St. Sebastian's Hosts Annual Parliamentary Debate Invitational
St. Sebastian's Hosts Annual Parliamentary Debate Invitational
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On Sunday, February 22, 2026, St. Sebastian's hosted our Annual Parliamentary Extemporaneous Invitational Debate Tournament.
Eight Arrow Debaters participated in the Tournament: Nicholas Albornoz ’27, Nate Bloomenthal ’28, Ro Dabas ’27, Ryan Healey ’27, Andrew MacDougall ’27, Benjie Perlman ’31, Luke Puglia ’27 and Aarin Vasi ’31.
Congratulations to Ryan Healey, who won a Speaker's Prize for his individual performance in the Tournament.
Over 160 students and faculty from 15 Independent Schools participated in the Tournament:
Belmont Hill School
Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School
Commonwealth School
Eaglebrook School
Groton School
Loomis Chaffee School
Noble and Greenough School
Northfield Mt. Hermon School
Phillips Andover Academy
Roxbury Latin School
St. Paul's School
St. Sebastian's School
Waynflete School
Winsor School
Worcester Academy
Special thanks to Mr. Michael Deschenes, Mr. Rob Millette, Mr. Richard Palmaccio, and Mr. Jim Sullivan for assuring that the Tournament ran very smoothly.
Thanks, too, to our Senior and Junior Debate Team Leaders for judging, organizing, and running the Tournament: Seb Culleton ’26, Seth Janchar ’26, Aiden Mack ’27, Wachira Njoroge ’26, Ben Osunsanya ’26, Conor Sullivan ’26, Jeffrey Welham ’26, and Andrew Zhang ’26.