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- Upper School
On Thursday, February 9, two teams from Malvern's Speech and Debate competed in the Districts Debate Tournament in the Pennsylvania High School Speech League at Harriton High School. The teams included: Neil Morrison '24, Logan Reed '24, Louis DelFra '24, and Matthew Becket '23. Becket and DelFra placed second in the district and qualified for States in March.
The event that these students competed in is called Parliamentary Debate. The topics they debated were "Should the College Board be boycotted?" and "Is online activism counterproductive?" Other topics covered at the event included Genetic Manipulation, Pacific Ocean Pollution, and Abolishing the British Monarchy. Participating schools included The Haverford School, Garnet Valley, Lower Merion, Harriton, and about 15 other schools from our area.
Congratulations Matthew & Louis!