At the Guilford County Challenge held December 12th at Northwest Guilford High School the following members of the CA Speech & Debate team placed:
DIvya Vijayakumar- 4th Place, Extemporaneous Speaking
Suki Bristol- 5th Place, JV Congressional Debate
Lily Levin- 2nd Place, JV Lincoln Douglas Debate
Krishan Guzzo- 4th Place, JV Lincoln Douglas Debate
Anna Ibrahim- 7th Place, JV Lincoln Douglas Debate
Jonathan Seagal- 5th Place, Varsity Congressional Debate

22 Cary Academy students traveled to Fayetteville on Saturday December 5th to compete in the fourth Dogwood tournament of the year hosted by Massey Hill Classical High School. The team placed 3rd in sweepstakes based on the following individual student placements:
Grace Siedel- 1st Place, Declamation
Madi Rockett- 2nd Place, Declamation
Pauline Pauwels- 2nd Place, Dramatic Interpretation
Griffin CeCe- 5th Place, Dramatic Interpretation
Alex Jones-6th Place, Oral Interpretation
Julia Gong-3rd Place, Original Oratory
Salma Said-2nd Place, Novice Lincoln Douglas
Viraj Shah-3rd Place, Novice Lincoln Douglas

The Charger Speech and Debate Team had unprecedented success the weekend of December 5th-6th at George Mason's 12th Annual Patriot Games Classic. 

• Out of the 115 schools competing from 37 states, Cary Academy took 11th Place in Team Sweeps!
• Out of 3,000+ entries in the tournament, Evan Ehrhardt took 11th place in Individual Sweeps!

Here are all of the wonderful accomplishments that helped support our overall all team success:

• 1st Place - Evan Ehrhardt - Declamation
• Finalist  - Jackson Stafford - Student Congress - Top 20
• Finalist - Ben Lipson - Student Congress - Top 20
• Finalist - Nate Jones - Student Congress - Top 20
• Semifinalist - Evan Ehrhardt - Dramatic Interpretation - Top 14
• Semifinalist - Dylan Lamphier - Student Congress - Top 56
• Semifinalist - Matthew Mitten - Student Congress - Top 56
• Semifinalist - Jonathan Segal - Student Congress - Top 56
• Semifinalist - Anjali Velu - Student Congress - Top 56
• Quarterfinalist - Nate Jones - Extemporaneous Speaking - Top 42
• Quarterfinalist - Jackson Stafford - Informative Speaking - Top 23
• Quarterfinalist - Emma Ehrhardt - Original Oratory - Top 42
• Quarterfinalist - Evan Ehrhardt - Prose - Top 41
• Quarterfinalist - Evan Ehrhardt - Poetry - Top 47
• Octofinalist - Grey Spector - Lincoln Douglas Debate - Top 16
• Double-Octofinalist - Grace Jin - Lincoln Douglas Debate - Top 32