Novices score at speech and debate

Noah Gold '22 and Zach Marcus '22 helped Ransom Everglades to unprecedented success at the Florida Forensic League Novice State Championship for speech and debate April 6-7 by winning first place – the first victory ever at the championship for a team from RE –  in Public Forum Debate.

RE also got top finishes from Alexandra Henriquez '22, who finished third in Dramatic Interpretation of Literature; Paisley Verea '22 and Lauren Zanarini '22, and Katerina Ortega '22 and Ana Martin '22, who were fourth and sixth, respectively, in Duo Interpretation of Literature; and Dashiell DeStefano '22, who finished eighth in Congressional Debate.
Marcus earned the Third Speaker award, and Eva Tariko '22 claimed the Fourth Speaker award.

More than 40 RE students competed at Nova High School in Davie as more than 20 varsity students helped with judging. For the first time, RE competitors advanced to the elimination rounds in every event in which students competed. All of the students worked under RE faculty member Kate Hamm.
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.