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SVES Speech and Debate

After months of preparation, the St. Vincent de Paul Elementary School’s Speech and Debate Team competed with students from several schools in the St. Vincent High School junior high speech and debate tournament on Saturday, March 1st.  Auden Reid-McLaughlin, Ava Schafbuch and Sydney Sullivan competed in the Dramatic Interpretation division of the speech tournament.  All three students made it to the final round, a fine accomplishment in itself, and Ava Schafbuch took first place in this category.  The debate team members were also very successful, with all four debaters earning Top Ten Speaker:  Brandon Kwan (5th place), Joseph Berniklau (7th place), Angelo Telucci (9th place), and Anthony Chand (10th place).  Joseph Berniklau and Anthony Chand earned an Undefeated Team trophy while Brandon Kwan and Angelo Telucci earned a Winning Record trophy.  Due to all of their effort and success, the students earned St. Vincent de Paul Elementary School the First Place Sweeps Award! 

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