Eagle Invitational Results

Thanks to all Fairmont participants, coaches, parents, and staff that came to support us on Saturday. It was a great tournament, and very successful as well!

School Awards:
Overall: This is for the most wins per school
1st place - Edgewood
2nd place - Anaheim Hills


Tournament: This is for highest win percentage
1st place - Edgewood
3rd place - Anaheim Hills

Team Awards:
1st place - Edgewood LRN: Carl Lejerskar, Rochelle Rouhani, Anjali Narang
2nd place - Edgewood BPJ: Francisco Buitron, Christy Park, Spencer Jallali
3rd place - Anaheim Hills CRK: Nick Crosson, Keren Rosenthal, Yvonne Kim
4th place - Edgewood MAR: Alexandra Mowrey, Keivon Akbari, Jessica Rutten
5th place - Edgewood LMF: Bradford Lee, Kieran Mital, Cassandra Fernandez
6th place - Anaheim Hills TCB: Sabrina Tawfik, River Crawford, Lyndon Bui
8th place - Anaheim Hills WLJ: Jayde Woods, Lauren Lee, Alice Joo
9th place - Edgewood TNA: Kaitlyn Tran, Lam Nguyen, Azzam Ahmed
10th place - Edgewood MMB: Sonya Mital, Jonathan Messiha, Alexandra Bollman
14th place - Mable NHW: Michael Niu, Ryan Han, Emily Wang
15th place - Anaheim Hills DLX: Bryan Dang, Austin Lee, Jia Xuan Li

Speaker Awards:
1st place - Rochelle Rouhani
2nd place - Carl Lejerskar
3rd place - Anjali Narang
4th place - Cassandra Fernandez
5th place - Christy Park
6th place - Spencer Jallali
7th place - Yvonne Kim
8th place - Jessica Rutten
9th place - Keivon Akbari
10th place - Bradford Lee
11th place - Nick Crosson
12th place - Allison Cheung
13th place - Alice Joo
14th place - Kaitlyn Tran
15th place - Azzam Ahmed

Again, thanks to debaters, parents, coaches, and staff. We'll see you all next year at the Winter Classic, February 13 at Fairmont Preparatory Academy.

Eagle Invitational Update

Updated information for Edgewood's teams:

UPDATED PRACTICE SCHEDULE
Please note the following change in the schedule. Since this Friday (December 4) is a minimum day, we will be having debate practice from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Students will need to eat lunch before debate practice begins.

DEBATE DAY SCHEDULE
The schedule for the day will run as follows:
8:00-9:00- Registration
9:00- Round 1
10:30- Round 2
12:00-1:15- LUNCH
1:15- Round 3
2:30- Round 4
3:45- Round 5
5:00- Awards
Students must be present at the Fairmont Prep Academy (2200 W. Sequoia Ave, Anaheim) at 8:00 am.

Bagel Me will be providing us with box lunch sets. The following options will be available:
Turkey/Vegetarian Sandwich - $7.00
Turkey/Vegetarian Sandwich with cheese - $7.50

I am asking all students to purchase lunch on tournament day. Please send me an e-mail by tonight (Thursday) to let me know how many family members will be purchasing lunch as well.
I would appreciate it if you could send me the necessary amount by Tuesday, December 7th.

Please recall the uniform guidelines sent out in an earlier e-mail:
Girls
-black dress shoes
-black True Grits Bias Cut A line skirt (seen here: https://www.truegrits.com/store/order.cfm?style=SK30_t&gradeid=24&req=1)
-white or black dress blouse
Boys
-black dress shoes
-black dress slacks
-dark blue long-sleeve dress shirt

*Any accessory items (coats, jackets, sweaters, etc) must be black.

Please let me know if you have any questions by e-mailing me (bhughes@fairmontschools.com) or calling me (714) 832-4867 x 1559. You can also contact Miss Frazier at (714) 832-4867 x1557 or lfrazier@fairmontschools.com.

Topics for the December 12th Debate

December 12th - Eagle Invitational (Hosted by Fairmont Private Schools - Edgewood)
Fairmont Private Schools - Preparatory Academy
Anaheim CA
Keep your eyes here for the official announcement!

