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Rickards Speech & Debate Club

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Rickards Speech and Debate Club allows the students at James S. Rickards High School to practice debating and public speaking.

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First debate interest meeting! So happy to see so many faces, both old and new. Let’s get ready to have a great speech and debate year💙💛 by @rickardsdebate

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Mark your calendars! Our interest meeting for speech and debate club is this Wednesday, August 26th.

See you all there!🗣️ by @rickardsdebate

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Welcome our officers for the 2026-2027 year! by @rickardsdebate

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Florida Civics and Debate Initiative State competition 2026! taken in New College of Florida by @rickardsdebate

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2 months ago

Reliving last weekend at our State Conventions!
Join us next year for fun times, happy summer break to all our members! See you all next year ~⭐️
#debate #mao #hosa #states by @rickardsdebate

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6 months ago

Congrats to all of our students who are state bound! See you all in Sarasota. 💙💛 by @rickardsdebate

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7 months ago

Just competed in FCDI North Central Region Tournament #3.

Congrats to the following members for their placement at the FSU competition and qualifying for State!

1st Novice Declamation - Deetya Moota
1st Varsity Public Forum - Mackenzie Fulton and Grace Lee
1st Varsity Ronald Reagan - Xavier Hillman

2nd Extemporaneous Debate - Tanvi Tigulla
2nd Lincoln Douglas - Navya Nadikat
2nd We The People - Chetan Posani
2nd Original Oratory - Bhavana Punyala
2nd Novice Impromptu - Yash Jhala

We are so proud of everyone who competed! Let’s go Rickards💪💙💛 taken in FSU - Florida State University, Tallahassee by @rickardsdebate

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8 months ago

On Wednesday, 1/28/26, we held a Speech and Debate meeting where members judged
NSDA finalist Impromptu speeches, and later commented on one of our officer’s Lincoln Douglas speech to provide helpful tips. Don’t forget about our upcoming online competition happening on Jan. 31st and our in-person competition at FSU on Feb. 7th! DM any of our tagged officers with questions!! by @rickardsdebate

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9 months ago

This weekend, our debaters competed in the National Civics and Debate Championship, The Great Debate. We are so proud of all their hard work! 💙💛 taken in Lake Buena Vista High School - OCPS by @rickardsdebate

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9 months ago

This weekend, our team traveled to Gainesville for the first ever FCDI Statewide Tournament. Rickards showed up and showed out bringing home the following:

We The People - 2nd place Chetan Posani

Varsity Extemporaneous Debate - 2nd place Xavier Hillman

Varsity Public Forum - 2nd place Mackenzie Fulton and Grace Lee

We are very proud of all our competitors! Let’s continue this winning streak. taken in Sante Fe College by @rickardsdebate

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10 months ago

Congratulations to our Speech and Debate team who competed in the North Central FCDI Qualifier #2!

1st Place
Mackenzie Fulton - Varsity Ronald Reagan Presidential Debate

2nd Place
Xavier Hillman - Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking

3rd Place
Chetan Posani - Lincoln Douglas

We are extremely proud of all of our members. What a great way to kick off our debate season! taken in North Florida College by @rickardsdebate

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a year ago

On Wednesday, 10/08/25, we held our sixth Speech and Debate meeting! Members prepared Impromptu-styled speeches after given a topic, presented them to our audience, and were given tips on what could have been enhanced and what was already adequate. Don’t forget about our upcoming online competition happening on Oct. 24th and 25th. DM any of our tagged officers with questions!! by @rickardsdebate

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