Hawk Tawk

The theme for speech and debate this year is #be_excellent, and the team certainly lived up to it on Saturday, November 18, in Wenatchee! We swept all three team awards--Top Speech, Top Debate, and Top Large Team. Eighteen students competed, with one more observing, and we still have students who have not yet competed or are adding new events. Coach’s Excellence: Audra Totten Peer Excellence Award: Harrison Higgins Individual finishes are as follows: FIRST PLACE ·          Baylee Easterday Open Extemporaneous ·          Baylee Easterday, Open Impromptu (Perfect Score) ·          Baylee Easterday, Open Interpretive Reading (Perfect Score) ·          Baylee Easterday, Open Congress ·          Caleb Hernandez and Ford Powers, Open Public Forum Debate ·          Jacob Talsmat, Top Presiding Officer, Open Congress ·          Linh Truong, Novice Tall Tales ·          Malene Garcia, Open Expository Speaking ·          Monica Winn, Open Dramatic Inte

Hawk Tawk kicked off the year in great style in competition at A.C. Davis High School in Yakima on Saturday, November 4 . Due to conflicts with other school events, only seven returning team members and two novices were able to compete. Two other novices came to observe.              Despite the small numbers, Chiawana was dominant in speech events, taking the first place sweepstakes trophy in that category, as well as first place for small (fewer than 10 competitors) team. We also swept the category in Open Tall Tales. You know you’ve “arrived” when the other teams complain about your team getting all the trophies. Coach's Excellence Award: Saige Johnson  Individual finishes are as follows: FIRST PLACE: · Audra Totten, Novice Expository Speaking · Baylee Easterday, Open Extemporaneous Speaking [perfect score];  · Baylee Easterday, 1st, Open Tall Tales [perfect score]; · Baylee Easterday, 1st, Open Impromptu Speaking [perfect score]; · B

Hello everyone, Welcome to the new Hawk Tawk blog. Hawk Tawk is the Speech and Debate team at Chiawana High School in Pasco, WA. We are in our 9th year and the program is growing. Guiding Principles: Be critical of information. Don't be afraid to let your opinions be known. Respect everyone's point of view and give them a safe environment in which to express themselves.  Push your teammates to be the best they can be.  Have a good time. 2017-2018 Goals Double the number of underclassmen on the team.  Have the entire team ready to compete at the state level. Have multiple team members place at the state tournament.  Our 2017-2018 captains are Co-Captains: Caleb Hernandez and Baylee Easterday Speech Captain: Monica Winn Debate Captain: Malene Garcia