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February 25, 2011
Ninon Becquart
About 198 students, 198 judges, and 50 officials from the Coast Forensics League attended State Qualifier for Parliamentary and Public Forum debate at Washington High School on January 5. Both students and advisers from the Speech and Debate Club agreed that the tournament was a success.
Nishita Battula, a junior, and the vice-president of Speech and Debate, noted that the tournament went very well, “We just hosted a tournament that went really well and the judges that were there thought that we were well organized and prepared.”
Mrs. Pavlecic and Mr. Webb, advisors to the Speech and Debate club, also mentioned that the tournament went by smoothly.
“On February 5th, we hosted the State Qualifiers in Parliamentary debate and Public Forum for Coast Forensic League and California High School Speech Association,” Mrs. Pavlecic explained. She also stated her goal for the tournament, “Our goal when we decided to take this on, is that I wanted to provide the best overall experience that the participants and judges would ever see. My goal was to make people happy when they came here, and we did that. We’ve received letters from the head of Coast Forensic Leage/California High School Speech Association commending us on the best tournamen they’ve ever been to. When they attended this year, they were even more impressed.”
Mr. Webb mentioned that they were already preparing for two tournaments next week and that State Quals had went extremely well, as shown by the multitude of compliments participants gave. The most important aspect of the tournament for the students was that the rounds got out in a timely manner. The quality of the food, he believes, was very good.
Whoever won at State Qualifiers gets to go to Southern California in April to compete in further tournaments. As for tournaments coming up this weekend, Lincoln Douglass debate is participating in a tournament this Saturday at Leland High. Speech, on the other hand, is competing this Saturday at Monta Vista High.
As a final comment, Mrs. Pavlecic mentions that due to the tournament on February 5th, other debate teams now respect Washington as the best tournament.
Photo Credit: Raphael Ghieuw Sien
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December 19, 2009
Nicole Pham
Students packed the gym for the winter assembly Dec. 18, but the annual event was cut earlier than in previous years. Student activities director Helen Paris released students ten minutes before first period was scheduled to start, explaining the gesture as a type of holiday reward.
The assembly, though shortened, maintained its usual sequence of events. Athletics director Mike Tripp announced the $2,500 check awarded to the football team for their entry in a video contest. Balancing athletics with academics, vice principal Lance Miller acknowledged those with a 3.0 GPA or higher.
After the administrators’ announcements, the festivities began with senior Kimberly Chatterjee singing “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. Sports team members and teachers appeared as Chatterjee sang about each “day”. English teacher Debi Pavlecic (pictured) was among the six teachers acting as the “geese a-laying”. Students played games with seasonal themes, competing within classes. The school band, conducted by senior Christopher Valdez and band teacher Duane Mitchell, played sets of holiday music between the various games.
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