North Hills High School senior Michelle Do and junior
Nickolas Bartel won top honors at the Pittsburgh region’s Pennsylvania High School
Speech League contest, and they will compete at the state tournament in March
at Bloomsburg University. They are the first North Hills students to advance to
the state event in more than a decade.Michelle won first place and was named district champion in
the Poetry Interpretation event, and Nickolas won third place in the
Congressional Debate event.
The club seeks to develop students’ skills in
conducting effective research as they learn to craft logical, fluid and
well-constructed arguments, expand their knowledge of topics not
commonly discussed in their everyday lives and encourage critical analysis
of topics in our world.
Secondary teacher Dawn Zahorchak oversees the club.