Achievements

NFL Districts

On April 17 and 18 Kerr’s debaters traveled to Elsik High School. Our Kerr debaters worked really hard all weekend long and came back to school on Monday with:

Joshua Tang    in 1st place LD

                        And 2nd place in Domestic Extemp

 And Also

Christine Umeh and Jessie Ho            in 1st place Alternate spot in CX

 

January 13-14, 2009 

Kerr Success at the Churchill TOC

A travel travel squad of five debaters bring back awards from the prestigious Winston Churchill tournament in San Antonio, January 6-6,2009.

Results:

Student Congress (TOC) – Micheal Kebede              – 7th Place Finalist

Novie Policy Debate: Jessie Ho & Cameron Clark- 3rd Place

Novie Lincoln Douglas Debate: Jay Meza                – Quarter-finalist (Top 8!)

Foriegn Extempt: Joshua Tang                                    – Semi-finalist (TOC Bid)

 

 January 6-7, 2009

Katy Debate Success!

Katy Award Winners:

Varsity LD Debate: Christina Phan                                  – 2nd Place Finalist

Policy Debate: Nick Chan & Nancy Troung                  – Semi-finalist (Top 4!)

                               Silvia Chicas & Christine Umeh          – Quarter-finalist (Top 8!)

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January 6-7, 2009

1st Place Victory at Westfield!

westfield-1st-place-sweeps

Kerr Speech and Debate started the Fall 08 Season out by taking 1st Sweeps at Elsik, and repeated the feat by taking 1st Sweeps out of 38 schools at Westfield this weekend.

Not only did we continue our debate dominance, but added some great IE accomplishments as Peter Ton became our 1st every HI State qualifier!

All of these students are well deserving of our praise.

Results from Westfield:

Joshua Tang
-1st CLD
-1st place CLD speaker

Peter Ton
-1st HI (qualled in HI)

Michael Kebede
-2nd Congress (qualled in Congress)

Nicholas Chan
-2nd in NX
-4th in NPO

Sean Tecson
-2nd NPO

Christine Umeh
-Quarterfinalist CCX (2 State Points)
-3rd place CCX Speaker
-POI finalist

Silvia Chicas
-Quaterfinalist CCX (2 State Points)
-4th place CCX Speaker

Jessie Ho
-1st place NCX
– NX Finalist

Dennis Chau
-1st place NCX

Nancy Truong
-NX Finalist

Brian Ng
-1st place NLD

Phina Uzowulu
– broke in NLD

Jovaugh Jackson
– broke in NLD

Cameron and Frances
– Quarterfinalist for NCX

1st-place-sweeps out of 38 schools!

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The Kerr Speech & Debate team is active in the most competitive tournaments and Contest in the nation. Check here for our achievements.

Kerr Speech & Debate - team of champions

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2008 Fall Achievements

 

1st = Gold      2nd = Silver      3rd = Bronze 

 

 

UT-Austin – TOC: December 5th-6th, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

• Dennis Chau and Jessie Ho – Quarters in NCX (top 8!)
• Michael Kebede – Semis in SC
  
• Joshua Tang – Octos in LD
  

 

Katy Taylor – TFA: November 21-22, 2008

2^nd place sweepstakes at Katy Taylor!

 

 

 

 

 

• Nicholas Chan: 1st in NPR
• Ayesha Malik: 3rd in NX
• Jay Meza: Quarters
  
• Joshua Tang: Quarters in
  
• Cameron Clark: 1st Place Speaker Award in NCX

 

 

Spring Woods – TFA: October 17-18, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

• Joshua Tang: 1st in VLD
• Joshua Tang: 1st in DX
• Ayesha Malik and Nicholas Chan: Quarters in CCX

St. Marks – TOC: October 17-18, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

• Joshua Tang reached Double Octos at a TOC-level tournament!
  

Hastings – TFA: October 17-18, 2008

• Thuan Nguyen: 4th in SC, qualling for state in SC!

 

Bellaire Extravaganza – Novice: October 10-11, 2008

Our novices picked up 10 trophies, including 1st in CX & LD!

 

 

• Almayra Porrata: 1st  in LD
• Crystal Le & Josh Tang: 1st  inCX
• Muskan Agarwal & Suveda Perikala: 3rd in CX
• Jesse Ho & Dennis Chau: 4th in CX
• OO: 7th LD
• Brian Ng: 8th LD

 

University of Houston – TFA: October 4-5, 2008

Our 4-Person travel squad picked up 6 trophies!

 

 

 

 

• Peter Ton: 1st in NHI & 3rd in NPR
• Jovaugh Jackson: Quarter-finals in NLD
• Thuan Nguyen: 3rd in Student Congress
• Jessie Ho: 4th in Student Congress

 

Joshua Tang – 1st DX Qualifier in Alief!

Ainee Athar – 1st SC Qualifier in Houston!

 

Elsik NGC – TFA:  Sept. 27-28, 2008

3rd place sweepstakes at Elsik!

 

 

 

 

• Dennis Chau and Jessie Ho: 1st in NCX
• Annie Pham and Destiny Cannon: 2nd in NCX
• Muskan Agarwal and Suveyda Perikala: 3rd in NCX
• Cameron Clark and Frances Ogbunamiri: 3rd in NCX
• Annie Pham: 1st place Speaker Award in NCX
• Dennis Chau: 2nd place Speaker Award in NCX
• Jessie Ho: 3rd place Speaker Award in NCX
• Ainee Athar: 2nd in SC
• Thuan Nguyen: 4th in SC
• Joshua Tang: 2nd in DX
• Dennis Chau: 4th in NX
• Nicholas Chan: 5th in NX
• Silvia Chicas: 6th in NX
• Dennis Chau: 1st in PO
• Thuan Nguyen: 6th in OO

 

Elsik – TFA – Sept. 7-8, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

1^st place sweepstakes at Elsik!

• Christine Umeh and Nancy Truong: quarter-finals in VCX
• Dennis Chau and Jessie Ho: 1st in NCX
• Annie Pham and Destiny Cannon: 2nd in NCX
• Muskan Agarwal and Suveyda Perikala: 3rd in NCX
• Cameron and Bao Trinh: 3rd in NCX
• Annie Pham: 1st place speaker award in NCX
• Dennis Chau: 2nd place speaker award in NCX
• Jessie Ho: 3rd place speaker award in NCX
• Joshua Tang: 2nd place in VLD
• Ainee Athar: 2nd in SC
• Michael Kebede: 3rd in SC

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