Is Wellington's Debate and Forensic Team successful?
Since its inception in August 1988, students from Wellington's Debate and Forensic Team have earned many individual and team honors in local and statewide forensics competitions. Wellington has regularly advanced students to national championship tournaments; alumni include:
Zach Hindin, who advanced to the Barkley Forum at Emory University "Super Congress" finals in both 2005 (6th Place) and 2006, and during the 2004-05 school year placed 4th at the Congress Tournament of Champions at the University of Kentucky, 6th in Congress at Harvard, and took 1st Place in Congress at both the Pine Crest "Crestian" and Nova Titan invitationals
Laki Politis, who advanced to the Barkley Forum at Emory University "Super Congress" finals in 2006, and participated in the 2005 Congress Tournament of Champions
Tabitha Armstrong, who placed fifth in Dramatic Performance at the 2004 Barkley Forum at Emory University
Lauren Petrosky, who broke to the semi-final round in Mixed Extemporaneous Speaking at the 2003 National Catholic Forensic League "Grand Nationals" Tournament in Arlington, Virginia
Shannon Munro, who placed fourth in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking at the national-caliber Florida Blue Key Tournament in 2002
Kim Healy, who made the final round in both Oral Interpretation and Dramatic Interpretation at the 2003 Pine Crest "Crestian" Tournament
Danny Mandell advanced to the Lincoln Douglas semifinals at the National Catholic Forensic League "Grand Nationals" championships in New York City.
Lincoln Douglas competitor Patrick Dempsey advanced into the late rounds at the National Forensic League National Championships in 1999
The Policy Debate team of Kyle Hartman and R.C. Rainaldi in 1994.
Wellington is also among the top five schools in Florida in National Forensic League degrees, and ranks among the top five percent of NFL chapters nationally, signifying its continued success both in the classroom and at tournaments.