Date

Robert Martin was awarded the Diamond Key Recognition by NFL for the second time.

Summer/09

Congratulations to Neeraj Bhatia, NSHS Debate team president, for his outstanding performance at the NFL National Speech and Debate Tournament. The tournament was held in Birmingham, Alabama, from June 14-19, 2009. Competing in four events (Student Congress, Expository Speaking, Extemporaneous Commentary, and Impromptu) at nationals, Neeraj made it to the semifinals of Impromptu and placed in the top 18 in the nation. This is an incredible accomplishment considering there were over 500 entries in impromptu speaking. He is off to 'Aggieland' and will be attending A&M later this fall. We are proud of the efforts that our students make in this district to keep CFB a leader in fine arts and arts education! Chris Agee, NSHS Debate

The NSHS Debate team got off to a fast start at its first tournament of the year last weekend at Plano High School.
The team won several trophies and had several students in the elimination rounds of the tournament.

Sarah Ting, Dennis Takada, and Diana Pop were all in the elimination rounds of the tournament.

10/7/09

Congratulations to sophomore Michael Schrag for reaching the finals in Student Congress at the Grand Prairie HS
tournament this weekend. Michael placed 12th out of 60 entries in the event. Next up…St. Marks! Good luck, debate team!

11/2/09
Last weekend at the LD Bell tournament the NSHS Debate team placed 2^nd 4^th and 8^th
in Lincoln Douglas Debate and had 4 students in the semifinals of Individual Speaking events.

On Saturday November 14^th the Newman Smith Debate team competed at the Hockaday Tournament and
several students reached the elimination rounds and placed in the tournament.