HENRY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Susan Burton
Communications Director
Paris, TN – It’s been a great year for the Henry County High School Speech Team. The speech team coach, David Weatherly, was notified by the National Speech & Debate Association that the team is currently ranked tenth out of 36 teams in the state of Tennessee and two students rank in the top 25! E. W. Grove student Joshua Lancaster is ranked number 18 and HCHS sophomore student Timothy Tyler is ranked number 23.
Students and teams in each state are ranked according to the points they accumulate by participating in a number of speech and debate activities including interscholastic competition, public speaking events, and service activities.
Weatherly commented, “I am currently working to add four members of our high school team to the NSDA Academic All American list next year. This is quite an accomplishment since it includes GPA and Speech Team performance points. They will be ranked nationwide as a result. This will open more doors for scholarships and graduate recognition for those selected.
For more information, please go to https://www.speechanddebate.org/rankings/
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