WHS Warrior Debate Team

Look at all of these undefeated champs from yesterday’s tournament at Roosevelt! 🏆🏆

PF
Bazalel + Sarzin
Marissa + Avery
Sophie + Izzy
(Not pictured: Chase + Corey)

LD
Amen
Hayat

Kicked off the season at the Mitchell McGovern tournament yesterday and today! We have a trio of finalists in Extemp. Charlie was the Varsity Domestic Extemp CHAMPION, Everett placed 6th in DX, and Maddie placed 5th in International Extemp. Today, What a turn out! Maddie and Charley got 2nd place in Varsity PF, Ethan and Nolan got 4th in JV PF, Hayat was the Novice LD CHAMPION, followed by Amen 2nd place, Khalid 3rd place, Jude 4th place, and the rest of our novice LD squad all coming home with winning records! We have a team full of drive and a great work ethic this year and we are excited for this season. All in all, we ended up 2nd in Sweepstakes as a school. What a way to start the season, we are proud coaches! 🏆

It's that time of year again our flower friends! Join us for our 4th annual Warrior Wildflower Fundraiser benefitting the WHS Warrior Debate Team!

This year, we will host this event in three sessions. Our schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, July 17th, 5-8pm
Thursday, July 18th, 5-8pm
Saturday, July 20th, 8-11am

A 15$ donation gives you all of the flower-picking privileges. Form as many flower bouquets as you wish.

Mosquitos are tough this year so pants and closed-toe shoes are encouraged. In addition, vases and scissors are limited, so we would appreciate it if you could bring your own 🙂

Ready to join us? Sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScU4hJyKMRe-p_q8q5aBzAD9KWMCuVqiMPLlaMswJqWnyAaBQ/viewform

If you are unable to join us but would like to support us, feel free to make an online donation here (100% of proceeds will go to our team): https://securepayment.link/washingtonhighschool/one-time-donations/?fbclid=IwAR1gBQFsci2wvjUm2GX-xoRx4WBgzNDvwRQm0DrvpeDBoOTBSHVV11hi3i4

Hey friends! I know how much you support me and my team so I wanted to share an update! We have landed in Des Moines for Nationals, with today being our first day of competition. These kids have worked incredibly hard to be here today! If you’re feeling generous, we would appreciate a little support for covering lodging, meals, and transportation costs to be here representing Warrior Nation and South Dakota🧡🖤

To support, click on this link for a one-time donation, https://securepayment.link/washingtonhighschool/one-time-donations/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaa_vMpun4qRWE8w7SVwamvIL6VEzcA-oyACo6lEuz-5xbLVWd2lZWuUDMA_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

Choose Debate 52 as the designated activity. We keep 100% of proceeds! Thank you all in advance for supporting an activity that empowers, educates, and creates leaders in our communities. ❤️

-WHS Warrior Debate

BIG congratulations to all of our teammates who represented WHS at State Debate this weekend. Today we recognize Maddie placing 2nd in International Extemp, both Maddie and Charley being semi-finalists in Public Forum, and Savannah being a quarterfinalist in Lincoln Douglas! It was a great day to be a WARRIOR! 🧡🖤

RESULTS ARE IN: Juniors Madison Johnson and Charley Stroh both qualified to nationals in their Extemporaneous event (International and Domestic.) Senior Savannah Kloster qualified to nationals in Lincoln Douglas debate. Also, this season, Washington High School won the Leading Chapter Award!

From the NSDA website:
Only approximately 3% of schools are recognized as Leading Chapter Award winners. “This award, which is based on student participation, represents a tremendous dedication to speech and debate education,” said Executive Director J. Scott Wunn. “Our Leading Chapter schools understand the importance of speech and debate, and the life changing benefits of the activity. We are proud to recognize these hard-working schools with this coveted honor.”

These speech and debate programs serve as an inspiration for new speech and debate teams around the United States. “Speech and debate advances communication skills, develops interpersonal skills, improves reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking, and prepares students for college, careers, and beyond,” said Wunn. “Nowhere is this more evident than our Leading Chapter schools.”

We had a very exciting weekend! After 33 hours of competition, we are excited to say we are going to Des Moines in June! 🏆🛣️

Here’s the talented crew representing WHS Debate at Districts this Weekend! We are using today as a prep day, but first, a Breakfast of Champions at Josiah's Coffeehouse, Cafe & Bakery 🏆🍳