Cedar Hill Prep School has participated in two debate tournaments this year as a member of the Garden State Debate League. Each tournament involves more than 100 students debating on topics that are considered relevant to Middle School Students.
Feb 6th Tournament
Topics: People should keep exotic animals as pets; Artificial Intelligence does more harm than good.
- Cedar Hill Prep School – 1st place for total number of points; 2nd place for total percentage wins.
- Top Teams in the Tournament
- Top Speaker for Cedar Hill Prep School – Aakarsh Mamawala
- Top Speakers in the Tournament – No.2 – Aakarsh Mamawala and No.3 – Sarah Karlekar
- Tied in 5th Place – Armaan Agrawal; Karthikeya Kodali; Sanah Shah; Sanyuktha Sriram; Sidharth Shah
- 2nd Place Debate Team – (Armaan Agrawal, Ahmad Alam, Aakarsh Mamawala)
- 3rd Place Debate Team – (Ayden Raju, Sidharth Shah and Sanah Shah)
- 6th Place Debate Team – (Tea Florenceo, Aarna Rao and Aarushi Gupta)
November 6th Tournament
Topics: Drop Grey Wolves from the Endangered Species Act: Lotteries do more harm than good.
- Golden Gavel for Tournament – Sidharth Nambiar
- Cedar Hill Prep School – 1st place for total number of points; 2nd place for total percentage wins.
- Top Speaker from Cedar Hill Prep School – Nina Barnes
- 2nd Place Debate Team – Sidharth Nambiar, Sarah Karlekar
- 3rd Place Debate Team – Rashmika Majumdar, Dhruv Param, Risham Dagli
Cedar Hill Prep School Alumni News – Shaurya Baruah(Class of 2020) participated in the Harvard Invitational Public Forum Debate and ranked 24 out of 420. Congratulations!!
Next debate on April 10th 2021.
