Two local students just scored a major win on the debate stage. But there's even more to celebrate within this after-school program across the city.
"In every corner of the city and every school, there are brilliant young minds that are just looking for opportunities where they can test themselves," said Justin Ennis. "Experiences that speak to their interests."
"The big message is, for any school that wants to have a strong debate program or a chess program or drama or scrabble program, they don't have to do it alone," said Ennis, "And that ASAP is here to help them do it." "Once I got into it, it was really like, I clicked immediately," said Iya Nealy, a senior and captain at Philadelphia High School for Girls. "And I've done it all four years in my high school career and now I'm actually judging. So that's really cool."
In early February 2023, the 48th University of Pennsylvania Tournament took place. ASAP debate teams are invited to compete through a partnership with Penn For Youth Debate. There, Julia R. Masterman School juniors Henry Anastasi and Joshua Cohen"I guess I would consider that my crowning achievement right now," said Anastasi. "But I think there are lots of smaller things, smaller victories that made me think like, wow, I can do this.
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