MS and US Debaters Shine at Horace Mann Invitational

On Saturday, September 29th, 12 Hackley students (7 MS and 5 US), participated in the Horace Mann Invitational HS Parliamentary Debate tournament, a style of debate in which the debaters learn the issue only 15 minutes prior to each round.
Sophomore Kiri Fitzpatrick, freshman Catherine Lapey, Sydney Defillippo, Michael Lee, and Maya Miller, 8th graders Zara Y., Amy K., Mason N., Arushi C., Aiden M., Paul E., and 7th grader Jad B., conducted 4 rounds of debate against 20 teams and 6 schools over the course of the day. 8th graders Amy K. and Mason N. won the tournament, Kiri and Zara came in 4th, Maya and Catherine 7th, and Jad and Arushi 9th. Amy, Jad, Kiri, and Arushi also won speaker awards with Amy taking the 2nd place speaker position overall, an extraordinary accomplishment for a MS student debating against High School students.

All in all, it was an exceptional showing for Hackley debaters in a format that was new to most of them.

Students interested in debating for Hackley in future events should contact sfitzpatrick@hackleyschool.org
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