule. Students will be given a hard copy of this the first week of school. Check back at this website for tournament updates, results and other debate news.
Team guide with updated schedule 
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Debate Camps Happening This Summer at Lanier

4/30/2019

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Lanier Speech & Debate closes out season with 7 wins at Oak Ridge, 2nd in Sweepstakes

4/30/2019

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Lanier takes 2nd at first ever TJSDA State Tournament

4/12/2019

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Congressional Debate
Lakshmi Sunder – 1st
Diane Sun – 3rd
Theo Hunt – 6th
Andy Shen – 8th
Yash Semlani – Semifinalist
 
Public Forum Debate
Ishan Dubey & Austin Fiorito – 1st
Rayleigh Nam & Saarang Ramabhadran - Quarterfinalists
Nathan Chang & Sway Panigrahi - Quarterfinalists
Suraj Vadapalli & Yanke Wang – Octafinalists
Ellen Dai & Emerald Tang – Octafinalists
 
Saarang Ramabhadran & Rayleigh Nam – Top Speakers
 
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Franklin Wu - Semifinalist
Kalina Peneva - Quarterfinalist
Cindy Cui - Quarterfinalist
 
Original Oratory
Zayn Malik-Dhalia – 2nd
Gargi Rakhade – semifinalist
Stephanie Huang – semifinalist
 
Prose
Amy Park – 2nd
Analisa Fernandez-Weir – quarterfinalist
Ellery McDaniel – quarterfinalist
Grace Shearer – quarterfinalist
 
Humorous
Lucas Salaberry – 4th
Ellery McDaniel – 6th
Cristina McInnis – Semifinalist
Mitsuki Jiang – Semifinalist
 
Impromptu Speaking
Lucas Salaberry – 4th
Gargi Rakhade – 6th
Ankit Burudgunte – Semifinalist
Mahsa Forghani - Semifinalist
 
Solo Improvisation
Analisa Fernandez-Weir - Semifinalist
 
Poetry
Analisa Fernandez-Weir – 4th
Ann Seiler – quarterfinalist
Meenal Jammi – quarterfinalist
Sonya Kulkarni – quarterfinalist
 
Extemporaneous Speaking
Ankit Burudgunte – 3rd
Gargi Rakhade – 4th
Lucas Salaberry – 6th
 
Storytelling
Mitsuki Jiang - Semifinalist
 
Declamation
Lucas Salaberry – 2nd
Mahsa Forghani - Semifinalist
 
 
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2nd Place Sweepstakes at E.A. Olle Middle School

2/25/2019

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 Public Forum Debate
Ishan Dubey & Austin Fiorito – 1st
 
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Kalina Peneva - quarterfinalist
Cindy Cui - quarterfinalist
 
Congressional Debate
Diane Sun – 1st
Lakshmi Sunder – 2nd
Theo Hunt – 4th
Ava Faubus – Finalist
Yash Semlani – Finalist
 
Extemporaneous Speaking
Lucas Salaberry – 2nd
Franklin Wu – 3rd
Cindy Cui – 5th
Diane Sun – 6th
 
Duet Improvisation
Analisa Fernandez-Weir & Abby Christensen – 2nd
Jackson Weinstein & Kate Wubbenhorst – 6th
Mitsuki Jiang & Cristina McInnis – 8th
 
Humorous
Mitsuki Jiang – 1st
Cristina McInnis – 5th
 
Oratory
Zayn Malik – 2nd
Lucas Salaberry – 3rd
 
Junior Poetry
Ann Seiler – 1st
Meenal Jammi – 5th
 
Senior Poetry
Sonya Kulkarni – 3rd
Hope Nguyen – 4th
 
Solo Improvisation
Hannah Washington – 1st
Mitsuki Jiang
Lucas Salaberry – 8th
 
Duo Interpretation
Mitsuki Jiang & Cristina McInnis – 5th
 
Impromptu Speaking
Mahsa Forghani – 1st
Ayushi Mohanty – 3rd
Lucas Salaberry – 5th
Franklin Wu – 6th
 
Junior Prose
Analisa Fernandez-Weir – 3rd
Kate Wubbenhorst – 6th
 
Senior Prose
Grace Shearer – 6th
 
TV Commercial
Analisa Fernandez-Weir – 3rd
Cristina McInnis – 5th
 
Readers Theatre
Mitsuki Jiang, Cristina McInnis, Kayla Salinas, Lucas Salaberry, Zayn Malik, Stephanie Huang – 4th
 
Heart & Soul Award – Gargi Rakhade
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Olle Schedule

2/15/2019

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We will be using buses for next weekend's tournament at E.A. Olle Middle School. Debaters go Friday. Everyone goes Saturday

Friday, Feb. 22
2:45 p.m. - meet in the foyer at Lanier
3:00 p.m. - we leave Lanier
9:00 p.m. - we return to Lanier

Saturday, Feb. 23
6:15 a.m. - meet in the front of Lanier
6:30 a.m. - we leave Lanier
10:00 p.m.- we return to Lanier
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    I began teaching drama in 1998 at J.Will Jones Elem. and then at Long Middle School from 2001 to 2007. I'm currently the debate teacher/coach at Lanier Middle School. I love it.

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