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Needham Speech and Debate Shines

Needham Speech and Debate Shines
The Needham Speech and Debate Team closed out the regular season with a 3rd palace finish at the Speech/Congress Tournament in Walpole and 5th place finish in debate at Boston Latin March 28, 29 and April 5 2025. Senior Mia Maffeo won glitter in three different events, including the state championship in play reading.  She and...
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Needham speakers excel at states

Needham speakers excel at states
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The Needham Speech and Debate team put an exclamation point on the regular season with a third-place finish at the Massachusetts Speech and Congress Championships on April 7 at Acton-Boxborough High School. Sophomore Annie Stein paced several award-winners by earning the state championship in Declamation with her performance of Shonda Rhimses’s “My Year...
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Rocket Speech and Debate roll

Rocket Speech and Debate roll
The Needham Speech and Debate Team won several accolades January 13-14 at Lexington and from January 19-21 at Columbia University. In Lextinton, in varsity Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate, sophomore Zachary Lu finished in the top twenty, dropping to Lake Highland of Florida, while in novice LD, ninth grader Sasha Reiser reached quarters, being defeated in a 2-1...
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