| 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 2009-2010 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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| 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 LEXINGTON WINTER INVITATIONAL VARUN JAYARAMAN CHAMPION - OPEN LD DEBATE DANE CHODOS CHAMPION - NOVICE LD DEBATE ERIC WEI TOP SPEAKER - NOVICE LD DEBATE Special Recognition goes to... Susanna Vogel - Octafinalist - Coach over - 3RD BID!! Alex Liao - Double-Octafinalist Liz Pires - #33 1st place Team Sweepstakes Montville CFL Invitational Jackie Ferrentino - 1st place- Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate Adam Badrawi & Christopher Winter - 1st place - Public Forum Clare Yao - 1st place - Student Congress Peter Vogel - 1st place - Extemporaneous Speaking Priyanka Thakrar - 1st place - Declamation Caitlin Murphy - 1st place - JV Extemporaneous Speaking Rohun Pai - 2nd place - Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking Sam Schraer - 2nd place - Student Congress Allison Douglis - 2nd place - Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate Jerry Christodoulatos - 2nd place - Dramatic Performance Carly Rosenberg - 2nd place - Varsity Oral Interpretation JiLon Li - 3rd place - Original Oratory Linda Zhong - 3rd place - Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate George Philipose - 3rd place - Student Congress Stephen Bennett - 3rd place - Dramatic Performance Melissa Jordano & Emma Kennedy - 3rd place - Duo Interpretation Will Bennett & Jerome Aceti - 2nd place - Public Forum Clare Pearson - 4th place - Declamation Jay Bishen - 4th place - Varsity Extemporaneous Tejus Pradeep & Brian Moore - 4th place - Public Forum Sam Klein & Michael Shaw - 5th place - Public Forum Shivam Patel - 5th place - Student Congress Krishna Trambadia - 5th place - Declamation Riddhima Agarwal - 5th place Original Oratory Kelly Scharff - 6th place - Dramatic Performance Bardia Vaseghi - 6th place - Student Congress Michelle Smyk - 6th place - Declamation Drew Wilke - 6th place - Original Oratory Jaina Shah - 6th place - Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking Chris Collins - 7th place - Original Oratory Jay Patel - 7th place - Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking and SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FREEHOLD TEAM!!! Saniya Waghray - 2nd place - Impromptu Speaking Jackson Taylor & Joey Walter - 4th place - JV PFD Sejal Shah & Kevin Bai - 5th place- JV PFD Paul Cho - 5th place - Original Oratory |
College Workshop Tutorials
Kathy Stout - Dramatic Interpretation
Kathy Stout - Dramatic Interpretation
