Prelims

Cotton Candy Attire

Cotton Candy Attire

Post round smiles

Post round smiles

Ready for Team Dinner! 

Ready for Team Dinner! 

Cane Rosso

Cane Rosso

Family Portrait

Family Portrait

Find a pizza buddy! 

Find a pizza buddy! 

S'mores pizza

S'mores pizza

Cookie butter / Nutella pizza

Cookie butter / Nutella pizza

1, 5, 12

2 years ago we had 1 National Qualifier, Riya Dange (Congress) 

Last year we had 5 National Qualifiers, Riya Dange (Congress), Niki Griswold (Oratory), Manasi Patwa (National Extemp), Anne Hunt / Will Haubl (Duo) 

Here are your 2015 Mitty National Qualifiers:

 

Varun Suresh (International Extemp) Barbara Camara (Dramatic Interp) Riya Dange (Congress) Amulya Yerrapotu (World Debate) Sanika Puranik (Dramatic Interp) Nikita Dandia (Original Oratory) Anne Hunt (Duo Interp) Will Haubl (Duo Interp)Maddie Ballard…

Varun Suresh (International Extemp) 

Barbara Camara (Dramatic Interp) 

Riya Dange (Congress) 

Amulya Yerrapotu (World Debate) 

Sanika Puranik (Dramatic Interp) 

Nikita Dandia (Original Oratory) 

Anne Hunt (Duo Interp) 

Will Haubl (Duo Interp)

Maddie Ballard (Humorous Interp) 

Ismail Shaik (Policy Debate) 

Pranav Govindaraju (Congress) 

Derek Eggleston (Policy Debate) 

5th in the State

360 schools entered State Quals and 160 schools qualified to state. The top 20 were announced for overall team sweepstakes. Congratulations to Archbishop Mitty for placing 5th!

image.jpg

Manasi - 15th in Impromptu

Piper - 14th in Dramatic Interp

Amulya - 11th in National Extemp

Seher - 11th in Expos

Maddie - 11th in Humorous Interp

Pranavi - 10th in Humorous Interp

Sam - 9th in Dramatic Interp

Varun - 8th in International Extemp

Riya / Derek - Octos in Parli

Riya - 7th in Original Advocacy

Barbara - 5th in Dramatic Interp

Mahak - 5th in Original Advocacy

Will/Anne - 4th in Duo interp

Nikita - 3rd in Original Oratory

Adam - 2nd in Congress 

Sanika - 2nd in Thematic Interp

 

Break Party

The students turned in their cell phones last night so they couldn't check the CAHSSA twitter page. Instead, we announced each event as a team, armed and ready with hugs. Congratulations to the following students for advancing: 

Riya and Derek (Parli Round 5)

Adam (Congress Semi Finals) 

The following 14 students advanced to Semi Finals in their individual event - top 18 out of the top 56 in the State:

HI - Pranavi and Maddie

DI - Piper, Sam, and Barbara

Duo - Anne and Will

TI - Sanika

NX - Amulya

IX - Varun

IMP - Manasi

Expos - Seher

OA - Mahak and Riya

OO - Nikita

image.jpg

Parli Breaks

Riya and Derek are still in, debating now!  

image.jpg

Boys Dinner

Congratulations to Adam Giacomelli for advancing to semi finals in Congress! (Top 20 out of 90 competitors)  

image.jpg

MSD life

Personalized water bottles from the parents!

Personalized water bottles from the parents!

Lunch

We just found out Jonathan and Pranav advanced in Policy Debate! 

image.jpg

All but 2

Day 1 - missing Jonathan and Pranav

Day 1 - missing Jonathan and Pranav

Congratulations to the following students who qualified to State and Nationals!

Congratulations to the following students for qualifying to the CAHSSA State tournament in April:

Humorous Interp: Maddie Ballard and Pranavi Javangula
Dramatic Interp: Piper Lewis, Samuel Mesfin, and Barbara Camara
Duo Interp: Emi Wheeless, Riley Chapman, Anne Hunt, Will Haubl, Nini Bhat, and Arjun Biju
Thematic Interp: Sanika Puranik and Raka Dey
Original Oratory: Nikita Dandia
Original Advocacy: Mahak Kumari and Riya Dange
Expository Speaking: Seher Randhawa
National Extemp: Amulya Yerrapotu
International Extemp: Varun Suresh and Dennis Su
Impromptu Speaking: Manasi Patwa
Parli Debate: Derek Eggleston and Riya Dange
Policy Debate: Jonathan Pham and Pranav Govindaraju
Congressional Debate: Adam Giacomelli, Ismail Shaik, and Akaash Tawade
 

Congratulations to the following students who qualified to Nationals in June: 

Humorous Interp: Maddie Ballard
Dramatic Interp: Barbara Camara
Duo Interp: Anne Hunt and Will Haubl
Original Oratory: Nikita Dandia
International Extemp: Varun Suresh
Policy Debate: Derek Eggleston and Ismail Shaik
Congressional Debate: Riya Dange and Pranav Govindaraju
World Debate Team Member: Amulya Yerrapotu