Students Receive Speech and Debate Recognition

Assumption Students Receive Speech and Debate Recognition

Contact: Laura Kline
Manager of Public Relations, Recruitment, and Admissions
502-458-6258
laura.kline@ahsrockets.org

May 27, 2008 – Louisville, KY - Two Assumption High School students advanced out of preliminary rounds into the awards rounds at the 57th Annual National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Speech and Debate Tournament held this year in Appleton, Wisconsin, May 24 and 25. Five thousand students and teachers, winners of sixty-five local contests around the country, participated in the event. Assumption’s competitors represented the Louisville Archdiocese in the tournament's six speech and four debate contests.

Each event held preliminary rounds for over two hundred thirty competitors on Saturday. The top forty-eight in each event advanced to the octofinals on Sunday. Sophomore Tory Cooney advanced to Octofinals (the top 48) in Declamation. Advancing to Semifinals (the top 12) was senior Martha Hellman for Extemporaneous Speaking.

For more information, consult the national organization's website: www.ncfl.org.

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Assumption High School was founded in 1955 by the Sisters of Mercy. Located at 2170 Tyler Lane, the school brings almost 1,000 students together, grades 9-12, in a Catholic environment. Assumption is one of only 41 schools in the nation and the only all-girls school in Louisville to receive the U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence three times. For more information, visit www. ahsrockets.org.