It was a busy fall season for the Speech and Debate team. Before Thanksgiving, Milton has a strong showing at the Tournament of Champions (TOC) qualifying tournament in Atlanta, Georgia. In Speech, Jana Amin and Maya Bokhari placed first and second respectively in Original Oratory, earning them spots in the TOC, which takes place in April. In Debate, Tony Wang and Tim Colledge earned first place in Public Forum Debate while also obtaining first and second speaker awards.
Here is a recap of the rest of the season so far:
Dighton Rehoboth Festival of Imagination Speech Tournament, October 27, 2018
Milton Academy speech students gathered with 17 area schools (313 high school participants) for the Dighton Rehoboth Festival of Imagination Speech Tournament. While the rain was howling outside, Milton students were collecting awards in a variety of public speaking events. Overall, Milton garnered 16 awards, including Third Place Sweepstakes in the Large School category.
The following is the list of student award recipients:
Top Novice Awards:
Zoe Shleifer (Children’s Literature)
Emily Hong (Impromptu)
James Millington (Prose Reading)
Individual Awards:
Children’s Literature: Zoe Shleifer (5th place)
Declamation: Miranda Paiz (5th place)
Dramatic Performance: Thea Chung (5th place)
Extemporaneous: Tony Wang (3rd place)
Novice Extemporaneous:
Ian Glick (1st place)
Neha Modak (2nd place)
Tyler Tjan (4th place)
Original Oratory: Jana Amin (3rd place)
Program of Oral Interpretation: Emily Taylor (5th place)
Prose Reading: Talia Sherman (1st place)
Prose Reading: Abby Buonato (7th place)
Prose Reading: James Millington (5th place)
Gracia Burkill Speech Tournament, Natick High School, November 10, 2018
Humorous Interpretation
1st Place: Lyndsey Mugford
Radio Broadcasting
3rd Place: Esteban Gutierrez
Varsity Extemporaneous
3rd Place: Tony Wang
Novice Extemporaneous
2nd Place and top novice in this event: Neha Modak
3rd Place: Tyler Tjan
Novice Oral Interpretation
4th Place: Abby Buonato
7th Place: James Millington
Prose
Semifinalist: Talia Sherman
Students who qualified for the state tournament in April 2019 based on results from MSDL tournaments thus far in fall 2018:
Esteban Gutierrez
Tony Wang
Jana Amin
Emily Hong
Talia Sherman
Miranda Paiz
Zoe Shleifer