Topics List:

1. School officials should not be allowed to search students
2. Graffiti should be considered art not vandalism
3. The obese should pay more for healthcare (repeat from the Scramble tournament)
4. Breeding of pit bulls and other aggressive dogs should be banned
5. Capitalism does more harm than good

MHCS Scramble Tournament Results

Thanks to all who came to participate, support, or watch the debate on Saturday. It was a huge success and we'd like to thank the staff, parents, and students of Mission Hills for making a great debate. We had 63 students participate in the debate and we are very proud of each and every one.

The students were broken into color groups and mixed with debaters from other schools. Each color group had 4-5 teams. There were participants from 6 different schools - Fairmont Anaheim Hills, Fairmont Mable, Mission Hills Christian School, Beechwood, Heritage Oak, and Fairmont Edgewood.



Overall Color Group Winner:
Red Team


Team Results:
10th - Orange WFR: Emily Wang, Cassandra Fernandez, Keren Rosenthal 
9th - Green GCN: Clayton Gaddie, Thea Chryssolgelos, Anjali Narang
8th - Orange SYL: Perla Shaheen, Cai Yeo, Carl Lejerskar
7th - Purple KKB: Timothy Kim, Aaron Kang, Alexandra Bollman
6th - Orange WSP: Jayde Woods, McCall Sheetz, Christy Park
5th - Green LLB: Ezekiel Levin, Amanda Lara, Celeste Broderick
4th - Purple JHC: Sam Jones, Kaitlyn Hopkins, Allison Cheung
3rd - Red LCR: Santino Labate, Jacobzen Chang, Rochelle Rouhani
2nd - Blue MWK: Alexandra Mowrey, Savannah West, Yvonne Kim
1st - Red CCA: Nick Crosson, Vasiliki Courelli, Keivon Akbari

Speaker Awards:
20. Celeste Broderick
16. Christy Park
15. Sasson Perian

13. Jayde Woods
12. Alexandra Mowrey
11. Carl Lejerskar 
10. Lauren Lee
9. Nick Crosson
8. Allison Cheung
7. Yvonne Kim
6. Rochelle Rouhani
4. Alexandra Bollman
3. Anjali Narang

1. Keivon Akbari

Congratulations to all of our winners and hope to see you all at the next debate, December 12.

Pictures from MHCS Ice Breaker

MHCS Scramble Tournament this weekend!

Don't forget to come to our first tournament of the year this weekend! Students from Edgewood, Anaheim Hills, and Mable will compete with students from the other schools on mixed teams.

Registration starts at 8am, teams are announced around 9am. Come participate or cheer on your friends! For participants, there is a debate practice tomorrow afternoon at 4pm at Edgewood. There will be argument sharing and a practice debate or two.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Saints Ice Breaker Invitational

Mission Hills Christian School Saints

and

The Orange County Debate League

Proudly present the

Ice-Breaker Debate Scramble

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Times: Registration opens at 8:00am, Round 1 begins at 10:00, and students depart at 3:00pm.

Schedule:

Registration: 8:00 – 8:45

Post color teams: 9:00

Color Group Meet Up: 9:05 – 9:45

Round 1: 10:00

Round 2: 11:15

Lunch: 12:15

Round 3: 1:00

Awards: 2:30

Topics:

1. The Olympics should permit performance-enhanced clothing.

2. The obese should pay more for health care.

3. On balance, Governor Schwarzenegger has done more good than harm.

Meals: Lunch/Snacks will be available for purchase. Details to follow:

See your coach to sign up! Only 12 slots per school.

Mission Hills Christian School

29582 Aventura

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688

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October 24th Debate

Mission Hills will be hosting OCDL's first tournament this year. See your coach for signups!


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First Debate Practice

When: This Saturday (October 10th) from 8:30-12:30.
Where: Fairmont Private Schools Edgewood Campus (12421 Newport Ave Santa Ana CA 92705)
Why: To prepare and practice the topics for the scramble tournament October 24th at Mission Hills

See your coaches to sign up.

Thanks to all...

who participated in the Orange County Debate League workshop this past Saturday at Edgewood. There were 58 students from 8 schools represented, and many of them Fairmont's own. Our demo debate "Cheerleading should be an official sport" went very well, thanks to those who participated, including Alexandra Mowrey, Rochelle Rouhani, Keivon Akbari, and Anjali Narang.

