San Marin Speech and Debate

09/18/2026

Our newest group of debaters have started learning about parliamentary debate. They are doing an amazing job of honing their debate skills. Only 1 1/2 weeks before their first tournament!

09/18/2026

Our 2026 debate year is off and running! We were busy talking with potential students about our program at the Club Fair this week, and we have a a good group of new students now attending our meetings! Thanks to Arnav Lal and Hamza Wadera, our Publicity officers, for getting our Club Fair booth ready to go.

08/27/2026

If you missed coming to San Marin High’s first informational meeting about Speech and Debate, you still have another chance! Next Wednesday at 3:00 in Room 918, we will host another opportunity for you to find out about the club. Join us and bring a friend. And spread the word to anyone who might be interested. Hope to see you there!

08/23/2026

05/26/2026

Time to start the process of bidding adieu to our loved and respected senior debaters. It is a BIG group this year, and we are all saddened by the hole they will leave in the club. But here’s what else we know — great adventures, success, and joy are in the future for all of them! They are great people, and they will achieve great things! Here they are wearing their graduation cords and their Dollar Store graduation finery! Oh, and one “pretty normal” photo, as well. Best of luck to Jusim Park, Kourosh Sorkhabi, John Hohman, Aashna Selvaraj, Adam Gurrola, Declan Field and Luciano Kozlenko (sadly, not pictured.) We will miss you!

05/26/2026

The team managed to squeeze in a year-end party at Scandia this past week! With AP tests, senior prom, senior awards night, and other May events, it wasn’t easy, but we carved out some time. We had some fun playing miniature golf, hitting the arcade games, and eating our way through the afternoon! It was a nice way to close out the year.

04/23/2026

We’re close to saying goodbye to our 2025-2026 debate season. But we’re already looking ahead to the next season. In order to do this, the club has elected a new set of officers. As co-Presidents we have Sophia and Nora Schiltgen, as co-Vice Presidents the team elected Logan Alsterlind, and Moksh Shah. Teaching our team next year about debate will be Debate captains Sharva Banker and Stella Craig. And finally as Publicity officers, we welcome Arnav Lal and Hamza Wadera. It’s a great team, and they are already excited about next year!

03/30/2026

San Marin Speech and Debate closed out the season with a fun tournament at El Cerrito High School on Saturday. We are thrilled to announce that the team of Zainab Syed and Dhruvi Gohel, with their great performance, have moved up to the Junior Varsity level! They received one of the coveted painted rocks for which this tournament is well-known! The weather was perfect, and spirits were high as the team closed the book on the 25-26 season! It was a great year with many new members joining the club, and many teams bringing home some BIG trophies. Congrats to all, and big thanks to the parents who judged and drove, to School Fuel and the Frankie Poulos Foundation who generously provided financial support, to our super advisor and coach, and to our great high school! Watch out for us in 2026-2027!

02/12/2026

It seems only right that, as Valentine’s Day approaches, the San Marin Speech and Debate Club send Valentine hugs to the two organizations who have supported us in our 2025-2026 season! So to these two special groups, the Frankie Poulos Foundation, and School Fuel, we send a bunch of Valentine’s Day wishes! We are so thankful and appreciative of your support! Thanks for everything!

02/06/2026

The San Marin Speech and Debate team was thrilled to learn that they are receiving a $1000 grant from the Frankie Poulos Foundation. We are so thankful for an organization like this one who has so generously given back to the youth of our community. Here’s what they wrote: “In a world increasingly shaped by opinion and misinformation, we believe teaching young people how to debate properly is vital to developing informed, responsible leaders.” Thank you for believing in us and investing in our debaters — and thank you to all who donated to the Foundation and helped make these grants possible. The contributions they have given over the years have been hugely instrumental in building strong, independent future leaders here in Novato! THANK YOU!