Panther's Roar

Mock Trial - Districts

2008-02-29T20:59:00.002-05:00

The West Mock Trial team took 2nd place in districts this year. The team went 3 and 1 and did an excellent job. We one rounds against Pleasant Valley, East Stroudsburg South and Notre Dame. We lost in the finals to Wallenpaupack, which is a fine team.

Please extend your congratulations to following students:

Zak Pyzik-Lawyer
Casey Fannell-Lawyer
Casey Drake-Lawyer
Kyra Tan-Tiongco-Lawyer

Daniel Goodstein-Witness
Adriana Lopes-Witness
Kyle Salage-Witness
Brian Moore-Witness

Thank you everyone who have helped us prepare. It takes a tremendous amount of time and energy to get everyone ready. Thanks - Mr. Kloiber, Ms. Harrington, Attorney De Stefano, and Mr. Musto!

West Champions of the PHSSL

2008-02-25T20:04:00.002-05:00

The Pocono Mountain West Speech and Debate Team were crowned champions of the Pennsylvania High School Speech League (PHSSL) District 8 tournament this Saturday February 23, 2007.

The top three team’s scores were: 130 PMW, 56 Scranton HS, and 53 pts E. L. Meyers High School . Fifteen schools participated in the event.

This is the first District Championship in Pocono Mountain History. This was truly a team effort. Please congratulate any member of the team that you might know.

The following are the team members who contributed to this win and will represent PMW at States:

Qualifying for States from the Pennsylvania High School Speech League Championships

Joe Lopresti, 9 ^th Grade 1 ^st place “ Wondering Y ” Informative Speaking
Kyra Tan Tioncgo, 10 ^th grade, 1 ^st place Lincoln Douglas Debate
Sarah VanSise, 11 ^th grade, 1 ^st place, Poetry Interpretation, “ Teachers”
Brandi Guilherme 11 ^th grade and Justin Lovell 12 ^th grade, 1 ^st place, Policy Team Debate
Erika Crown, 12 ^th grade, Humorous Interpretation, Wagner’s, “Is there Intelligent life in the Universe”
Justin Kurek, 11 ^th and Brian Cavanaugh, 11 ^th, 2 ^nd place, Policy Debate
Derren Adejere, 2 ^nd place, 11 ^th, Persuasive Speaking, “ I am a Black Woman”

Three additional students will be picked to go to states to represent PMW in impromptu speaking, Radio Announcing, and Student Congress.

The following students are alternates for states in their event :

Lisa Johnson, 12 ^th grade, Persuasive Speaking, 3 ^rd place, “Why So Serious?”
Renia Pacocha, 9 ^th grade, 3 ^rd place, Informative Speaking, “Why we should not use the n-word”
Krysta Tan-Tioncgo, 12 ^th grade, 4 ^th, Poetry Interpretation, “ Two Women’s Interpretation of Vietnam”
William Warren, 3 ^rd place, 10 ^th grade, Dramatic Interpretation

Novice Policy Debate is only at the District level, non-advancing to state, PMW closed out Novice Policy debate:

1 ^st Place Novice policy debate: Kebrinna Richards and DJ Wagner
2 ^nd Place Novice Policy Debate: Cierra Ragland and Katerina Veloudos

Other students placing and making final rounds but not qualifying for states or alternates:

Ladamir Geake, 12 ^th grade, Prose Interpretation, 6 ^th place.
Steve Barrientos 12 ^th grade and Nicole Font, 11 ^th grade, Duo Interpretation, “The Elevator” 7 ^th place

Other Students Places to 7 ^th place :

Bobby Dotter, 12 ^th grade, 5 ^th place Extemporaneous Speaking
Kurt Boling, 11 ^th grade, 7 ^th place Extemporaneous Commentary.
Andrea Giamis and Casey Fannell, 7 ^th place Public Forum Debate.

Other students not placing but contributing points to the District 8 Championship effort :

Kyle Cadigan, 11 ^th, Extemporaneous Speaking
Keanna Richards, 10 ^th grade, 10 ^th grade, Extemporaneous Commentary
Mike Bamiro 12 ^th grade, and Matt Morosco, 12 ^th grade, Duo Interpretation of Literature
Casey Drake, 11 ^th, Prose Interpretation of Literature
Dan Goodstein, 9 ^th grade and Jason Silverstein 11 ^th, Public Forum Debate

Special Thanks to our volunteer coaches and judges that have made this year possible:

Alumni judge and Debate Coach, James Sherman,
Roger Deere Volunteer Judge,
Alumni Judges Justin Sagurton, Alumni Judges, Justin Sagurton, Holly Stroker, and Kevin Strausser.

