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Forty-eight students participated in the first official Camp for Forensics Excellence known as CAFFE -- a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools districtwide speech and debate summer camp -- Aug. 6-9 at Myers Park High.
Chris Rocca of North Mecklenburg and Bob Wieckowski of Myers Park were co-directors. CAFFE originated several years ago as a camp for the North Mecklenburg team and was expanded to include a few other schools. As the camp grew in popularity, CMS took over sponsorship of the program.
Students who participated: Ardrey Kell – senior Zakarya Masmoudi; junior Andrea Zhang; sophomores Elizabeth Morris and Maggie Rossow; freshman Joshua Zhang. Athena – junior Savannah Holmes. Hough – junior Sydney Eden; freshman Chris Wallace. Marvin Ridge – freshman Alice Lui. Myers Park – freshmen Mia Assar and Afomya Bekele; sophomores Olivia Austin and Psalms White; juniors Baily Caudle, Kate Coughter and Spencer Reese. North Mecklenburg – freshmen Terrell Bailey, Kierstan Brown, Sharon Chen, Raniah Jeanlys, Allison Law, Kailyn Price, Erik Thorsheim, Jack Watson, and Sierra Weight, sophomores Daniel Gonzalez, Abhi Kulgod and Okan Pektas; juniors Ebony Hargro, Camara Hill, Danielle LaFleur, Brenna Lee Petty, Alex Pope, Antonio Rivera and Emily Yue; and seniors Abigail Auerbach, Taylor Barrett, Irfan Mekic, David Suarez and Colleen Watson. Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology – freshman Courtney Gilbert; sophomore Senita Portlock; and juniors Katherine Juarez and Thea Scott. Queens Grant – junior Cameron Marashi. Home school – freshman J.R. Walker and juniors John Mark Fleming and Carol Walker.
