Eastside Forensics Team Headed for Nationals
Eastside High School Forensics (Speech and Debate) Team capped its winning season with three members qualifying for the National Catholic Forensics Grand National Tournament in Washington, D.C. May 26-30, 2011. Senior Taonga Leslie qualified in the Student Congress category (an event which requires him to argue his original legislation and that of other students on a mock congressional floor, using proper parliamentary procedure), junior Jon Yoo qualified in Lincoln-Douglas (value-proposition) debate, and sophomore Flora Huang qualified in Oratorical Declamation (a category which requires competitors to choose a famous historic speech and deliver it appropriately). These students advanced by placing in the top six in each of their categories at the North Florida Catholic Forensics League Grand Finals at Lake Mary Preparatory School in Orlando on March 11 and 12. Alternates to Grand Nationals include juniors Akash Salwan and Arnav Gupta in Public Forum Debate (current events debate) and freshman Michaela Iwinski in Oratorical Declamation. The coaches are Alice Iwinski and Heather Christian.