The team travels next weekend to the National Catholic Forensic Scranton District Qualifier. Then, the team travels to State finals with 10 events on March 28 ^th and 29 ^t. They will attempt to be the first team to place at states in PMSD history. Wish them luck!

Boys Basketball - Moving On

2008-02-21T19:01:00.001-05:00

Pocono Record - February 21, 2002

Urbane Pic - Pathmark Competition

2008-02-20T08:17:00.003-05:00

Urbane Member goes to ACDA Gospel Honors Choir Festival

2008-02-12T10:06:00.001-05:00

Brianna Storm, 10th WHS and Urbane vocalist, has been chosen to represent the PMSD at the ACDA (American Choral Director's Association) Gospel Honors Choir festival this upcoming weekend. Brianna will travel to Hartford Connecticut on Wednesday, Feb. 13 where she will hold a hectic rehearsal schedule under the direction of famous gospel conductor/composer, M. Roger Holland II through Saturday morning. Brianna will get to perform at the Central Connecticut State University and the Harrt School Of Music. The culminating event will be all of the ACDA Honors Choir vocalists performing in a 2:30 concert Saturday afternoon.

The Gospel Honors Choir will perform:

Total Praise – Richard Smallwood/Holland
The Storm is Passing Over – Charles Tindley/Vails
Give Me A Clean Heart – Margaret Douroux
Holy are You Lord – Jeremy Haynes
It’s Gonna Rain – Andrae Crouch
Lord, Make Me An Instrument – M. Roger Holland

The audition process was very lengthy and Brianna has been working on this music for the past month. She will need to re-audition on Wednesday evening to prove that she has attained the vocal skills necessary for the above repertoire. Best wishes Brianna!

Pocono Record Article

Boys Basketball - MVC!

2008-02-06T12:10:00.000-05:00

The boys basketball team won their 2nd consecutive Mountain Valley Conference championship last night by beating P.M. East. For the 2nd straight year the team has compiled a perfect 12-0 record in the MVC. Congrats to the following who have put in an incredible amount of time and effort to achieve this goal.

Pocono Record - 2.6.2008

Jon Mangual
Kyerell Scott
Mike Quiteh
Calvin Arrick
Justyn Zangwill
Demetrice Fair
Hasan Johnson
Ray Legette
Brandon Rudolphe
Antre Cole
Dez Thomas
Dexter Douglas
Phil Leyro

Scholastic Scrimmage = MVC Champions

2008-02-05T07:31:00.001-05:00

On Monday night, February 4th 2008, Pocono Mountain West's Scholastic Scrimmage team won the Mountain Valley Conference Championship!

To start the night #2PMW (8-4) needed to face #3East Stroudsburg South (7-5) in a semifinal match. The first round was close, with Pocono Mt taking a small 60-50 lead. PMW blew the match open in the 60 Second speed round scoring 120 points. ESS actually outscored PMW in the Stump the Experts round 50-40, however it would not be enough. PMW earned a place in the finals with a dominant 220-150 victory.

In the MVC Finals, the Pocono Mountain West "Giants" (9-4) faced off against the Stroudsburg "Patriots" (12-0). This is the first time in the history of the MVC that a team went undefeated in the regular season.

PMW came out of the box, dominating the first period, answering 9 of the 12 first round questions to take a commanding 90-10 lead. Teams were about even in the 60 Seconds round (PMW100 - STR90) but PMW only added to their lead in the Stump the Experts round, 45-10. PMW handed SRT their first defeat of the season 235-110 to win their second MVC title in school history!

Please give your congratulations to the following Varsity members...our newest MVC Champions!

Frank Cabrera (12)

Jennifer Rodland (12)

Brendan Presky (12)

Joe Lopresti (9)

Zack Stavoritis (12)

Brian Fairservice (12)

MaryBeth Henry (12)

Also please don't forget that the JV team also ended up in first place in the MVC!...

Lindsay Miller

Tony Mitchell

Joe Scarpone

Sarah Henry

Danny Dever

MLK Invitational

2008-01-21T07:21:00.000-05:00

Pocono Mountain West attended the E.L. Meyers Dr. Martin Luther King Invitational this past weekend. Twenty-Seven schools attended and over 300 students attended. PMW won the overall team score with a team score of 123 pts to the nearest team score of 94 by Unionville High School from Philadelphia. The team also defended and received the Dr. Martin Luther King Robert Crawford award for Dr. MLK events for the 3rd year in a row for most points in the Dr. MLK events. The team was awarded a first place trophy, the tournament traveling trophy, and the Dr. MLK Robert Crawford Clock .