Coming up next - OCDL's Scramble, set for October 24th in a location TBD. Check with your coaches about signups for that.
Topics as are such:
The Olympics should permit performance-enhancing clothing.
The obese should pay more for health care.
On balance, Governor Schwarzenegger has done more good than harm.

OCDL Workshop this Saturday

Here is the schedule for this Saturday. Sign up with your coach or by contacting Mr. Hughes at bhughes@fairmontschools.com. There are only a few spots left, so hurry!

Registration - 8:30am to 8:45am

Demonstration Debate “Cheerleading should be an official sport” – 9:00 to 10:00

Session 1* – 10:05 to 10:45

Break – 10:45 to 11:00

Session 2* – 11:05 to 11:45

Session 3 – 11:50 to 12:30

*Judge training to be held during sessions 1 and 2

Debate Workshop

When: Saturday September 26, 2009, 8:30am-12:30pm

Where: Fairmont Private Schools—Edgewood Campus 12421 Newport Ave, North Tustin, CA 92705

Who: Open to any student in grades 6-8 interested in debate.

What: Workshop training will include:

• Judge Training
• AREI Argument Construction
• 4-Step Refutation
• Argument Comparisons
• And more!

Cost: $4 (payable at the event)

Please contact your coach by email to reserve your spot at this exciting and informative event! bhughes@fairmontschools.com, kmead@fairmontschools.com, alee10@fairmontschools.com

Welcome to 2009!

Greetings and welcome back debaters! The fall is upon us and that brings the new season for debate! New this fall - the creation of an Orange County Debate League and all three Fairmont schools (Edgewood, Anaheim Hills, and Mable) will be in this league, competing against other Orange County schools.

First up is the debate workshop on September 26, tentatively scheduled at Edgewood's campus. See your debate coach to sign up for the workshop.

We look forward to this year!

MSPDP Nationals 2009

We'd like to congratulate all of the participants at this years Nationals for a wonderful tournament. You all worked extremely hard and we are proud of you!

Team Awards
Team PMD (Patel, Marlin, D'Agostino) 24th place
Team GDL (Gumlia, Day, Lejerskar) 22nd place

Speaker Awards
Kira Day 29th Place

Holt Jackson Tournament

Anaheim Hills
Edgewood
Prep Academy

Top Five Team Awards:
1. Rochelle Rouhani, Manish Patel, Nikita Patel
2. Alec Cho, Matthew Marlin, Drew Gumlia
3. Anjali Narang, Sonali Nayak, Paige Miller
4. Stephen Yoo, Emma Rogers, Vasu Tadimeti
5. Noah Eastman, Ashlee Queathem, Jessica Rutten

Top Ten Speaker Awards:
1. Manish Patel (Golden Gavel Winner!)
2. Matthew Marlin
3. Nikita Patel
4. Francesca D’Agostino
5. Rochelle Rouhani
6. Drew Gumlia
7. Olivia Walmsley
8. Thao-Ann Nguyen
9. Carl Lejerskar
10. Ashlee Queathem

Harvard Westlake Tournament

Harvard Westlake School hosted a PCDL tournament and we had a great time! Thanks for all their hard work!

School Awards
Fairmont Edgewood - 3rd place Overall School

Team Awards
Team JBP (Jallali, Bollman, Park) 25th place
Team PMD (N. Patel, Marlin, D'Agostino) 22nd place
Team GQW (Gumlia, Queathem, Walmsley) 16th place
Team NPF (Nguyen, K.Patel, Flores) 14th place
Team MDL (Mowrey, Day, Lejerskar) 12th place

Speaker Awards
Matthew Marlin 25th place
Kira Day 24th place

Eagle Invitational

Edgewood hosted its PCDL tournament at the Prep Academy this Saturday and wow were they impressive!

School Awards
Fairmont Edgewood - 1st place Tournament
Fairmont Edgewood - 2nd place Overall School

Team Awards
Team PMD (Patel, Marlin, D'Agostino) 4th place
Team NJW (Nguyen, Johnston, Walmsley) 9th place
Team NDL (Narang, Day, Lejerskar) 10th place
Team GQR (Gumlia, Queathem, Rouhani) 14th place

Speaker Awards
Francesca D'Agostino 5th place
Nikita Patel 6th place
Thao-Ann Nguyen 12th place
Matthew Marlin 16th place
Kira Day 17th place