| 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.
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.
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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! |
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| 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: 2002-2009 NFL Team of Excellence 2009, 2008, 2005 NCFL Masterson Cups Top 5 Overall 2008, 2007, 2005, 2003 |
| 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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EVENT LINKS - NFL Video
Public Forum
Lincoln-Douglas
Original Oratory
Extemporaneous Speaking
Student Congress
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 |