The following students placed in and received awards on Saturday January 19th, 2007:

Mike Bamiro, 12th grade, 1st place, Varsity Dr. MLK Declamation
Erika Crown, 12th grade, 2nd place, Varsity Dr. MLK Declamation
Erika Crown, 12th grade, 4th place, Varsity Dramatic Performance
Mike Bamiro, 12th grade, 3rd place, Varsity Dr. MLK Commentary
Sarah Vansise, 11th grade, 1st place, Varsity Dr. MLK Poetry
Krysta Tan-Tioncgo, 12th grade, 3rd Varsity Dr. MLK Poetry
Derrin Adejere, 11th grade, 2nd Place, Varsity Dr. MLK Original Oratory
Lisa Johnson, 12th grade, 5th place, Varsity Dr. MLK Original Oratory
Lisa Johnson, 12th grade, 2nd place, Varsity Original Oratory
Joe LoPresti, 9th grade, 6th place Varsity Oratorical Declamation
DJ Wagner, 10th grade and Cierra Ragland 10th grade, 6th Place, Varsity Policy Debate
Brandi Guilherme, 11th grade and Justin Lovell, 12th grade, 5th place, Varsity Policy Debate
Dan Goodstien, 9th grade, 6th, Varsity Parlimentary Debate
Casey Fannell, 11th grade, 5th place, Varstiy Parlimentary Debate
Kyra Tan-Tioncgo, 10th grade, 4th place, Varsity Parlimentary Debate
Jason Silverstien, 11th grade, 3rd, Varsity Parlimentary Debate
Jason Silverstien, 11th grade, 6th, Varsity Crisis Management
James Lopresti, 7th grade, 1st place Novice, Dr. MLK Declamation
Bill Stiess, 12th grade, 4th place, Novice Dr. MLK Original Poetry

Students participating but not place are as follows to the team and school effort:

Emily Besser, Dr. MLK Declamation
Kurt Boling, Dr. MLK Commentary and Declamation
Brian Cavanagh and Justin Kurek, Policy debate
Casey Drake and Andrea Giaimis, Public Forum debate
Reina Pococha, 9th grade, Declamation
Steve Barrientos, 12th, Dr. MLK Poetry and Parlimentary Debate

A special thanks to the volunteers and judges that assisted this weekend that have judged for the team and coached these wonderful students: Mr. Lew Miller, PMWHS, Mr. Roger Deere, Hall Monitor, Mr. John Musto, Volunteer Coach, Mr. Steve Thompson, Volunteer Coach, Mrs. Steve Thompson, Volunteer Judge, Vr. Matt Konya, Alumni Volunteer Coach, Mr. James Sherman, Alumni Judge, Mr. Kevin Strausser and Ms. Holly Stroker, Alumni judge.

Next up: CFL Scranton, State District Quals, National Quals, and State finals...

Scholastic Scrimmage Makes MVC Play-offs

2008-01-15T07:50:00.000-05:00

For the fifth time (in the school's 6 year existence), PM West High School's Scholastic Scrimmage team (quiz bowl) has made the Mountain Valley Conference Play-offs!

The Varsity team finished the season in second place, just behind the undefeated Stroudsburg.

#2 PMW must face #3 ranked EastStrSouth in a preliminary match...with the winner facing Stroudsburg for the championship. Both matches will take place on Monday, February 4th.

The Varsity Team :

Frank Cabrera
Joey LoPresti (9th grader)
Jennifer Rodland
Brendan Presky
Zack Stavriotis
Brian Fairservice
MaryBeth Henry

The Junior Varsity team finished in First Place in the MVC with a record of 10-2... members included...

