The National Forensic
League Online
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.
The New Jersey
Forensic League
Online
The National Catholic
Forensics League
The Newark Catholic
Forensics League
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Team Resources:

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:
2009-2010 Schedule

2008-2009  MEETING DATES:
Meetings will typically be the first Wednesday of each month at
6:00pm

PERMISSION FORMS:

TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Practice:
LD - Mon & Fri            
PF - Wed & Fri     Congress - Fri
Speech/Interp - Wed & Fri    
Ridge Forensics: Fundraising.

Click on the links below when shopping at the following online merchants; your
purchase will benefit the Ridge Forensics team!
or
Links
writer's workshop
Sundeep Iyer
2007 National Champion
Senator
Stennis Student Congress
&
2007 NCFL National Champion
Student Congress
Become an
nfl academic
all-american
For a list of current
AAAs, click here.
Nina Thanawala
2003 NCFL National Champion
Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Consecutive
New Jersey State
Champions: 2002-2009

NFL Team of Excellence
2009, 2008, 2005

NCFL Masterson Cups
Top 5 Overall
2008, 2007, 2005, 200
3
National Runners-Up
and Finalists

Alex Smyk -
2009 - NCFL
Student Congress

Parsa Salehi & Danielle
Taylor - 2008 - NCFL
Public Forum

Cindy Jordano &
Jonathan Florio - 2008 -
NCFL - Duo Interp

Stephanie Caravias -
2007 - NCFL
Lincoln-Douglas

Caleb Seeley
2005 -NCFL
Student Congress

Deepa Cherla
2005 NCFL
Extemporaneous

Michael Scharff
2004 NCFL
Original Oratory
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ridge
forensics
EVENT LINKS - NFL Video      
Public Forum                      
Lincoln-Douglas                 
Original Oratory             
Extemporaneous Speaking   
Student Congress
Travel Tournament Forms:

RF Travel Guidelines - Please Read

Congratulations to the 2009-2010
Ridge Forensics officers!

President - Alex Smyk
VP - Interpretation - Melissa Jordano
VP - Public Address - Rohun Pai
VP - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Kevin Shia
VP - Public Forum - Christopher Winter
Secretary/Treasurers - Jay Bishen & Emma Kennedy


Congratulations to the Ridge NFL Team for their great
performance at the 2009 NFL National Championship Tournament
in Birmingham, Alabama!

KARL MUNDT AWARD FOR CONGRESS
TEAM OF EXCELLENCE - DEBATE
Danielle Taylor & Parsa Salehi - Public Forum - 11th place
Alex Smyk - Congressional Debate - Finalist
Jay Patel - Semifinalist - Impromptu Speaking
Rohun Pai - Top 12 - Extemp Commentary
Shireen Rudina - Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Top 30
Rohun Pai - International Extemporaneous - Top 60
Jaina Shah - United State Extemporaneous - Top 60

and to Mr. Yastremski for his second Diamond Award


Results 2009 NCFL Grand National Tournament

Eleanor Wright Award Excellence in Debate
Alex Smyk - 3rd place - Student Congress
Parsa Salehi & Danielle Taylor - Quarterfinalist - Public Forum
Melissa Jordano - Semifinalist - Dramatic Performance
Shireen Rudina - Double-Octofinalist - Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Jackie Ferrentino - Double-Octofinalist - Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Kevin Shia - Double-Octofinalist - Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Gautham Varadarajan - Quarterfinalist - Extemporaneous Spkg
Jaina Shah - Quarterfinalist - Extemporaneous Spkg
Peter Vogel - Octafinalist - Extemporaneous Spkg
Jay Bishen - Octafinalist - Extemporaneous Spkg
Rohun Pai - Octafinalist - Extemporaneous Spkg
Vandana Ayyar - Octafinalist - Original Oratory
Shivam Patel - Semifinalist - Student Congress