Ten Palm Beach Central High School speech and debate students recently competed at William T. Dwyer High School in a district contest. There were 174 students in 12 different events from 17 high schools all fighting for slots to the Speech and Debate National Championships in Washington, D.C., at the end of May. Six PBCHS students are going to Nationals. Joevante Jean and Marlana Lawrence qualified in Two-Person Acting, as did Gillian Gouveia and Briana Garcon. Evett Rodriguez and Mailon Cedeno qualified in Dramatic Reading. Shown above (L-R) are Joevante Jean, Marlana Lawrence, Garrett Gouveia, Mailon Cedeno, Evett Rodriguez, Briana Garcon and Gillian Gouveia.
