MONTGOMERY ACADEMY SPEECH & DEBATE
STUDENTS HEADED TO NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Montgomery Academy Speech & Debate hosted the Deep South
Tournament this past weekend. Six students qualified for the National
Speech & Debate Tournament this June in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. Head of School John McWilliams was named the District
Administrator of the Year, Sofie Behr was named the District Student
of the Year and MA parent Natalie Pirnie was named the District
Volunteer of the Year.
Sofie Behr - 1st place - Senate; 1st place - International Extemp -
Qualified to the National Tournament; Cyprian Dumas - 1st place -
House; 2nd place - Lincoln/Douglas Debate - Qualified to the National
Tournament; Martha Ernest - 2nd place - House; 5th place - US
Extemp - - Qualified to the National Tournament; Alex Brewbaker
& Cole Mozingo - 2nd place - Duo Interp - Qualified to the National
Tournament; Easton Strickler - 6th place - Senate - Qualified to the
National Tournament; Cole Mozingo - 7th place - Dramatic Interp;
Isabella Hosein - 5th place - Original Oratory; John Marcus Arnett
- 3rd place - Big Questions Debate; William Robertson - 5th place-
Big Questions Debate; Tristan Dumas - 6th place - Lincoln/Douglas
Debate; Charlie Hill & Bryant McClendon - 4th place - Duo Interp.
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| Summer 2020
MONTGOMERY
CATHOLIC DEDICATES
NEW PERFORMING ARTS
BUILDING
On the evening of February 10, 2020,
friends, supporters, faculty, and students of
Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School
gathered inside the new performing arts
building at the middle and high school
campus for its dedication by Thomas J. Rodi,
Archbishop of Mobile. It was standing room
only as a large crowd amassed to take part
in the ceremony to unveil and bless the new
facility. The 51-year old Father Pat Delahunty
Memorial Gymnasium, which was replaced
by a 33,000 square foot athletic center in the
fall of 2019, breathed new life as a state-of-
the-art performing arts classroom facility.
The transformation of the Fr. Delahunty
comes at a time when the band, chorus, and
drama programs are seeing tremendous
growth and expansion, and Archbishop Rodi
emphasized the importance of incorporating
the arts into a well-rounded curriculum.
When Director of Bands Alex Johnson took
the helm in 2010, the marching band only
had 12 members. Today, the award-winning
Marching Knights band features over 60
musicians and auxiliary members and grows
each year.
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