Carson High debate team hosts upcoming fundraisers to send 10 students to Nationals
Carson High Debate continues its groundbreaking season. Competing at state for the first time since Covid the team advanced to final events in 4 separate events.
Ellie Dement, Emily Tran, Summer McGill, and Nasia Perkins represented Carson in final rounds taking 6th, 4th, and 2nd place in their speech events.
In addition, Viviana Castro finished 5th in Lincoln Douglas Debate Summer and Nasia were undefeated in Policy Debate, claiming the title of state champions. Overall the Carson team finished 2nd at State, its best showing ever. This group will join five other debaters to represent Carson High and Nevada at four separate nationals tournaments starting in May.
The team will be hosting several fundraisers to help cover the costs of our upcoming trips. The first will be Paint for Debate, a guided painting class held at the Brewery Arts Center May 14th, tickets are $30. The team will be hosting its annual Debatable Extravaganza in Senator Square of the High School May 22nd. This event includes an award dinner, interactive speeches, and presentations from the national qualifiers.
Tickets are $10. Finally, the team’s largest event will be the Carson High Show and Shine car show held Saturday May 25th at Carson High.
Anyone interested in registering a car would pay a $25 entry fee and spectators can attend free of charge. Anyone interested in these events or sponsoring the teams trips can contact the head coach Patrick Mobley at pmobley@carson.k12.nv.us.