Building on a Tradition of Excellence

With the strength and dedication of both coaches and debaters, the 2008-09 year should be as or even more successful than previous years! With the support of parents and the community, the CHS Debate Team will participate in Tournaments across the state and country: 2008-2009 Debate Team Schedule

FACT: THE most successful public school in the country for the last 4 years.
FACT: The ONLY Georgia public school to qualify for the national championship
FACT: Qualified 7 teams for the national championship - next best was 4 - no one else had more than 2 (in the entire country)
FACT: Averaging 3 students for full rides to college per year
FACT: 10 national merit finalists - debate had 5 (40-50% of the national debate finalists were debaters)
FACT: Multi-lingual, multi-cultural group of students from diverse backgrounds dedicated to mentoring, leadership, and performance

History

2007-08 Academic Year

CALHOUN, GA

• Varsity team - Michael Lacy and Matthew Foretich - champions of the tournament
• Kaavya Ramesh - overall top-speaker at the tournament
• Novice - teams of Mustafa Inamullah, Danielle Fredrickson, and Cara Venezia, Shreya Seth both won their semi-finals debates and were named co-champions of the novice division.

GREENHILL FALL CLASSIC

• Senior teams of Michael Lacy/Matthew Foretich and Thomas Beyer/Anthony Pelli advanced to the Octo-final round at the Greenhill Opening national tournament.
• Simon Mettler/Pranav Kaushish lost in the Double-Octofinal round.

WAKE FOREST EARLY BIRD TOURNAMENT

• The Junior team of Weilian Zhang/Richie Choy lost in the Quarterfinal-round of the tournament. Earning them one of the two necessary bids to qualify them for the prestigious Tournament of Champion National Championship tournament.
• The J-V Sophomore team of Megan Cambre/Sohan Chatterjee were champions of the Junior-Varsity division.
• While Sophomore teams of Kaavya Ramesh/Elizabeth Fan and Jeff Zhang/Sean Robinson were semi-finalists.

2008 Tournament Achievements: Milton High School Debate Tournament

VARSITY
• Tournament Champions - Tommy Beyers & Anuj Panday
• 3^rd speaker - Tommy Beyers
• 7^th speaker - Richard Choy
• 8^th speaker - Anuj Panday
• 9^th speaker - Weilan Zhang
JUNIOR VARSITY
• 5^th Place - Matthew Grossman & Shauyan Saki
• 2^nd speaker - Shauyan Saki
NOVICE POLICY
• 3^rd Place - Jeanita Hardimon & Anand Jani

MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY SOUTHERN BELL FORUM - Nashville, TN

• 5^th Place - Michael Lacy & Matthew Foretich
• 2^nd Speaker - Michael Lacy

LEXINGTON WINTER INVITATIONAL

• 5^th place - Joshua Lee & Kaavya Ramesh
• 7^th speaker - Anuj Panday

SQUAD ACHIEVEMENTS

• Chattahoochee Debate qualified 5 teams to the national tournament - more than any school in the country.
• This is the 20^th team qualified in 4 years and 30^th team in 6 years.

GFCA Novice and JV State Debate Championships

• Swept state weekend by winning both the JV and Novice State Championships. - Novice State Champions - Mustafa Inamullah and Kaitlyn Walker.
• Shreya Seth - top individual speaker
• JV division - top 5 spots: Megan Cambre, Sohan Chatterjee, Elizabeth Fan, Matthew Rosenthal, Sean Robinson, Jeff Zhang, Adam Kostrinsky, Kevin Kim, Kaavya Ramesh, and Joshua Lee. Sohan was named the top individual speaker.

2006-07 Academic Year

Some 75 students participated to compete at the Varsity, Junior Varsity and Novice levels. At the National Tournament, five different CHS Debate teams qualified, including five juniors! (No other school had more than 3 teams qualify and no team sent more than 2 juniors.) In addition, the senior team of Ovais Inamullah and Gary Seidman finished 10th in the nation at the Tournament of Champions National Competition.

