A total of 43 Maricopa High School students participated in the Junior State of American fall competition. Submitted photo

Saturday, the Maricopa High School’s Chapter of Junior State of America (JSA) competed at the Fall State competition in Tucson. Forty-three MHS students met with students from all over Arizona and held debates, discussions and learned about campaigns.

“This was by far, the most successful conference we have attended to date,” Advisor Jason Goodwin said. “We had multiple debate winners, best speaker awards and a scholarship recipient.”

Best Speaker winners were Zyled Rodriguez and Freya Abraham. Submitted photo

Debate Winners:
Hannah Bailey
Pro: Resolved: Kneeling during the National Anthem is an appropriate form of protest
Freya Abraham
Con: Resolved: Access to higher education is a human right.
Mahonri Santos
Pro: Resolved: The United States was responsible for providing emergency relief to Puerto Rico in a timely manner.
Rachel Knight
Con: Resolved: The United States is justified in leaving the Paris Climate Agreement.

Best Speaker Winners:
Freya Abraham
Zyled Rodriguez

JSA Summer School Scholarship:
Jasmin Dimas was awarded a half scholarship to attend Princeton University for JSA Summer School.

For more information about JSA and their summer school programs, please visit www.jsa.org.

 

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