Laurel’s Speech and Debate Team Has Amazing Finish at States!

Half of our entries made it past the preliminary rounds: Jane Jusko '21 was a double octa finalist in Lincoln Douglas Debate, Barbara Yang '21 and Katherine Cassese '21 were double octa finalists in Public Forum Debate, Reema Gupta '22 was a quarter finalist in Congressional Debate, Dorothy Bogen '20 was a quarter finalist in United States Extemporaneous Speaking, Sarah Hatem '21 and Abby McGowan '21 were octa finalists in Public Forum Debate, and Ria Raj '21 was a semi finalist in International Extemporaneous Speaking. We are so proud of each of our speakers and debaters for a fantastic season!