The Vashon Island Speech and Debate Team attended the Gig Harbor Invitational with 30 other Western Washington schools on Friday, Nov. 7, and Saturday, Nov. 8. Students competed in Lincoln-Douglas debate, spontaneous argumentation, informative speaking, program oral interpretation, and spoken word poetry.

Sophomore Eli Berman had a winning record of 4-1 throughout his preliminary rounds of Lincoln-Douglas debate and advanced to the quarterfinal rounds, finishing in fourth place overall. The current resolution discusses rewilding, and the team is

Junior Hannah Hillis, competing for the first time in spontaneous argumentation, advanced to the final round and won first place with an improvised debate over soccer versus football.

Junior Iylaf AlMustafa won all of her preliminary rounds and

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