Fort Bend Independent School District NEWS RELEASE FROM COMMUNITY RELATIONS Keryn Miles, Communications Specialist keryn.miles@fortbendisd.com    281.634.1100

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Fort Bend ISD Speech and Debate Students Compete at State Meet

FORT BEND ISD ― Fort Bend ISD speech and debate students recently competed at the Texas Forensic Association (TFA) State Meet and earned several top awards and honors. The competition was held March 11-13 in El Paso, Texas. Five FBISD campuses (including Clements, Dulles, Elkins, Hightower, Kempner and Travis) were represented at the competition.

Students who received awards in the following categories include:

Prose Interpretation (108 competitors) -- Tretitia Hobbs (Hightower), 1^st place; Domonique Champion (Hightower) and Mehreen Jamal (Kempner), Quarter Finalists

Impromptu Speaking (160 competitors) -- Maggie Zhou (Clements), 3^rd Place;  Sarah Zhou (Clements), 4^th Place;  Eric Diep (Kempner), Semifinalist; Hira Baig (Kempner), Quarter Finalist

Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking (83 competitors) -- Yogashri Pradhan (Clements), Semifinalist; Shree Pandya (Clements), Quarter Finalist

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking (115 competitors) -- Angela Chin (Kempner), Quarter Finalist; Nikita Kansra (Travis), Quarter Finalist; Gaurav Nayak (Travis), Quarter Finalist

Duo Interpretation (65 competitors) -- Chelsea Dugger and Nabeel Khandwala (Elkins), Quarter Finalists

Lincoln-Douglas Debate (154 competitors) -- Logan Jensen (Dulles), Double Octofinalist

Cross-Examination Debate (110 competitors) -- Kevin Clarke and Faraz Hemani (Dulles), Quarter Finalists; Kevin Clarke (Dulles), 9^th Place Speaker

The coaching team includes Renita Johnson of Clements High School, Anthony Yim of Dulles High School, Susan Messina of Elkins High School, Lori Ingersoll of Hightower High School, and Will Mason of Kempner High School.

Pictured below are Hightower High School Debate Coach, Lori Ingersoll, with 1st place winner, Tretitia Hobbs.

Shhown below are the Hightower High School TFA State qualifiers.

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