TPA Speech & Debate

This past weekend, sophomore Carlos Ovando placed FIRST in the Rotary 100 Speech Contest Lower Division, which was held on the floor of the AZ House of Representatives. He also won a $1000 scholarship!!

Happy National Speech & Debate Education Day! 🎉

Speech & Debate has not only allowed us to enrich our education but it has given us a voice and the knowledge to share with others!

Division 1 State Championships was a blast!
Violeta Panayotova placed 5th in House 3 Congressional Debate and 6th in Informative Speaking 🏆
Stella Lovelady was an Informative Speaking Semifinalist 🏆
Connor Clark was a Lincoln Douglas Debate Quarterfinalist 🏆

Let’s finish this season off strong! Go Knights!

The Harvard Invitational was a success! 🌟 From Tempe to Cambridge, TPA rocks at Speech & Debate!
Violeta Panayotova made it to Quarterfinals in Informative Speaking 🏆
Connor Clark made it to Triple-Octofinals in JV Lincoln-Douglas Debate 🏆
Great job Knights!!! @ Harvard University

Bon voyage! ✈️
Wishing safe travels to our teammates headed to Boston!

Great job to both our HS and ME school teams for competing at the Jackrabbit Invitational!

Violeta Panayotova placed 4th in the Congress Tournament of Excellence, 4th in Informative Speaking and was an Original Oratory Semifinalist! 🏆
Tamsin Hurlbut and Taylor Conley were Cottontail MS Congressional Debate Finalists! 🏆
Connor Clark was a Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate Octofinalist! 🏆

Keep up the great work! Let’s finish this season off strong! 🌟 @ Tempe Preparatory Academy

EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!
TPA’s Speech & Debate made the front cover of the school newspaper! 📰

Thank you Clark Campbell and the TPA Newspaper Club! 🎉

Debate practice is fun when you have the best teammates!

Our TPA Knights stung the competition at the BASIS Peoria Scorpion Spectacular!

Violeta Panayotova is our Informative Speaking 1st place CHAMPION! 🏆
Stella Lovelady and Violeta Panayotova placed 3rd in Public Forum Debate 🏆
Nishat Ahmed was an Informative Speaking Semifinalist 🏆
Connor Clark was a Lincoln-Douglas Octofinalist 🏆

Amazing job everyone!
@ Tempe Preparatory Academy

Teams who march together, stay together!

Congratulations Violeta Panayotova! 🏆
She is a HDSHC Invitational Semifinalist in Prose Interpretation and Quarterfinalist in Impromptu Speaking, Informative Speaking, Original Oratory and Program Oral Interpretation!
We are so proud of our amazing knight!

It’s not a Happy New Year until the season resumes! 🌟
We can’t wait to see what 2020 has in store for us!