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E. L. Meyers Speech and Debate Team seniors Patrick Franckiewicz and Tio Marello were finalists in the News Broadcasting competition at the Pennsylvania High School Speech League state championships held virtually on March 13-14, placing fifth in the final round.
In the competition, Franckiewicz and Marello competed both with scripts they were required to write, covering international and national news and features, as well as with scripts prepared for the contestants by the tournament directors.
Also competing for Meyers at the state championships was junior Angel Estrella, who debated both sides of the resolution, âResolved: The United States ought to guarantee universal child care,â in LincolnâDouglas debate.
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Fox Chapel Area High School and Dorseyville Middle School students won awards as part of the virtual 87th Annual Region 7 Meeting of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS).
District first-place winners were seniors Jackson Romero and Sanjay Seshan; juniors Zoe Lakkis and Siddharth Yende; sophomores Lawrence Liu and Arvind Seshan; freshmen Lakshanya Rajaganapathi and Adhitya Thirumala; and eighth graders Anna Delale-O’Connor, Etash Jhanji and Rohit Velankar.
First-place winners qualified for the state PJAS competition which will be held virtually in May.