Scarsdale High School Students Shine at State Competitions

SHS Math Team CompetitorsAt the Board of Education meeting on Monday April 7th, Superintendent Dr. Drew Patrick extended a heartfelt congratulations to the SHS Math Team who had a stellar performance at the annual New York State Math League Championships on April 5th. Competing in the A Division of the contest for the first time, SHS took third place just behind teams from New York City and Nassau County. Dr. Patrick recognized students Kevin Dong and Iris Wang for being the highest scorers on the team, with each scoring 9 out of 10 in the individual rounds.

Kenneth Ren was also recognized for winning the Berman Rockwell Award, an award given to students who demonstrate outstanding leadership for their team. Patrick expressed his appreciation for the math team’s coach Sam Greenberg and for the support of chaperones Anna Tamsin and Joe Garbaldi.

Dr. Patrick went on to celebrate the accomplishments of the SHS Speech and Debate Team at the recent New York State Speech and Debate championships. According to the team’s advisor, SHS teacher Joseph Vaughan, the team brought 35 entries representing the 43 students that qualified for the tournament through their successes earlier in the season. The team competed in 8 different speech categories and 2 different debate categories. The tournament had 77 schools from across the state competing and a total of over 800 entries.

SHS Speech and Debate Team Members

Vaughan shared these results:

On the Speech side:

- Junior Liya Chu won the State Championship in Varsity Oral Interpretation of Literature
- Freshman Eva Lammer was the runner up in Junior Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking
- Junior Esha Mehta was the runner up in Varsity Oral Interpretation of Literature
- Freshman Hailey King was the runner up in Junior Varsity Oral Interpretation of Literature
- Other students who were in the finals of their event included Juniors Kate Simpson, Anish Mehta, Evie Schiff, and Elle Lee.

Collectively the speech squad earned enough points to be declared the Champion Team in the Speech Division!

Debaters saw similar successes:

- Freshmen Jacob Auerbach and Nathanal Ng were Semifinals of Novice Public Forum Debate
- Other debaters who make it to late elimination rounds were Juniors Joyce Liu and Linda Zhang, Sophomores Alyson Andrade and Alina Peng, and Freshmen Henry Chen and Iris Zhu

Due to the combined efforts of our Speech and Debate squads, Scarsdale placed 3rd overall in the Team Sweepstakes Award.

As the proud advisor of this incredible team Vaughan expressed, “It was a wonderful weekend where our students had the opportunity to lift their voices and make their thoughts and hearts known. I'm very proud of all the work they have put in this season.”