Two weekends ago, Bishop Kelly’s Speech and Debate team fought hard at this year’s Gem of the Mountain National Qualifier Tournament. Specifically bringing home five seats for the national tournament, the Congressional Debate Sweepstake Award, and the Leading Chapter Award. Nat Quals is a unique tournament that takes place over three whole days, and IContinue reading “BK Yappers Go to Nats”
Author Archives: Tucker Gratton
Chaos and Order: Behind the Curtains of Bishop Kelly’s “Alice, or the Scottish Gravediggers”
In the heart of the human psyche lies a deeply ingrained fear of the unknown. It’s as if our soul craves structure, order, and the comfort of the predictable. But what if that world of predictability disintegrates? As the age-old saying goes, there’s order in chaos. And recently, I’ve been mulling this over as IContinue reading “Chaos and Order: Behind the Curtains of Bishop Kelly’s “Alice, or the Scottish Gravediggers””
State Debate
The Speech and Debate team made waves this past weekend at the state debate. The team brought home several impressive placements in Congressional Debate, including Maggie Avey’s(S) second place, Elleanor Lynch’s(S) octofinalist placement, Tucker Gratton’s(J) octofinalist placement, and Max Ciovacco’s(S) quarterfinalist finish, and overall strong performance in the Congressional debate from the team. In Lincoln-DouglasContinue reading “State Debate”
Everybody Reads at Bishop Kelly
Photo by Tucker Gratton As the 2022–2023 school year rolls in, so does the BK tradition: schedule change! Due to the Covid pandemic in early 2020, Bishop Kelly had to adopt a new schedule to limit exposure among students. In the 2020–2021 school year, this took the place of an A/B block schedule. There wereContinue reading “Everybody Reads at Bishop Kelly”
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