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Congratulation to all RMS Debaters who competed today\u00a0in the\u00a0Atlanta Urban Debate League<\/b>\u00a0 State Championship<\/b> held at Rockdale County\u00a0High School in Atlanta\u00a0GA.\u00a0There were 400 students who competed today at the debate.\u00a0Please congratulate our team members.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>State Champions<\/span><\/u><\/b> – Varsity Division (Team Award) – Undefeated<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Kelly Tran & August Mobley<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>State Champions<\/span><\/u><\/b> – Novice Division (Team Award) – Undefeated<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Raymond Yao & Anika Sridhar<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>State Champions<\/span><\/u><\/b>\u00a0– Novice Division (Individual Award) – Undefeated\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Ema Cherasi<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Top Individual Awards<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n 3rd Place – Raymond Yao – <\/span>Undefeated<\/span><\/p>\n 4th Place – Glen Jiles – <\/span>Undefeated<\/span><\/p>\n 7th Place –\u00a0 Michael Marola<\/span><\/p>\n 8th Place – Anika Sridhar<\/span><\/p>\n 9th Place – Lauren Baker<\/span><\/p>\n 11th Place – Irene Cheon<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Top Team Awards<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n 2nd Place –\u00a0Lauren Baker & Glenn Jiles – <\/span>Undefeated<\/span><\/p>\n 13th Place – Ema Cherasi and Irene Cheon<\/span><\/p>\n 15th Place – Emma McClure and Michael Marola<\/span><\/p>\n CONGRATS again to our AMAZING debaters.\u00a0 It’s a fantastic way to end this competitive season and I appreciate all of you, our parents, Columbus High School volunteers, and our debaters for bringing enthusiasm, good sportsmanship, and a sense of community to the tournament today.<\/span><\/p>\n Thank you!!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”BEST Competition” _builder_version=”3.17.6″ _i=”1″ _address=”0.0.0.1.1″]<\/p>\n Please join me in congratulating our AMAZING debaters who competed on December 1, 2018 at the BEST Academy (Business, Engineering, Science, and Technology) in Atlanta Ga. The RMS team competed against 125 teams. All of our five teams took the top five awards in the novice division and were undefeated in all their rounds…..AMAZING!! 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