Silicon valley debate academy

Yash Mishra

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• Varsity Lincoln Douglas debater from Lynbrook High School.

• He has been doing competitive debate since 6th grade.

• He has been competing in the Public Forum(PF) debates from 3 years and Lincoln-Douglas (LD).

• An Octofinalist at multiple tournaments including Santa Clara University and Middle School Nationals.

• Advanced to quarterfinals at the Western JV & Novice National Championship.

• Lots of experience teaching debate at a private academy and Lynbrook High School.

• At Lynbrook High school he volunteered to mentor debate students at Miller Middle School.

• He has taught at the Lynbrook speech and debate camp last year.​

• Served as the LD Captain in Lynbrook High School debate team last year(2018-2019).

• Re-elected as the LD Captain in Lynbrook High School debate team this year(2019-2020).

 

Sidhant Rajadnya:

• Varsity Lincoln Douglas debater for Lynbrook High School.

• He has been doing competitive debate since 6th grade.

• He has been competing in the public forum (PF) for 3 years and Lincoln-Douglas (LD) for 2 years.

• He has broken at many tournaments and gotten top speaker at a few others.

• He as broken to Double-Octofinals at the Western JV Championship,

• He has received top seed at the Harker Invitational and has qualified to Double-Octofinals at the California Middle School State Championships.

• He has received top speaker at the City College of San Francisco regional and at the Harker Invitational.

• At Lynbrook High School, he volunteered to mentor debate students at Miller Middle School.

• He has taught at the Lynbrook

 

Shreya Chilukuri

• Varsity Lincoln Douglas debater for Lynbrook High School.

• She has been doing the Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate since 8th grade.

• Competed in multiple speech events, in which I ranked top five in her school.

• A Double-Octofinalist at SCU Spring Philalethic Invitational over the past 3 years

• A quarterfinalist at SCU Dempsey Cronin Invitational also advanced to the finals round at Bay Area Closeout Middle School Invitational.

• She has taught at the Lybrook Speech and Debate Camp, and has run a speech camp in previous years.

• She will be serving as the Secretary/Treasurer of Lynbrook Speech and Debate club.

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Sidharth Kannan

·         Varsity Lincoln Douglas debater from Lynbrook High School.

·         He has been doing competitive debate since 6th grade.

·         He has been competing in the Public Forum(PF) debates for 2 years and Lincoln-Douglas (LD) for 2.

·         He has broken to Quarterfinals at the Public Forum Varsity State Tournament

·         He received top speaker at the Middle School State Tournament

·         He is currently serving as a captain of the Lynbrook High School LD Debate Team

·         He has taught at the Lynbrook Speech and Debate Summer Camp

·         He has mentored Public Forum students at Miller Middle School

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Utsav Kataria

• Junior Varsity Public Forum Debater from Miller Middle School (Starting Lynbrook in Fall ’19)

• Doing competitive Public Forum debate for the past two years

•  Attended and placed at multiple tournaments:

  • Octo-finalist at Stratford Novice tournament

  • Quarter-finalist at the Western JV Novice National Championship

• Excellent leadership skills:

  • Student council officer at Miller during 8th grade

  • Served two years in Miller Leadership and organized multiple events and fundraisers

• By teaching at Silicon Valley Debate Academy, Utsav hopes to help his students become confident debaters and speakers wherever they go.