This year we had students partaking in Public Forum, Student Congress, and Lincoln-Douglass. The students who decided to be competitive and partook in WACFL tournaments were:

• Public Forum
  • The team of Haiden Price (Freshman) and Sadie Thibodeau (Sophomore)
    • Placed 5^th in October at JV level
    • Placed 6^th in December at JV level
    • Competed in February at JV level
• Student Congress
  • Vanessa Wu (Senior)
    • Ranked 6^th in respective chamber in October
  • Chloe Cooper (Junior)
    • Competed in December
  • Feeman Annas (Junior)
    • Ranked 6^th in respective chamber in October
    • Competed in November
• Lincoln-Douglass
  • Christian Han (Senior)
    • Competed at Varsity level in October
  • Xavier Day (Freshman)
    • Placed 1^st in the Novice level in November, which automatically bumped him into JV level for the remainder of the year
    • Placed 6^th at JV level in February
  • Sophia Adriano (Junior)
    • Competed at Novice level in November

Those that placed in the top 6 or were an additional qualifier at one of the tournaments that ran from October – February were then eligible for WACFL Metrofinals which were held the first two weekends of March (LD the Friday night and Saturday the first weekend, and PF/Congress same days the second weekend). Our public forum team decided to compete, and they ended the weekend with a 3-3 win/loss record and end up in 19^th out of 30 teams competing at the JV level.

This past Saturday, was the VHSL Occoquan Region Debate Tournament. We had 2 students compete, and with the addition of more schools into our region, it was a little harder for us to maintain our ongoing runner-up placement from the past few years.

Chloe Cooper placed 9^th in student congress and will be advancing to the VHSL 6CD Super Regions the first weekend of April, while Xavier Day placed 5^th in Lincoln-Douglass and is the 1^st alternate should someone not be able to compete.

If you are a high school student who might be interested in joining our team, we practice on Thursday’s and will start back up after spring break.