Lexington Debate Team

Bronx Tournament

2007-10-14T14:10:00.001-07:00

In addition to the fantastic showing of the novices at Catholic Memorial, the varsity debaters had an incredible weekend at Bronx!

In LD, Jason Zhou was a semifinalist, earning his first 2007-2008 bid to the Tournament of Champions!

In policy, Hao Shen got 7th Speaker
Lexington Zendeh/Townzen - Win! Finals was 2-1 over Lakeland, earning their first bid to the TOC
Lexington Kumar/Raja - Slated to debate Lex ZT in semis so ZT advanced as the higher sead. They also got a bid to the TOC
Lexington Boxer/Srinivasan and Lexington Huang/Shen - Octafinalists

Congrats to all!

Maggie

Monticello!

2007-10-07T08:45:00.000-07:00

What a great weekend in Monticello!

Public forum swept through the competition in the PFD round robin.
1st place - Noah KK and Nate
2nd place - Kelly and Miriam
3rd place - Tim and Ajinkya
4th place - David and Mina

Speaker awards were also given - 5th to Ajinkya, 3rd to Miriam, 2nd to Kelly and 1st to Noah. Wow!

In LD Noah A was in the quarters and 3rd speaker!

In policy Adit and James were in the quarters and Rachel was top speaker!

Congrats to all, it was a great weekend (and we even missed traffic on the way back)!

Maggie

Wake and Greenhill

2007-09-11T08:48:00.000-07:00

Hi all!

The Wake and Greenhill tournaments are this weekend and we are eagerly anticipating them! Check in here for updates as I get them.

Participating this weekend are the following debaters:

Greenhill (Dallas, TX) -
Jason Zhou
Lara Townzen and Alex Zendeh
Rachel Logan and Hao Shen

Wake Forest (Winston-Salem, NC) -
Noah Karr Kaitin and Nate Bernitz
Priya Raja and Apoorv Kumar
David Sterman and Jenna Lempesis

Good luck to all!
- Maggie

DDW Tournament - Nikita!

2007-07-11T12:46:00.001-07:00

Nikita and Madi from Bronx were in the finals of the DDW tournament. They lost on a 3-2 to Victor (GBN) and Joe (Valley). The two judges who voted for Nikita/Madi were Josh Kernoff and Kade Olsen. The three judges who voted agains them were the senior assistants.

Nikita was also the top speaker.

Good work Nikita!!

Contact Info Updates

2007-07-07T05:08:00.001-07:00

If your contact information has changed since fall 06 (moved, got a new cell phone, etc.) please send me your updated info.

PARTNER INFO NEEDED

2007-07-07T05:07:00.000-07:00

Please send me the following information:

1. Your name
2. Preferred speaker positions (not guaranteed)
3. A list of AT LEAST three people you'd like to debate with

Debate Team Calendar

2007-06-12T06:05:00.000-07:00

Hi Students,

I'm trying to streamline the scheduling/practice debates/signups process. One way I've done that is that I've posted a debate team calendar at 30 boxes.com. You can view it by clicking the link to the right of this message. I'll post practices, tournaments, car washes, other fundraisers, etc. there. If I get really technologically awesome, I'll figure out a way to use it for y'all to sign up for practice debates (without allowing you to delete the calendar!). How? I'm getting close...

Watch this space for updates.

Maggie

Car Wash - team obligations

2007-06-09T07:49:00.001-07:00

Car wash cancelled.

Novices - you're free. Enjoy it.

Varsity backfile organization times:

12-1 Naomi Logan, Chipalkatti, Raja, Sterman
1-2 Moroz, Townzen, Zendeh, Lempesis
2-3 Gnatovich, Shen, Galin, Srinivasan
3-4 Sharer, Huang, Kumar, Jayakumar

Feel free to trade - I do want one senior/shift though, and no more than 4 people at once.

This will fulfill your team obligations for the year. Good work everyone, and enjoy the rest of your day off!

Maggie

Car Wash

2007-06-09T05:09:00.000-07:00

Car wash delayed due to... well, not exactly rain yet, but it doesn't look good.

