Winners (2020-2021)

Redwood Middle School named the Schools of Excellence in the NSDA Middle School 2021 Nationals!

NSDA nationals 2021

In June, select students were invited to competed in Middle school nationals. Congratulations to

2021 SCJFL 4th Quarter Middle School Speech Tournament:

In April, students competed in SCJFL speech Tournament. Congratulations to

• Timothy Leung, 1st place in Original Oratory

• Niraali Garg, 3rd place , Oratorical Interpretation

• Ovee Dharwadkar, 3th place in Original Oratory

• Annika Gho, 5th place, Oratorical Interpretation

• Anagha Vitaldevara, 5th in Humorous Interpretation

• Devika Nair, Semis in Humorous Interpretation

2021 SCJFL 4th Quarter Middle School Debate Tournament:

In April, students competed in SCJFL Debate Tournament. Congratulations to

• Ashish Goswami and Leonardo Jia, First place in Public Forum.

• Anthony Luo and Skyler Mao, Second place in Public Forum.

Middle School TOC at University of Kentucky:

In April, Redwood students competed in Southern States Middle School Tournament. Congratulations to

• Devika Nair, 1st place in Humorous Interpretation

• Timothy Leung, 1st place in Original Oratory and Dramatic Interpretation

• Ovee Dharwadkar, Semis in Oratorical Interpretation and 5th place in Original Oratory

• Preksha Jain, Semis, Oratorical Interpretation

• Devika Nair, Semis , Original Oratory

Southern States Middle School Speech and Debate Championship:

In April, Redwood students competed in Southern States Middle School Tournament. Congratulations to

• Timothy Leung, 1st place in Original Oratory and Dramatic Interpretation

• Ovee Dharwadkar, 2nd place, Original Oratory,

• Tarun Ramakrishnan, 3rd place, Dramatic Interpretation

• Seabert Mao, 5th place, Oratorical Interpretation

• Annika Gho, Semis in Oratorical Interpretation

• Nila Venkataratnam, 5th place in Storytelling

Western JV & Novice National Championship

In March, students competed in high school level debate tournament. Congratulations to

• Nathan Lee, Octofinalist in Lincoln Douglas Novice.

• Richa Kandlikar, Agastya Vitaldevara, Bryan Zhao: advanced to Doubles in Lincoln Douglas Novice.

• Skyler Mao & Anthony Luo, advanced to Doubles in Public Forum Novice.

SCJFL 3rd Quarter Middle School Tournament

Redwood S&D club students particpated in middle school speech tournament in third week of February. Congratulations to

• Timothy Leung, 1st place in Original Oratory

• Ovee Dharwadkar, 3rd place in Original Oratory, 7th place in Declamation

• Anagha Vitaldevara, 5th place in Humorous Interpretation

• Devika Nair, 10th place in Humorous Interpretation

• Niraali Garg, 3rd place in Declamation

• Annika Gho, 5th place in Declamation

• Nila Venkataratnam, Jane Lee, Zahra Rohaninejad, Jane Lee, 8th place in Declamation

Cal Invitational UC Berkeley

Redwood S&D club students competed in Cal high school speech and debate tournament in February. Congratulations to

• Timothy Leung, 6th place in Dramatic Interpretation, Varsity.

Stanford Invitational

In February, Redwood S&D club students participated in Stanford Invitational, an international level competition. Congratulations to:

• Timothy Leung, 1st place in Dramatic Interpretation JV, 2nd place in Original Oratory JV

• Seabert Mao, Semifinalist in Declamation Novice

• Anagha Vitaldevara, 2nd place in Humorous Interpretation Novice

• Mindi Hendley, Semifinalist in Humorous Interpretation Novice

• Dhatri Iyer, Semifinalist in Humorous Interpretation Novice

NSDA Springboard Tournament

In December, Redwood S&D club students participated in NSDA Springboard Tournament, hosted by the National Speech & Debate Association. Students with NSDA membership had the opportunity to compete for free. Congratulations to:

• Anagha Vitaldevara, 2nd place in Dramatic Interpretation

• Timothy Leung, 1st place in Dramatic Interpretation

• Devika Nair, 6th place in Humorous Interpretation

• Ashish Goswami and Leonardo Jia, 2nd place in Public Forum

John Lewis SVUDL Invitational (SCU Dempsey Cronin)

In November, Redwood S&D club students participated in John Lewis SVUDL Invitational. Students worked hard and demonstrated remarkable results, breaking in all speech and debate events in which they participated. Congratulations to:

• Ashish Goswami and Leonardo Jia, Semifinalists in Public Forum Novice.

• Anthony Shen and Skyler Mao, Octofinalists in Public Forum Novice.

• Tanuj Siripurapu, Octofinalist in Lincoln Douglas Novice.

• Bryan Zhao , Octofinalist in Lincoln Douglas Novice.

• Timothy Leung, 2nd place in Dramatic Interpretation Open

• Devika Nair, Semifinalist in Humorous Interpretation Novice.

• Annika Gho, Semifinalist in Oratorical Interpretation Novice.

• Misha Khairom, Semifinalist in Oratorical Interpretation Novice.

Florida Blue Key Tournament

Our students participated in Florida Blue Key Tournament during the last week of October. Students competed with middle and high school students from different regions of the nation. Congratulations to:

• Nathan Lee, Semifinalist in Lincoln Douglas Novice.

The Stephen Stewart Invitational

In October, our students participated in The Stephen Stewart Invitational, organized by the Milpitas High school. The tournament only had a varsity division, making this extremely competitive for our middle school students as they competed with seasoned High school students. Congratulations to:

• Timothy Leung, 5th place in Oratorical Interpretation

• Niraali Garg, 8th place in Oratorical interpretation

The Jack Howe Memorial Tournament

In September, our students participated in The Jack Howe Memorial Tournament. This was the first tournament of the season and our students worked extremely hard to get ready to compete. After a long weekend of competition it is time to recognise students who competed and broke to outer rounds. Congratulations to:

• Tarun Ramakrsihnan, 2nd place in Dramatic Interpretation

• Timothy Leung, 4th place in Oratorical Interpretation

• Anthony Shen, Semifinalist in Lincoln Douglas (LD)

• Leonardo Jia and Ashish Goswami, Quarterfinalists in Public Forum