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=**2013-2014 The Tradition Continues**= media type="custom" key="19399174" Amazing facts and figures about our world, our students, and ourselves! = = = Welcome to Skyline Debate! = What an exciting year 2012-2013 was. 1st at 4A state meet with champions in Oratory 2nd in Impromptu, 3rd in Impromptu! All team members earned High points for the team! Region VII Champs in both Debate Events and Individual Events! Many Sweeps Awards and hundreds of individual trophies throughout the year!

Mrs. Roberts contact Information: Email: jjroberts@graniteschools.org Voice Mail: (801) 613-2206 (Google voice message number for assignments, questions and help)

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S tate Finalists:
Everest Fang - 2nd in LD Kevin Thompson $ Ashton Thorpe - 2nd In Policy

Region VII Champions
Jennifer Zhou & Steven Deng - Policy Wyatt & Rajdeep - Policy

**National Qualifiers:**

NCFL in Chicago 24-25 May:
Kora Kobe & Rylee Miller - DUO Interp Sara Cassell - Original Oratory Tyler Roberts - Congress Kyle Yoder - Congress

NFL in Kansas in June:
Max Cline - National Extemp & Alternate in Congress Hanan Morin & Madalyn Durrant - Public Forum

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Deanna Wilcox - Region VII IMP Champion
=NFL (National Forensics League) Academic All-Americans for 2012= Jeffrey Roberts Victoria Vincent Joy Hui Mary Carter Tiana Becker Brandon Zhou (Junior!)

Graduated 2011
Thomas Welch Carol Lai JamesZhao

In 2010-2011 Skyline Placed 4th overall at 5A State, and was 1st overall at region with champions in
2009-2010 - Skyline had 5A Public Forum State champions and an Oratory finalist. At region Skyline was 2nd overall with champions in Oratory and Extemp.

Please check this site regularly for information, upcoming events, tournament requirements and debate resources

**Storytelling** Storytelling rules state a single published, printed story, anecdote, tale, myth or legend must be retold without notes or props. The student may not tell a story used previously in any NFL district and/or national tournament. The delivery must be extempore, not read. No book or script may be used. The contestant must not add original material or materially change the content of the story. Storytelling Resource Books //Urban Legends List// -05/03 [|The Art of Storytelling] -- **by James Menchinger** - 02/00 [|Storytelling] -- **by Mrs. Terry Peters** - 02/00 [|Storytelling: Looking for the Most Important Thing] -- **by Trudy L. Hanson** - 02/00 [|How You Can Unleash the Power of Storytelling] -- **by Ann Wylie** - 02/00 = = = Extempers: Look at the __ idea __ for filing extemp files electronically = [|//Extemp Electronic// Filing System] (put this in a seacch engine) You +1'd this publicly. [|Undo] Jul 27, 2011 – //Extemp Electronic// Filing System. Download //file// "//Electronic Extemp// How-to Article .docx".
 * 1) plhsblog.paplv.org/users/.../**Extemp**_**Electronic**_Filing_System.html - [|Cached]

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Article from a Yale University Professor: **Forensics and College Admissions**
Professor Minh A. Luong Yale University []

** __Research__ Sites that are Recommended **
Brookings Institute: [] Cato Institute: [] Council on Foreign relations: [] Heritage Foundation: [] __American__ Enterprise institute: [] Center for strategic and International __Studies__: [] Foreign Policy __Research__ Institute: [] Hoover Institute: [] Manhattan Institute: [] Commonwealth Foundation: [] __Ford__ Foundation : []

=Camps with great information: Find files for the National Policy Topic!= Sun Country Utah Forensics Institute: www.scfi.wikispaces.com Berkley- [|www.CNDI.paperlessdebate.com] Michigan - [|www.sdi.paperlessdebate.com] [|www.NDCA.org] coaching and teaching resources.