Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Congratulations to the Prep Debate Team!

Our Debate Team earned 3rd place at the U.S. WSDC Championship debate held this weekend at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. We did great as a team and individually as well. Nikhil Narang took home the 6th place speaker overall award. Please congratulate our very talented students who represented Fairmont this weekend. They have worked very hard to prepare for this tournament and deserve congratulations.

Ranvir Bajwa
Nikhil Narang
Daniel Winget

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Mable Meet Results

Wow, things keep heating up leading to our league championship on March 27 at Fairmont Private Schools - Anaheim Hills!

There were 76 participants from 6 schools this past Saturday at our Mable Meet. Thanks to all students, parents, administration, and faculty who continue to make each debate competition a success.

School Awards:
Overall: This is for the most wins per school
1st place - Edgewood
2nd place - Anaheim Hills
3rd place - Mable

Tournament: This is for highest win percentage
1st place - Edgewood


Team Awards:

1st place - Edgewood NPR: Anjali Narang, Austin Prado, Rochelle Rouhani
2nd place - Edgewood MRL: Alexandra Mowrey, Alison Ren, Carl Lejerskar
3rd place - Anaheim Hills TCW: Sabrina Tawfik, River Crawford, Jayde Woods
5th place - Edgewood LAB: Bradford Lee, Allen An, Celeste Broderick
6th place - Edgewood TMA: Kaitlyn Tran, Jonathan Messiha, Azzam Ahmed
7th place - Anaheim Hills PRK: Sasson Perian, Keren Rosenthal, Yvonne Kim
11th place - Mable BCL: Anshika Bagla, Jessica Chung, Justin Lee
13th place - Mable WCX: Emily Wang Allison Cheung

Speaker Awards:

1st place - Bradford Lee
2nd place - Rochelle Rouhani
3rd place - Anjali Narang
4th place - Allison Cheung
6th place - Nick Crosson
7th place - Jonathan Messiha
8th place - Kaitlyn Tran
9th place - Alice Joo
10th place - Allen An
11th place - Alexandra Mowrey
12th place - Lauren Lee
13th place - Emily Wang
14th place - Jessica Chung
15th place - Sasson Perian
16th place - Yvonne Kim
17th place - Sabrina Tawfik
18th place - River Crawford
19th place - Jayde Woods
20th place - Azzam Ahmed
22nd place - Carl Lejerskar
23rd place - Keren Rosenthal

Thanks again to all that were there and all who helped behind the scenes. Our next debate is the league championship, which determines who will go to Nationals in June. Keep your eyes here for updates and information!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Mable Meet - February 13

Hey all! Hope your Winter Breaks went wonderfully! We were busy around here gearing up for the next tournament.

The Mable Meet will be held at Fairmont Schools - Prep Academy and is hosted by Fairmont Schools - Mable Campus.

Topics for this event:
User generated websites like Wikipedia should not be cited in academic research
Stem cell research should be allowed
Cell phones should be allowed in schools
Hammurabi was a positive influence on Mesopotamian society
The United States should guarantee a free college education to all citizens

 Schedule for the event and registration form to follow.


Hope to see you all there!