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EDUCATION
Chandler speech and debate team celebrates national performance
Independent Newsmedia/Jason W. Brooks
The Arizona College Prep High School Speech and Debate team has won has won four State Championships in the past five years. This year, it had eight individual state champions and qualified 18 students to compete in a national tournament, where it earned the prestigious School of Honor Award for finishing in the top 40 nationally. The team was honored at the Aug. 7 Chandler Unified School District Governing Board meeting, with Superintendent Frank Narducci on the far left. Coach Norm Rumsey is on the far right.
The Arizona College Prep High School Speech and Debate team has won four State Championships in the past five years.
This year, it had eight individual state champions and qualified 18 students to compete in a national tournament, where it earned the prestigious School of Honor Award for finishing in the top 40 nationally.
The team was honored at the Aug. 7 Chandler Unified School District Governing Board meeting, with Superintendent Frank Narducci taking a photo with coach Norm Rumsey and the team.
One student, Divya Natarajan, scored 16th in the nation in the House Congressional Debate.
Rumsey spoke briefly, saying one of the core values of the team is “iron sharpens iron,” meaning everyone’s individual strengths help make others better.
Jason W. Brooks is a News editor for the Daily Independent and the Chandler Independent.
He covers the Chandler area for both yourvalley.net and the monthly print edition while writing for and assisting in the production of the Daily Independent.
Brooks is a well-traveled journalist who has documented life in small American communities in nearly all U.S. time zones.
Born in Washington, D.C. and raised there and in suburban Los Angeles, he has covered community news in California, New Mexico, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska and northern Arizona.
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