Students place at M&M Lake Erie Speech and Debate Tournament

Five Fox Chapel Area High School students placed at the annual M&M Lake Erie Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament. The team of juniors Joanna Li and Zachary Rubin won first place in Policy Debate. Senior Swati Mylarappa and freshman Ottilie Happold were each named Merit Speakers (equivalent to third place) in Student Congress. Senior Emanuel DiNatale won sixth place in Impromptu Speaking.

The tournament, sponsored by Mercyhurst Preparatory School and McDowell High School, was held November 9, 2024, on the campus of Penn State Behrend in Erie, Pennsylvania. A total of 138 students from 8 public and private high schools from Western Pennsylvania participated in the event.