Patrick Henry- what a great place! They were in a speaking competition, that included Ivy Leagues, and won the top 6 places. They take their speaking and debating very seriously!
There is a lovely HSed girl I met through our homeschooled national speech and debate league, that will be attending PH next year. You should hear this gal debate! What an intelligent, go-getter. She'll go far, before she marries and settles down. Perhaps God intends for these lovely, intelligent young women to find their future husbands someplace other than home.
Michael Farris was a judge for us at our national speech and debate tournament this year; he started the league years ago. It was a fantastic experience, although I missed a lot, as I served on the judge coordinator committee. We had lawyers and professors from law schools come and tell us how their students could not hold a candle to our homeschooled high school students in their public speaking and debate abilities. It has been worth it all:-) We parents are certainly smiling and praising God!
I have to mention that I think the attacks upon the one Mom here are out of place; what parent would not have concerns sending their children into the world of Washington DC? Just ask the parents to Chandra Levy.