Stoneleigh-Burnham School Students Selected for World Debate and Public Speaking Championship

11/3/15 — Stoneleigh-Burnham School placed first among U.S. schools at the International Independent Schools Public Speaking Competition. Students Claire Lane ’16 and Clara Swartzentruber ’16 were selected to attend the World Debating and Public Speaking Championship in March 2016.

Dr. Paul Bassett, head coach of Stoneleigh-Burnham’s Debate and Public Speaking Society, said while the school’s teams have done well at this competition over the years, the last time Stoneleigh-Burnham earned Top U.S. Team was in 1993. This is the first time Stoneleigh-Burnham will have two speakers participating on the U.S. team at Worlds.