Click for Judging Tutorial Debate Events Introduction to Judging Debate Public Forum Lincoln-Douglas Student Congress Speech/Individual Events Introduction to Judging Speech Events Judging Interpretation Events Judging Original Oratory Judging Extemporaneous Speaking |
| Caleb Seeley 2005 National Champion Senator Stennis Student Congress |
Ridge Forensics is the interscholastic speech and debate team of Ridge High School. Throughout the
school year, the team travels to tournaments at the regional, state, and national level.
Students compete in the following events: Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Student Congress, Extemporaneous
Speaking, Original Oratory, Declamation, Prose Reading, Poetry Reading, Oral Interpretation, Dramatic
Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, and Duo Interpretation.
The Ridge Forensics team competes with the New Jersey Forensic League, the Newark Catholic Forensic
League, and the National Forensic League.
Any Ridge High School student may audition for the team. Auditions are held annually during the month of
September. The tournament season begins in September and concludes in March with national
championships in May and June.
school year, the team travels to tournaments at the regional, state, and national level.
Students compete in the following events: Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Student Congress, Extemporaneous
Speaking, Original Oratory, Declamation, Prose Reading, Poetry Reading, Oral Interpretation, Dramatic
Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, and Duo Interpretation.
The Ridge Forensics team competes with the New Jersey Forensic League, the Newark Catholic Forensic
League, and the National Forensic League.
Any Ridge High School student may audition for the team. Auditions are held annually during the month of
September. The tournament season begins in September and concludes in March with national
championships in May and June.
| Send me your pictures!!! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Sundeep Iyer 2007 National Champion Senator Stennis Student Congress & 2007 NCFL National Champion Student Congress |
| Nina Thanawala 2003 NCFL National Champion Lincoln-Douglas Debate |
Consecutive New Jersey State Champions: 2002-2011 NFL Team of Excellence 2011, 2009, 2008, 2005 NCFL Masterson Cups Top 5 Overall 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2003 |
| National Runners-Up and Finalists Brian Moore & Tejus Pradeep - 2011 NFL - Public Forum Peter Vogel 2011- NFL - US Extemp Shivam Patel 2011 - NCFL Student Congress Claire Yao 2011 - NCFL Student Congress Brian Moore & Tejus Pradeep - 2010 TOC - Public Forum\ NCFL - Public Forum Alex Smyk - 2010 - NFL 2009 - NCFL & TOC Student Congress Parsa Salehi & Danielle Taylor - 2008 - NCFL Public Forum Cindy Jordano & Jonathan Florio - 2008 - NCFL - Duo Interp Stephanie Caravias - 2007 - NCFL Lincoln-Douglas Sundeep Iyer 2005, 2006 - NFL Student Congress Caleb Seeley 2005 -NCFL Student Congress Deepa Cherla 2005 NCFL Extemporaneous Michael Scharff 2004 NCFL Original Oratory Shilpa Joshi 2003 NCFL Student Congress |
| f RIDGE FORENSICS |
Click for Event Tutorials Debate Events Public Forum Lincoln-Douglas Student Congress Learning LD Debate Interpretation/Dramatic Events Interp 101 - NEW!!! MUST SEE! Dramatic Interpretation Duo Interpretation Humorous Interpretation Prose/Poetry - Oral Interpretation Speech/Public Address Events Original Oratory Extemporaneous Speaking |
| Alex Smyk 2010 NCFL National Champion 2010 National Champion UK TOC Student Congress |
| 2011-2012 Ridge Forensics Officers President - Shivam Patel VP - Interp - Max Rappaport VP - Lincoln-Douglas - Liz Pires VP - Congress - Bardia Vaseghi VP - PF - Tejus Pradeep VP - PA - Divya Krishnan VP - Extemp - Nick Hansen Secretary/Treasurers Kelly Scharff/Addy Pai |
| Rohun Pai 2010 NFL National Champion Extemporaneous Commentary |
| Tejus Pradeep 2010 NFL National Champion - Supplementary Debate |
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY 8TH ANNUAL PATRIOT GAMES CLASSIC TEAM SWEEPSTAKES - 1ST PLACE Max Rappaport - 2nd place - Storytelling Bardia Vaseghi - 4th place - Student Congress Sam Hoffman - 6th place - Storytelling Michelle Lu & Deep Singhvi - Quarterifnalist (top 8) - Public Forum Shivam Patel - Finalist - Student Congress Sam Hoffman - Semi-finalist - Poetry Sam Hoffman - Semi-finalist - Humorous Interpretation Max Rappaport - Semi-finalist Humorous Interpretation Max Rappaport & Kelly Scharff - Semifinalist - Duo Interpretation Michelle Smyk - Semifinalist - Original Oratory Giancarlo Carnevale - Semifinalist - Original Oratory Nick Hansen - Semifinalist - Impromptu Speaking Kevin Yang & Robert Ju - Octafinalist - Public Forum Nikhil Kapadia & Karn Dalal - Octafinalist - Public Forum Nicole Castillo - Semifinalist - Student Congress Atreya Misra - Semifinalist - Student Congress Mike Cervino - Semifinalist - Student Congress Connor Murphy - Semifinalist - Student Congress Caitlin Murphy - Quarterfinalist - Extemporaneous Speaking Alin Haruway - Quarterfinalist- Extemporaneous Speaking Darius Hunt - Quarterfinalist - Impromptu Speaking Gabby Schnell - Quarterfinalist - Humorous Interpretation Gabby Schnell - Quarterfinalist - Dramatic Interpretation Michelle Zhao - Quarterfinalist - Declamation Nidhi Mahagaokar - Quarterfinalist- Declamation Sam Hoffman - Quarterfinalist - Declamation Brinda Gurumoothy - Quarterfinalist - Declamation Matt Hansen - Quarterfinalist - Storytelling Anudeep Akenipali - Quarterfinalist - Storytelling Divya Krishnan - Quarterinalist - Original Oratory Brinda Gurumoothy - Quarterfinalist - Original Oratory Kelly Scharff - Quarterfinalist = Prose Reading Aditi Pai - Quarterfinalist - Prose Reading Ananya Badrish - Quarterfinalist - Poetry Reading Aditi Pai - Quarterfinalist - Poetry Reading Sabina Razak - Quarterfinalist - Poetry Reading Lauren Doyle - Quarterfinalist - Poetry Reading Lauren Doyle & Gabby Schnell - Quarterfinalist - Duo Interpretation The 2011 PRINCETON CLASSIC 3RD PLACE - TEAM SWEEPSTAKES Yana Kropotova - Reserve Champion - Novice Lincoln Douglas Joey Walter & Rishi Narula - Reserve Champion - Public Forum Jerome Aceti & Kevin Bai - Quarterfinalists - Public Forum Tejus Pradeep & Jackson Taylor - Quarterfinalists - Public Forum Asli Peckan - Quarterfinalist (co) - Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Young Park - Octafinalist - Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Avani Rao - Double-Octafinalist(co) - Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Howard Wei - Double-Octafinalist - Varsity Lincoln Douglas Liz Pires - Double-Octafinalist - Varsity Lincoln Douglas Vicki Liu - Double-Octafinalist - Varsity Lincoln Douglas Alex Liao - Double-Octafinalist - Varsity Lincoln Douglas Adam Badrawi & Sam Klein - Double-Octofinalists - Public Forum Michael Shaw & Will Bennett - Triple -Octafinalists - Public Forum |
| Allison Douglis 2011 NCFL National Champion - Lincoln-Douglas Debate |
| 41ST ANNUAL NYC INVITATIONAL - BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE TEAM CHAMPIONS!!! |