MaryBeth Henry
Lindsay Miller
Brian Fairservice
Joe Scarpone
Tony Mitchell
Sarah Henry (9th grade)

36th Annual BMW Tournament - 1.14.2008

2008-01-14T07:46:00.000-05:00

The 22 Intermediat, Junior, and West High School students on the Speech and debate team attended the Shikellamy 36th annual BMW Tournament this past weekend. The tournament fielded 30 teams from across PA and had 350 participants. The team placed 6th in Varsity, and 10th overall. The following students placed in the tournament:

Kurt Boling, Varsity, 2nd Extemp. Commentary
Krysta Tan-Tioncgo, 3rd, Varsity Poetry Interpretation
Sarah Vansise, 5th, Varsity Poetry Interpretation
Zak Pyzik, Varsity, 4th Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Joe LoPresti, JV, 3rd Declamation
Lisa Johnson, Varsity, 5th Persuasive speaking
Kyra Tan-Tioncgo, 5th, JV Lincoln Douglas Debate
Jason Silvestien, 5th Varsity Student Congress
Andrea Giamis and Casey Fannell, 5th Public Forum Debate

The team travels to EL Meyers next week to compete in the 11th annual Martin Luther King Invitational Tournament.

FBLA _ Regional Leadership Conference (Jan. 10, 2008)

2008-01-11T07:51:00.001-05:00

FBLA's Regional Leadership Conference Winners

Client Service - Damilola Aliu - 4th
Computer Problem Solving - Christian Martinez - 3rd
Impromptu Speaking - Kurt Boling - 2nd
Marketing - Lauren Odita - 1st
Network Design - Daniel Castillo and Justin Johnson - 2nd
Personal Finance - Kimberly Lapp - 2nd

State Top Ten Finalist:

Electronic Portfolio - Kenny Hunt

West Basketball

2008-01-10T11:30:00.000-05:00

Pocono Record - January 5, 2008

Mount Vernon High School: Urbane Performance

2007-12-18T09:15:00.000-05:00

This past Friday (December 16, 2007), Urbane performed at the Mount Vernon High School as guest group for the Gospel Knights. We met this amazing gospel choir last year when we competed against them at the Black Caucus of NY's Gospel Choir Olympics. They were so impressed with Urbane that they invited us to sing at their 2007 Winter Concert.

It was a great evening of talent---from step teams, praise dancers, a drum line and the Gospel Knights with Urbane. Pictures

The biggest news of the evening was that Harvey Lightfoot, of the Pathmark Gospel Competition, was there to watch Urbane. As soon as our students were finished with their main performance, he approached us and gave us the official invitation to compete in the Pathmark competition this February (it is a very difficult competition to get into and requires an essay, a ton of paperwork and an audition CD or DVD).

Excellent job, Urbane!

Urbane in the News

2007-12-05T08:46:00.000-05:00

Pocono Record Article on Wednesday, December 5, 2007.

Msgr. William Lyons Tournament

2007-12-02T18:01:00.000-05:00

PMWHS finished 3rd out of 19 teams at MSGR. William Lyons Tournament @ Deleone Catholic in Gettysburg, PA this weekend. The following students were recognized for their achievements:

Lisa Johnson, 12th, 1st Original Oratory
Kyra Tan-Tioncgo, 10th, 1st Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Casey Fannell, 11th, 3rd Varsity Linoln Douglas Debate
Dan Goodstien and Jason Silverstien, 9th and 11th, 3rd, Public Forum Debate
Kurt Boling, 11th, 3rd, Extemporaneous Commentary
Mike Bamiro, 12th, Extemporaneous Commentary
Joe LoPresti, 9th, Oratorical Declamation
Sarah VanSise, 11th, Prose and Poetry Interpretation

Other students that competed were James Lopresti, 9th, and Andrea Giaimis, 11th.

Mock Trial Competition at Stroudsburg HS

2007-11-18T22:23:00.000-05:00

The Mock Trial team had a competition on Saturday (11.17.2007) at the Stroudsburg High School. They won 3 trials and lost 1, which is the best they have ever done at this competition. Zak Pyzik took an award for best lawyer, which is the third year in a row that he has accomplished this. He has a very bright future in law and many judges and lawyers in Monroe county have given him great advice and look forward to seeing him working here in the future.

Our team members are the following:

Adriana Lopes
Zak Pyzik
Casey Drake
Casey Fannell
Brian Moore
Joey LoPresti
Dan Silverstein

Urbane's Workshop with Phillip Mentor

2007-11-14T10:29:00.000-05:00

Last week, many of our schools were lucky enough to have their music students work with Mr. Phillip Mentor, an opera singer from the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC.

Attached are 2 photos of Mr. Mentor working with the Urbane Gospel Choir students at WHS. The students learned so much in the hour-long presentation/workshop....and this past weekend when Urbane sang in PHiladelphia for a childhood-cancer research fundraiser, they received 2 ENCORES!

Urbane will be performing this Sunday morning at the Mount Pocono Methodist Church Service at 9:30.