Check back at ELEVEN AM. We will either wash cars this afternoon, or organize files in the room (no, not all afternoon - I'll post a schedule).

Maggie

2007-05-19T08:49:00.001-07:00

Car wash totally off for sat 19th

CAR WASH

2007-05-19T05:24:00.000-07:00

The May 18th carwash has been DELAYED due to the rain. Check back here at noon for updates on the afternoon shift.

Thanks, and hope for sun!

Car Wash

2007-05-18T05:41:00.001-07:00

Watch this space for car wash updates. Hope for sun! (No, really, hope for sun.)

Happy Friday!

-- Maggie

TOC - Tom and Naomi Clear!

2007-05-06T19:39:00.000-07:00

5-2 - beat many good teams! Yay!

More to come.

Partners for Next Year - Varsity

2007-05-01T08:17:00.000-07:00

Several people have asked when I will be assigning partners for next year.

I will be waiting until after camp to assign partners because I strongly feel that the effort students put in at camp as well as improvements as a result of camp are critical to help me determine the best pairings possible.

I will again ask for some sort of student input, though it may be in a different form than last year.

If you are interested in having the largest say in the process, the best thing you can do is to work very hard at debate camp this summer AND IN CLASS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. Students who go "above and beyond" all summer and during the school year are most likely to have their opinions carry substantial weight with me.

You should not expect to necessarily continue debating with the same person you currently debate with, nor the person you debate with at camp (if it is another Lexington student. See me if you end up in a lab with other Lex debaters).

Questions?

Email me!

Maggie

Car Wash Signups

2007-04-30T11:01:00.000-07:00

Here's an updated list...

	A	B
1
2
3	May 12th
4
5	Name	Time Commitment
6	Alex Teng	Full
7	Alex Cue	Full
8	Jack Mizerak	Full
9	Lucas Gallardo	Full
10	Andrew Corr	Full
11	Stanley Moroz	Full
12	Lara Townzen	P.M.
13	Naomi Logan	Full
14	John Mei	Full
15	James Zheng	Full
16	Peter W.	Full
17	Jon Current	Full
18	Harsha Bhisetti	Full
19	Jacob Kim	Full
20	Louis the Poois	Full
21	Frank Ren	Full
22	Kelsey Savage	Full
23	Jeffrey Boxer	Full
24	Jenna Lempesis	Full
25	David Sterman	Full
26	Stevie Gnatovich	Full
27	Wesley Sharer	Full
28
29	May 19th
30
31	Name	Time Commitment
32	Jack Mizerak	Full
33	Stanley Moroz	Full
34	Frank Ren	Full
35	Adit Chipmunk	Full
36	Andrew Corr	Full
37	Priya Raja	A.M.
38	Lara Townzen	Full
39	Alex Zendeh	Full
40	Lydia C.	Full
41	Noah R.	Full
42	William Huang	Full
43	Alex Cue	Full
44	Alex Teng	Full
45	John Mei	Full
46	Amrit K-T	Full
47	Harsha Bhisetti	Full
48	Jacob Kim	Full
49	Louis Katz	Full
50	Hannah Galin	Full
51	Hao Shen	Full
52	Nikita Srinivasan	Full
53	Apoorv Kumar	Full
54	Jeffrey Boxer	Full
55	Ram Jayakumar	Full
56	Rachel Logan	Full
57	Stevie Gnatovich	Full
58
59
60	June 9th
61
62	Name	T ime Commitment
63	Lucas Gallardo	Full
64	Adit Chipmunk	Full
65	Priya Raja	Full
66	Lara Townzen	PM
67	Alex Zendeh	Full
68	Naomi Logan	Full
69	William Huang	Full
70	Lester S.	Full
71	Rebecca U.	Full
72	Hannah Galin	Full
73	Ayan S.	Full
74	Hao Shen	Full
75	Nikita Srinivasan	Full
76	Apoorv Kumar	Full
77	Ram Jayakumar	Full
78	Rachel Logan	Full
79	Jenna Lempesis	Full
80	David Sterman	Full
81	Wesley Sharer	Full

The Road to the TOC...

