Unionville Speech and Debate

08/19/2025

SILYMI 2025 ✅

Thank you so much for every one who came! We hope to see you again next year!!!

08/12/2022

and that’s time! thank you to our wonderful students and mentors for an amazing SILYMI ‘22

09/02/2021

On Tuesday night we had our first speech and debate practice of the year. Come to the UHS library next Wednesday night from 7-9pm for our first meeting for new members!

06/18/2020

We are incredibly excited to announce that Say it Like You Mean It is going virtual!! More information and registration materials can be found here:

We will be hosting our annual 5th annual Say it Like You Mean it: Public Speaking Camp. Because of the current public health situation, we are taking our camp online this year and have a few new features. This camp is open to students from incoming 4th graders through incoming 9th graders. All proce...

06/17/2020

Join me in congratulating these 14 AMAZING students on all of their hard work for at the NSDA National Tournament this week. We are starting with day 1 of Speech Prelims and Day 1 of debate eliminations!

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Congratulations to the following students for clearing into elimination rounds (I will continue to update as we know more):

Sebastian Tucker- Senate Semifinals

Naman Razdan and Soumil Zachariah- Public Forum

Daisy Qiu and Manav Gundecha- Public Forum

Luke Ittyachen- Lincoln Douglas

05/28/2020

Hey everyone! If you want to check out the Speech and Debate/CFPMS collaboration with Longwood, you can tune in here at 3:30!

05/12/2020

Please join me in congratulating these remarkable students on all of their accomplishments this year!

02/11/2020

Registration is officially open for Say it Like You Mean It: Public Speaking Camp. You can register here: https://forms.gle/cpB6GiLtajcfCbHb7

Hosted by the UHS Speech and Debate team, this camp is open to incoming 4th graders through incoming 9th graders. The camp will run at Unionville High School from August 3rd through August 6th and students will have the option of enrolling in a morning (8-11) or full day (8-2) session.

The sessions will be tailored to the campers' specific skill levels. Students will have the opportunity to participate in interactive workshops that are designed to help build a foundation in several core areas that are critical to public speaking: research skills, delivery, argumentation and interpretation of literature.

Being able to clearly articulate ideas can help set students up for success. This camp will help students of all experience levels develop these skills in a fun, encouraging environment. Students attending the camp will work with me and Mrs. Julie Krause as well as several varsity members of our Speech and Debate team. Our staff is made up of 100% volunteers; all proceeds from the camp directly benefit the Speech and Debate Team.

If you are interested in registering for the 2020 Say it Like You Mean It Public Speaking Camp, please fill out the following form. Registration is first-come, first-served. Space is limited. If you are registering siblings, please fill out a separate form for each sibling. Tuition Information: Earl...

01/08/2020

Don't forget to join us for our showcase for alumni TOMORROW at 6 in the LGI!

12/18/2019

10/27/2019

Congrats to everyone who went to the PCFL at Truman High School! Individual results were as followed:
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Josh*tha Venkatesh 5th Place

JV Congressional Debate
Ria Saxena 4th Place

JV Lincoln Douglas
Chirag Choudhary 1st Place
Aniruddh Mutnuru 6th Place

JV Poetry Interpretation
Glorianna Yin 3rd Place

JV Policy Debate
Roshni Singh and Jyotsna Venkatesh 2nd Place
A***n Abbaraju and Akash Patel 1st Place

JV Public Forum
Pranavh Vallabhaneni and Aria Zutshi 4th Place
Austin Krautzel and Winston Qiu 3rd Place

V Congressional Debate
Sebastian Tucker 2nd Place

V Dramatic Performance
Brandon Tsai 2nd Place

V Extemporaneous Speaking
Colin McVety 5th Place
Chirag Choudhary 1st Place

V Lincoln Douglas
Shaaz Nadeem 5th Place
Abhi Annigeri 3rd Place

V Original Oratory
Brandon Tsai 4th Place

V Policy Debate
Ansh Abbaraju and Nikhil Pisolkar 1st Place

V Public Forum
Johnny Blazakis and Shaaz Nadeem 4th Place
Ibraheem Qureshi and Arnab Sircar 2nd Place
Abhi Annigeri and Stella Meserve 1st Place

09/17/2019

New year, new clothes! Order your Speech and Debate Quarter Zips and Sweatpants today. (Also, shout out to the incredibly talented Addison Liu for the updated logo!)

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**as a note: the lettering on the sweatpants will be on the side of the pant leg, even though the preview has it on the front**