The debate team travelled to the Liberty Bell Classic at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia during the President’s Day weekend. Here are the results:

 

**2nd place overall sweepstakes- debateFor team performance overall

 

**3rd place Public Forum Debate-Erica Jimenez and Matt Laird

**5th place Public Forum Debate-Xavier Ortega and Savannah Kirwan

**9th place Public Forum Debate-Matt Smekens and Danny Cajigas

**10th place Public Forum Debate-Reed Flory and David Kirwan

**17th place Public Forum Debate-Zach Rall and Colin Larsen (our novices!)

**5th place Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate-Kelsie Ehalt

**7th place Congressional Debate-Sean Nguyen

**8th place Congressional Debate-Matt Iandoli

**6th place Oral Interpretation of Literature-Jillian Molina

**7th place Oral Interpretation of Literature-Samantha Hansen

**9th place Oral Interpretation of Literature-Abby Loyd

**10th place Oral Interpretation of Literature-Rachel Stamford

**7th place Original Oratory-Samantha Hansen

 

 

Round Robin Results:

 

**1st place Speaker-Xavier Ortega

**2nd place Speaker-Savannah Kirwan

**3rd place Public Forum-Xavier Ortega and Savannah Kirwan

 

 

By Kimberly Dobson

An alumni of UCF, I began teaching English at Timber Creek High School in 2004. I have taught all grade levels, but spent the most time teaching English 3 honors before becoming a writing teacher. I now teach Creative Writing regular and advanced, Journalism, and Newspaper. I am also the adviser for FLOW: the TCHS Literary and Art Magazine, the Key Club, Quill and Scroll, the Life Skills Club, and our schools Poetry Slam team. I am married and gave birth to our first child, James, in May of 2013. In my free time (hah!) I think about school and spend time with my family.