2007-04-30T10:08:00.000-07:00

We head to the TOC on Thursday (w0w!). Check this space for updates - I'll post as often as I can. If I totally forget, feel free to email me to request info...

Go Lexington!

Homework 4/9

2007-04-09T06:35:00.001-07:00

All students should read this article for

Novice - Weds
G - Tues
H - Weds

http://www.africanholocaust.net/news_ah/language%20new%20reality.htm

Aff Research Project

2007-04-09T06:33:00.000-07:00

AFF RESEARCH GROUPS
Spring 2007

Pick a topic 4/9-4/10
Set Groups same
20 Cards each (10 Novice) 4/13

4/23-4/4 – TOC UPDATES – Aff discussions but no aff research due

50 Cards each (30 Novice) 5/8
1AC 5/11
Advantage Extensions 5/15
Blocks 5/18
Project Due 5/22

You need to meet with your group to divide up research. I suggest first by source (google, library books, etc.) then by topic once you have a better idea of the subject matter.

TOC Research Group students will be assigned a group and will be expected to fully participate immediately after the TOC.

Homework 4/3 - Stefan Bauschard Topic Article

2007-04-03T04:33:00.000-07:00

For tomorrow (Thursday for G block) please read the article by Stefan Bauschard about the new topic in the March issue of the Rostrum. Students participating in Passover may do the reading for Thursday.

Go to http://www.nflonline.org/Rostrum/MarSixSeven and click on "Stefan Bauschard Article" - it's in the right hand column on the page. The article should automatically download.

TOC Research Group Alternate Assignment: for Friday, print and organize files to be turned in for a grade. You can continue to work on the assignment, but I need to grade it for Quarter 3.

Lexington Wins State!!

2007-04-01T06:15:00.000-07:00

The 2007 Massachusetts State Tournament was held at Manchester-Essex High School on March 31. Lexington won the tournament for the 32nd consecutive year.

In Varsity, Rachel Logan and Naomi Logan won the tournament.
Jeffrey Boxer and Apoorv Kumar placed second.
There were numerous speaker awards (I'll update shortly!)

In Novice, Amrit Kanesa-Thasan and James Zhang placed second.
Peter Wang and Jack Curtis were fourth.

Speaker Awards:

James - 2nd Novice Speaker
Amrit - 4th Novice Speaker
Peter - 10th Novice Speaker

Naomi - 1st Varsity Speaker
Apoorv - 2nd Varsity Speaker
Rachel - 5th Varsity Speaker
Jeff - 7th Varsity Speaker
Hannah - 8th Varsity Speaker
Priya - 10th Varsity Speaker

What a great weekend for Lexington!

Disease Paper (Varsity)

2007-03-28T05:35:00.000-07:00

Also a reminder that the disease paper is due tomorrow (Thursday 3/29). I'm leaving at 2:30 - I must have it in my hands before I leave to receive full credit.

Have fun with this one!

Maggie

Elective Points

2007-03-28T05:34:00.000-07:00

A reminder that today is the last day to submit elective points before the 150 point limit. I'll be around after school to check files.

This only applies to varsity.

Maggie

State Tournament Info

2007-03-27T17:19:00.000-07:00

No results to post this week, as we're headed off to state on Saturday. Here's the important info:

Chaperones: Michael Antonucci and Lynne Coyne

Departure: 7:15AM from LHS (bus pulls out at 7:30 - we can't wait for people!)

Return: evening, we'll call on the way back

Location: Manchester Essex High School

Novices Debating: Noha Ahmed, Rebecca Ukaegbu, James Zhang, Amrit Kanesa-Thasan, Ayan Sanyal, Noah Resnick, Jon Current, Lester Savage, Jack Curtis, Peter Wang

Varsity Debating: Logan(s), Ram Jayakumar, Adit Chipalkatti, Hannah Galin, Priya Raja, Jeffrey Boxer, Apoorv Kumar

Varsity Judging: Louis Katz, Jacob Kim, Ryan Engler, Frank Ren, Alex Zendeh, Alex Cue

GO LEXINGTON DEBATE!