Langan Invitational - 11.10.7

2007-11-12T08:17:00.000-05:00

The PMWHS Speech and Debate Team attended the Langan Invitational on November 10th. The team received a trophy and placed 5th out of 30 teams in the varsity competition. This is the first time a PMWHS team has placed as a team at this tournament.

The following individuals placed at the tournament:

Erica Crown, 12th grade, 2nd Varsity Humorous Interpretation of Literature
Erica Crown and Emily Besser, 12th/12th, 3rd Varsity Duo Interpretation of Literature
Sarah Vansise, 11th, 3rd Varsity Oral interpretation of literature
Lisa Johnson, 12th, 4th Varsity Original Oratory
Kurt Boling and Justin Kurcik, 11th, Varsity Policy Debate, 7th
Dan Goodstien, 9th, 3rd, Novice Student Congress, 3rd.
Joe LoPresti, 9th, 7th Novice Oratorical Declamation
James LoPresti, 7th, 4th Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Krysta Tan-Tioncgo, 12, 2nd Novice Poetry Interpretation

Marching Band - 11.12.7

2007-11-12T07:14:00.000-05:00

Congratulations go to the the students in the Pocono Mountain West HS Marching Band. The were able to hold on to a 5th place Gold Medal finish in last night's Atlantic (www.tob.org) Coast Group II Championships in Dover, Delaware. The competition was one of the closest races ever- West was only a mere 0.8 points from 2nd place!

There were 68 bands competing in Group II this year and the top 25 competed in Dover. PM East finished in 17th place.

The Panthers increased their score by another 2.5 points (95.15) and won special awards for Best Woodwinds and Overall General Effect- Music. Drum Major Michael Shelter placed 2nd and the brass section was ranked 4th.

Congrats West Football!

2007-11-06T16:40:00.000-05:00

Pocono Record - November 3, 2007
Article by: Andrew Kroeckel, Record Sports Writer

Pocono Record - November 8, 2007
Article by: Mike Kuhns, Record Sports Writer

Michelle Resigno going to PMEA District 10 Chorus

2007-11-05T08:31:00.000-05:00

Congratulations to Michelle Rescigno, Soprano, who was selected by audition to represent Pocono Mountain West at the PMEA District 10 Chorus!

This year’s event will be hosted by Brandywine Heights H.S. on February 7 – 9, 2008.

Band going to ACC's

2007-11-05T07:30:00.000-05:00

Congrats Pocono Mountain West Marching Band on a 1st place finish at the Chapters competition on Sunday, November 4th. They scored 93.6 and were awarded Best Percussion, Best Auxiliary and Best Brass. This win makes them the Tournament of Bands Group II Chapter 7 Champion! Next stop is ACC’s!

Band and Color Guard - 11.1.7

2007-11-01T08:15:00.000-04:00

Last night (Wed, 10.31.7), the Pocono Mountain West marching band finished in 1st place with a score of 91.40 at the Tournament of Bands competition hosted by Parkland High School.

Band and Color Guard

2007-10-31T07:25:00.000-04:00

Pocono Mountain has enjoyed a 15+ year run of the Tournament of Bands (TOB) Atlantic Coast Championships (ACC). One hundred and twenty-five bands from eleven states compete annually in the four championship divisions, or Groups as they’re referred to. Overall, the TOB represents approximately 450 schools, with 90 bands in Group II alone. The qualifying tournaments are the regional thirteen Chapter Championships. The marching bands travel great distances to ACC’s from all over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.

In the marching band world, Chapter Championships are the “play-offs” and the ACC’s is the Super Bowl.

At the Chapter 7 Championships, both PM East and West bands will try to qualify for the ACC tournament at Delaware State University in Dover, DE, on November 10-11, 2007. The 13 Chapter Champions and the 12 bands with the next highest scores go on to the ACC’s. For example, last year West was the Chapter 7 Champion and East was scored 10th highest of those bands that were not champions, and thus both bands went on to the ACC’s. Both East and West will be competing for their opportunity to compete at ACC’s.

Over the past 10 years, a band from Pocono Mountain has won their division (Group IV and Group II) 7 times, finished in 2nd place once, and in 4th place two times. Pocono Mountain has been a Chapter 7 Group Champion for 14 straight years - this clearly indicates that students from Pocono Mountain are consistently evaluated as performing at the highest of levels and have always represented the district very well. It has become a very important part of the students’ marching band experience, competing with hundreds of bands from all over the east coast and performing the “show of a lifetime” in front of thousands of enthusiastic marching band fans.

