WHO: The VNHS JSA club
WHAT: Won a lot of gavels (awards!)
WHEN: April 6-7
WHERE: SoCal JSA Spring State Convention at the Marriott Woodland Hills
WHY: With hard work, research, determination and unapologetically defending their opinions, these debaters dominated the fierce competition
HOW IT WORKS: JSA, or Junior State of America, is a non-partisan youth organization focused on Speech and Debate and Civic Leadership. Debates are split into “blocks,” ranging in a variety of topics, spanning politics to pop culture. From “Should Trump be able to run for President?” to “What is the worst place for a first date?”, students battled it out to not only convince the audience of their argument, but also to win the coveted “Best Speaker” gavels, awarded to the audience’s favorite speaker of each debate.
WHO WON:
Adrianna Bean – 2 Gavels
Jake Champana – 2 Gavels
Jasmine Varkey – 1 Gavel
Dwayne Famenia – 1 Gavel
Jaima Murshed – 1 Gavel
Diego Serrano
Reynold Finnegan
Yanitzy Alatorre
