Two of Atlantic High School's students, Margaret McCurdy and Sophie Johnson, participated in the IHSSA All-State Festival. The event was held at the University of Northern Iowa on March 30. To attend the...
The Atlantic High School debate team competed at the IHSSA State Debate Tournament at the DMACC campus in Ankeny on Jan. 9-10. Four members of the team participated in the congressional debate contest...
"Chasing those passions and loving what you do, that is what makes something go from good to truly amazing," is senior Xander Cook’s high praise for speech and debate here at AHS. Atlantic’s program...
Every year speech and debate participants across Iowa are invited to showcase their talents at the All State Speech Festival. To get to the all-state speech, one must first proceed from the district and...
On Friday, February 14, the Atlantic High School speech and debate team competed at the National Speech and Debate Association's (NSDA) National Qualifier Tournament. The team competed over the course...
This weekend, the AHS Speech and Debate team took four congressional debaters to the Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) state debate tournament. The students competed over the course of Friday,...
It’s that time of year when AHS Speech and Debate heads to National Qualifiers, or “nat quals” as the team likes to call them. There are many events in which students from AHS are trying to compete...
A bomb threat forced the evacuation of all performers and spectators present at the IHSSA Southwest State Large Group Contest. Members of the AHS speech team were also present at Ankeny Centennial High...
“Great people who happen to be great speakers” is a slogan used by the AHS Speech and Debate team. This team gives students the opportunity to speak well and speak for something they believe in.
This...
I now open the floor for the discussion: Debate, should you join? If you are interested in arguing or persuading people, then debate may be the class or the club for you. If you are interested, Public...
On Monday, March 14, individual speech participants gathered in speech coach Ms. Niceswanger’s room after school to read ballots from Saturday’s state speech competition and wait for the reveal of...
