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Here’s our latest edition of Academy Auto. Enjoy!

Eric Neubauer
ROP Automotive Technology
Visual & Performing Art, VIdeo/FIlm
ROP Computer Game Design

San Dieguito Academy
eric.neubauer@sduhsd.net

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Hey, everyone!
Here’s the FIRST Robotics Team Paradox’s January Newsletter.
Thank you for reading.

Lonnie Safarik

Please be sure to see the photo album at the end of this article!

The SDA Speech and Debate has found great success in the year 2011. To wrap up the year, SDA first competed at the Novice League Debate at Helix High School in October. The combination of everyone’s hard work resulted in SDA’s first place in sweepstakes. In Policy Debate, partners Kira Gaby and Austin Ryan placed first, while Stacy Li and Johnny Menhennet took second. Keenan Rodewald and Delaney Duff took third place and Kevin Gallagher and Taylor Knudson placed sixth. In Lincoln Douglas debate, Riley Murphy won first place and Jake Hawkes took seventh.

Our second tournament was the Novice Speech Tournament at Mission Vista in November. Johnny Menhennet won third in International Extempt as Riley Murphy won second in Impromptu. Together, they won second place in Duo Interpretation. In Impromptu, Mason Bright placed third and Elizabeth Jacobson took sixth. Taylor Knudson won sixth place in Original Advocacy. Stacy Li won first in Original Prose and Poetry and placed sixth in Humorous Interpretation. SDA, as a whole, won 4th place sweepstakes.

Finally, SDA attended the San Diego Winter Classic at La Costa Canyon in December. In Varsity Policy Debate Michael Wimsatt and Elliot Horen made it to semifinals and Elliot Horen won first place speaker. In Varsity Lincoln Douglas debate, Cameron Koob made it to Octofinals. In speech, Aram Mahmoudzadeh won first in Impromptu. Stacy Li placed fifth in Humorous Interpretation (claiming a Tournament of Champions bid) and sixth in Original Prose and Poetry. Benjy Malings won seventh in Original Prose and Poetry and Maia Rosengarten placed fourth in Original Oratory (claiming a TOC bid.)

Elliot Horen and Michael Wimsatt competed in Varsity Policy Debate at the Meadows School Tournament where they received their second TOC bid. They are now qualified for the Tournament of Champions and are making plans to travel to the tournament in Kentucky at the end of April. They also made it to the quarterfinals at USC David Damus Trojan Championships, thus, earning their third TOC bid. All results for 2011 and 2012 are posted on the team’s website at www.sdadebate.org.

2011 might have ended, but the SDA Speech and Debate team still has many more tournaments to attend in 2012. We’d like to thank all the parent volunteers and our coach, Mrs. Barry, for making such a great year possible. We look forward to seeing all of you in 2012!