The Incomparable RISE Speech & Debate Team. Est. 2016. Formerly STRIVE Prep - RISE.
Denver, CO
Joined February 2019
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There’s nothing like loosening a tie, untucking your shirt, and seeing your besties after a 12 hour speech day! Here are some picks from an amazing first day of competition here at @speechanddebate #Nationals #Nats23 GO RISE!!!! @STRIVE_Prep @RegisGroff
We’re coming to you LIVE from the biggest academic competition in the world! Day 2 has just begun! Ari & Juan slay Informative, Alex opines in OO, Eli cracks everyone up in HI, Bresean brings the pain in POI, & Denisse dominates debate. LET’S GO! @realpetercgroff @striveprep_RISE
Nationals- Day 2! If I say anything else, I’ll burst into tears. These kiddos are just the greatest. And I guess I have to stop calling them kiddos now that they’ve graduated! 😭 Good luck today, perfect humans!!!!! BUMBAYE, RSD!!!!!!!!! @RegisGroff @STRIVE_Prep @speechanddebate
Congratulations, Nyika Jenkins! You make @striveprep_RISE and @RegisGroff proud!! @STRIVEprepAD @STRIVE_Prep @realpetercgroff
🎉Congrats to our students who won this year's Outstanding Female Athlete Award!⚽ We are so proud of our student-athletes! Thanks to DPS Athletics for organizing this DPS tradition.🏐
#girlsandwomeninsportsmonth #womenshistorymonth
Will these Denver teenagers from Room 161 at STRIVE Prep – RISE make it to the national speech and debate championships? cpr.org/2023/03/21/denver-st… @STRIVE_Prep @STRIVEprepAD @striveprep_RISE @realpetercgroff @KaylaTibbals
Thank you so much @CPRBrundin for coming to @striveprep_RISE and checking out our team! For more than a decade at CPR, you’ve highlighted student & teacher voices. We appreciate everything you’ve done for education in Colorado. We peeped your teacher background too!! 👀 We stan!
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On this day in 1939, a young Black man named Lloyd Gaines disappeared just months after winning a desegregation case allowing him into an all-white law school. He was never seen again. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…
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Good luck! Let's Do This!!
What a tournament! What a team! What a dream! The hard work is undeniable and shows in every competition, every performance, every hug, and every tear. Time for RSD to be on the FINALS stage at Nationals! Meet one goal, set the next! @realpetercgroff @KaylaTibbals @STRIVE_Prep
What a tournament! What a team! What a dream! The hard work is undeniable and shows in every competition, every performance, every hug, and every tear. Time for RSD to be on the FINALS stage at Nationals! Meet one goal, set the next! @realpetercgroff @KaylaTibbals @STRIVE_Prep
And your 2023 Qualifiers to the 98th Annual NSDA National Tournament are:
Eliud in Humor!
Bresean in POI!
Juan in Informative Speaking!
Capt Alex in POI!
Ariana dominated as 1st qualifier in POI & Info—going in Informative Speaking! @STRIVE_Prep @RockyMtnPrep @STRIVEprepAD
We see you, #RSD! Finalists at Nat Quals this past weekend:
Nevaeh & Julio - 2nd alts in Duo (4th)! Blake - 2nd alt in Humor (5th)!
Capt. Alex - 4th in Original Oratory! So much hard work went into these incredible performances. We’re not done yet! #LastChanceQualifier 👀 #NSDA
WE’RE GOING BACK TO NATIONALS! Thanks to stunning performances by the entire RSD team this past weekend: Speech Sweepstakes🥇1st goes to @striveprep_RISE ! Semifinalists: Denisse & Abigail in Info & Victoria in Humor! Congrats on an amazing run! Finalists and qualifiers up next!
Our inimitable Captain Alex finally captured that state title! 3rd Place in Poetry!!!!!!! @STRIVE_Prep @striveprep_RISE
Way to go, Nevaeh & Julio! 4A State Speech Championship finalists in Duo Interpretation!!! @striveprep_RISE
That’s right! @striveprep_RISE snagged 2nd in Speech sweeps, thanks to Denisse as a Semifinalist in Informative Speaking, Juan (who started competing just this year) who took 5th in Info, & our very own Ariana (top Info speaker IN THE NATION) is your Info champion! @STRIVE_Prep
That’s Mr. Buchanan all the way on the left as a State Humor Semifinalist!! Congratulations!! His piece will make you laugh until your side hurts. We love you, Blake!!!
Congratulations to Jasmine and Eden on becoming the very first debate octafinalists in @STRIVE_Prep @RegisGroff HISTORY!! #BLACKGIRLDEBATEMAGIC #TheNextKatanjis @realpetercgroff
