ARKANSAS NFL District Committee 2012-13
Rosie Valdez - Chair, Heritage High School
Chris Flowers - Hall High School
Kathleen Holladay - Little Rock Central High School
Julia Woods - Bentonville High School
We now have a new Arkansas National Forensic League District! Read or download the official press release! New Arkansas District.pdf
Charter chapters are the highest school membership honor in the league. A school is automatically chartered:
- Once it has been a provisional or member chapter for at least one (1) year; and
- Has met the minimum strength requirement of 50 new members/degrees enrolled over thee years (or, for schools with grades 9-12 enrollment of less than 500 students°°°, 25 new members/degrees).
Arkansas National Forensic League District Tournament 2012!
Arkansas NFL District Schools held our first Arkansas NFL District tournament on March 30-31 at Rogers Heritage High School. Rosie Valdez, Principal Steen, and Rogers Heritage are commended for their excellent hospitality in providing a safe and functional site for Arkansas’ inaugural NFL District Tournament. Eight of Arkansas’ 17 NFL schools participated. Julia Woods of Bentonville, Tim Hollis of Fayetteville, Chris Flowers of Little Rock Hall, Kathy Holladay and Rhonda Fowler of Little Rock Central, Debbie Ashcraft and Christy Armbrust of Monticello, Jackie Reiff of Omaha, Rosie Valdez of Rogers Heritage, and Liz Davis of Rogers High School are to be commended for pioneering this giant step for ACTAA and Arkansas Debate/Forensics onto the national stage. A big Thank You! to Jannetta Carney, Callie Hamm, Melinda Milloway, Kitte Maes, and Jessica Skordal for their assistance. As with all tournaments, many parents, former students and community experts devoted their weekend to judging and running our new NFL Tournament.
Be Excited for Arkansas!
Advancing to the National Debate/Forensics Tournament in Indianapolis June 10-15 are the following outstanding Arkansas students [these students will be representing Arkansas at the National Tournament in unprecedented numbers!]:
Dylan Parker – Rogers Heritage – Student Congress
Janna Allen and Ashley Cunningham – Fayetteville – Duo Interp
Hayley Poindexter – Bentonville – Original Oratory
Emma Hackett – Bentonville – United States Extemp
Kelsey Cain – Bentonville –International Extemp
Morgan Vesper – Fayetteville – Dramatic Interp
Dylan DeLuca – Bentonville – Humorous Interp
Ian Wren and Daniel Schexnayder – Little Rock Central - Policy Debate
Aaron Gibson and Taylor Shelton – Fayetteville - Policy Debate
1st, 2nd, 3rd Alternates:
Duo Interp
1st Alternate: Elizabeth Daniels/Aaliyah Mackey – Little Rock Hall
2nd Alternate: Morgan Drish/ Megan Pearson-Hargus – Bentonville
3rd Alternate: Morgan Vesper/Coutney Ulrich – Fayetteville
United State Extemp
1st Alternate: Taylor Hogue – Fayetteville
2nd Alternate: Marissa Spear – Bentonville
3rd Alternate: Hamza Syed – Little Rock Central
International Extemp
1st Alternate: Dylan DeLuca – Bentonville
2nd Alternate: Ty Dunn – Fayetteville
3rd Alternate: Jack Barry – Bentonville
Dramatic Interp
1st Alternate: Maddison Davis – Bentonville
2nd Alternate: Rebecca Stephenson – Monticello
3rd Alternate: Dominic Smith – Rogers Heritage
Humorous Interp
1st Alternate: Chloe Nanos – Bentonville
2nd Alternate: Nancy Pop – Bentonville
3rd Alternate: Miguel Mora – Rogers Heritage
Policy Debate
1st Alternate: Tim Dahms/Austin Ross – Fayetteville
2nd Alternate: Dominic Smith/Dylan Parker – Rogers Heritage
3rd Alternate: Joseph Madson/Jared Lareau – Rogers Heritage
Student Congress
1st Alternate: Andrew Bartels – Little Rock Central
2nd Alernate – Patrick Kellycooper – Little Rock Central
3rd Alternate – Chirag Lala – Little Rock Central
Original Oratory
Alternate 1 Marissa Jenna Spear Bentonville HS
Alternate 2 Melanie Henderson Rogers Heritage HS
Alternate 3 Brandon Brown Hall HS
Other Noteworthy Awards:
Julia Woods – Bentonville – Arkansas NFL Coach of the Year
Tim Dahms – Fayetteville – Arkansas NFL Student of the Year
Andrew Bartels – 2012 Arkansas NFL Student Congress Presiding Officer
Rogers Heritage High School – Spirit of Arkansas NFL 2012
*Sweepstakes Awards in Debate, Speech and Congress will be announced at the ACTAA TOC on April 21 at Cabot!
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Bell Academy ,AR
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Consider joining us in the NFL. Allow your students to qualify for the National Tournament next year! Go to www.nflonline.org for information. Contact timothy.hollis@fayar.net for information or any of our current Arkansas NFL Coaches.
Contact Julia Woods jwoods@bentonvillek12.org , Rosie Valdez rvaldez@rps.k12.ar.us , Kathy Holladay kathleen.holladay@lrsd.org , Rhonda Fowler Rhonda.fowler@lrsd.org , Tim Hollis timothy.hollis@fayar.net to offer financial assistance to Arkansas students representing YOU and Arkansas at the National Tournament this year. Send your checks of assistance marked “for NFL Nationals” to
Debra Catton
4608 Westminster Avenue
Benton, AR 72019