The 6th edition of the Pocono Mountain West High School Marching Band continues the long tradition of musical and marching excellence at Pocono Mountain. The Marching Band is a volunteer group of students in grades 8-12 that rehearse outside of the school day.

The 2007 competition show, entitled Bulls of Fury, explores different sides of the rich tradition of Latin music, beginning in Spain and traveling to Brazil and the Caribbean. Musical selections include compositions by Margarita and Ernesto Lecuona, Jonathan Searfoss, Estefano and John Higgins with arrangements by John Higgins, Jay Dawson, Robert W. Smith and John Tatgenhorst. Soloists include Joe Percoco, Josh Sherman and Alicia Montano on Trumpet; Christopher Peoples on Mellophone; Bianca Miranda and Katie Sadowski on Trombone; Kyle Niskala on Baritone; Garrick Moravek on Tenor Sax; Sarah Dennis and Pamela Lane on Clarinet; Nathaniel Partis on Alto Sax; Kylene Planer on Tuba; Zach Contopidis on Baritone Sax; and John Rodriguez on Drums. The band is under the field direction of Drum Major Michael Shelter.

The Pocono Mountain East Marching Band will be performing Entrapment: Selections from the Divine Comedy. East will open their show with a brisk rendition of Inferno. They will then move into the heavenly sounds of Paradiso with Victoria Laird on synthesizer; and Desiree Stewart on trombone will end the show with the opening of Ascension. The Pocono Mountain East Marching Band is led onto the field by drum major Denise Franczyk.

The East Marching Band is under the direction of Timothy Eick, assistant director is Jeffery Mark. Other staff includes Brian Marsh as guard instructor, assisted by Luz-Marie Gerena. Percussion instruction is by Ben McEntee and drill design is by Peter ReHill. Musical arrangements are by Timothy Eick.

This year’s Chapter 7 Championships will be hosted by the Pocono Mountain Panther Music Boosters, on Sunday, November 4, 2007, at Pocono Mountain District Stadium. Twelve bands from Northeast PA will be competing. The show begins at 4:00pm. Tickets are $8 for adults, and $6 for students (with valid student ID) and senior citizens (65+). For more information, visit their website at www.pmpmb.org.

Girls Volleyball Team - 10.25.2007

2007-10-29T09:42:00.000-04:00

Congratulations to the Pocono Mountain West Girls Volleyball team! This year's team is the recipient of the District XI Girls Volleyball Sportsmanship Award.

Speech & Debate Team - 10.27.2007

2007-10-29T08:43:00.000-04:00

The Speech and Debate Team had a busy weekend. The team placed 3rd in the MVC. The semi-final round saw the the team loose 1-3. MVC Debate is over for the year.

On Saturday the team went to the Wilkes Early-Bird Kick-off Classic and competed against 11 teams from the northeast. Over 100 students were in the competition. The team won 2nd place in the sweepstakes awards. E.L. Meyers finished 1st with 145 pts, PMW with 133 pts, Abington Heights with 81 pts. Lisa Johnson, 12th grade, was awarded Top Speaker award and was awarded the Wilkes Traveling Trophy. Lisa competes in Original Oratory and received perfect marks in the preliminary rounds and perfect marks in finals. This is a first for our team history!

The following were individual winners:

Lisa Johnson, 12,Original Oratory, 1st place
Erika Crown, 12, Dramatic Interpretation, 1st place, perfect marks
Sarah VanSise, 11, Original Oratory, 2nd place, Preliminary perfect marks
Casey Fannell, 11, Lincoln Douglas, 1st place, 3-0
Kyra Tan-Tioncgo, 10, Lincoln Douglas, 3rd place
Andrea Giaimis, 11, Lincoln Douglas, 4th place
Kurt Boling and Justin Kurcik, 11th ,Policy Debate, 2nd place
Cierra Ragland and Katerina Veloudous, 10th Policy Debate 3rd Place
Joe LoPresti, 9th, Oratorical Declamation, 2nd place AND Extemporaneous Speaking 3rd place
Christi Tan-Tioncgo, 12, Oral interpretation of Literature, 6th place

James LoPresti, 7th grade, extemporaneous, did not place at the tournament.

This was the best performance by a PM team since 1998. Additionally, Zak Pyzik, independently, attended the prestigious and invite only Manchester East tournament in Massachusetts. Zak finished 5-1 in preliminaries against the top 72 debaters in the nation. He made it to the top 32, then was eliminated. He received an award for making it to double ocatafiinals and a speaker award, 5th place.