10/05/2026
For the third year in a row, Mrs. Murray took speech and debate students to the Yale Invitational, a prestigious high school tournament open to students from across the country! We had a lovely weekend with luckily good weather! A big thank you to the parents who chaperoned, judged, and drove students: Muthu Annamalai, Helen Coyne, Amanda LaFleur, Ricardo Miranda, and Michael Smith. Our VLD debaters also got to catch up with former debate president, Sarah Mukkuzhi, who is a sophomore at Yale!
Congratulations to all students who competed especially our seniors in the second picture:
Aaron Arora '27 placed 6th out of 43 students in Informative Speaking.
Elaina Shobin '28 placed 8th out of 28 students in Oral Interpretation.
Swara Sonchhatra '27 placed 18th out of 83 students in Original Oratory.
Cara Coyne '27 competed in Duo Interpretation
Ramu Muthukaruppan '27 competed in Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Vanshi Shroff '27 competed in Duo Interpretation
Santi Smith '27 competed in Congress
Roma Byragoni '29 competed in Congress
Norah Ferguson '29 competed in Congress
Karthik Gollakota '29 competed in Extemporaneous Speaking
Sophia LaFleur '29 competed in Congress
Catarina Miranda '28 competed in Duo Interpretation Lola Maalouf '29 competed in Duo Interpretation Shaurya Panchal '28 competed in Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Dev Shah '29 competed in Informative Speaking
Vanya Singh '28 competed in Original Oratory
Anika Unhale '29 competed in Dramatic Interpretation