• The Varsity Team:

• was among the TOP 16 schools at the preseason Invitational held at Greenhill in Dallas, Texas
• was among the TOP 8 schools in the country at the Harvard Round Robin
• was the champion of the Lexington High School Invitational, Brookwood, Milton and Calhoun
• was a finalist at Westminster, University of Georgia, Carrolton, and All-State
• was a semifinalist at the University of Michigan, the Montgomery Bell Academy, Ohio Valley and Vestavia Hills
• had four teams in the final 16 at the Westminster Tournament
• GHSA Varsity State champion

• The Junior Varsity Team:

• were top 10 sophomore/sophomore teams in the country
• state J-V runner-ups
• Quarterfinalists at the Woodward Academy JV National Tournament

• The Novice Team:

• was the champion of the Woodward Academy Novice National Tournament
• placed 3 teams in the top 16 at the national tournament in addition to the champs
• was GHSA State Champion and runnerup having closed out the final round

• Team Academic accomplishments:

• A grade point average of 98.5 for the entire squad
• graduates attending University of Southern California, Emory University, Washington University, Michigan State University, Elon University, Georgia State University

• Summer Camps attended:

  1. University of California at Berkeley
  2. Northwestern University
  3. Dartmouth
  4. Emory University
  5. University of Michigan
  6. Michigan State University
  7. Gonzaga University
  8. University of Kentucky
  9. Miami University - Ohio
  10. Wake Forest University

• 2006-2007 Seniors where they are going to school:

  1. University of Southern California - full debate scholarship
  2. Michigan State University - full debate scholarship for 2 seniors
  3. Emory University
  4. Washington University in St. Louis
  5. Georgia State University - 3 debate scholarships

2005-06 Academic Year

Some 70 students participated to compete at the Varsity, Junior Varsity and Novice levels. At the National Tournament, seven different CHS Debate teams qualified tying for the most ever by any school! (One other school fielded four teams and no other school had more than two teams competing.) In addition, two CHS teams finishing 9th and 10th in the country at the Tournament of Champions National Championship.

• The Varisty Team:

  • was among the TOP 16 schools at the preseason Invitational held at Greenhill in Dallas, Texas
  • was among the TOP 8 schools in the country at the Harvard Round Robin
  • was a finalist at the University of Kentucky Tournament
  • was a semifinalist at the Harvard University Invitiational
  • was Co-Champion at the Brookwood Tournament
  • finished 3rd and 4th at the Lexington High School Invitational in Boston,Massachusets
  • had eight teams in the final 16 at the Westminster Tournament
  • had two teams in the TOP 10 at the Wake Forest University Tournament
  • was a semifinalist at the University of Michigan Tournament
  • was Co-Champion at the Milton High School Tournament
  • GHSA Varsity State runnerup

• The Junior Varsity Team:

  • were first and second place sophomore/sophomore teams in the country
  • state champions
  • finished first and second at the St.Mark's Sophomore Only Invitational
  • Quarterfinalists at the Woodward Academy JV National Tournament

• The Novice Team:

  • was GHSA State runnerup

• Team Academic accomplishments:

  • A grade point average of 98.4 for the entire squad
  • members finishing with a 1400 or better SAT score
  • graduates attending Northwestern University, Duke University, University of Michigan, Rice University, Univerity of Southern California, New York University and the University of Georgia, with debate scholarship offers from UGA, USC and Michigan.

2004-05 Academic Year:

• The Varsity Team:

  • National Runner-up at the National Championship Tournament
  • GHSA State Champions
  • Winner of the Greenhill Round Robin of the Top 16 schools in the nation
  • Westminster High School Tournament Champions
  • Lexington High School Tournament Champsions
  • undefeated at the Emory University Tournament
  • finalist at the Montgomery Bell Academy Invitational
  • finalist at the Glenbrooks Invitational
  • semi-finalist at the Harvard Invitational
  • invitee to the Harvard Round Robin Invitational

• The Junior Varsity Team:

  • State Champions
  • National Quarterfinalist

• The Novice Team:

  • State Champions
  • National Semi-finalist

Debate Team Successes continue after High School

2005-2006 Seven seniors finishing with a 1400 or better SAT Seniors attending Universities: Northwestern, Duke, University of Southern California, Michigan, Rice, NYU, and UGA. Including debate scholarship offers at UGA, USC, and Michigan.

2004-2005 Seniors Attending - Northwestern, Michigan State (full debate scholarship), Georgia Tech, University of Central Oklahoma (full debate scholarship), Emory, and others.