With its season over, the debate team now looks forward to next year.

Last month at districts, sophomores Aditya Bhagavathi, Ray Qian and Kevin Zhang all qualified as alternates for Nationals this summer, according to team sponsor Susan Johnson.

According to Johnson, the team will be holding a banquet for the team soon as their last event of the year.

In terms of next year, Elise Ruff, debate team member and junior, said that she expects a call out meeting to be held much earlier next school year, as opposed to the late formation of the team this year.

Ruff also said she expects Amanda Richmond, former debate team sponsor, to return as a co-sponsor with Johnson. For Ruff, she said she is looking forward to competing again with her Public Forum partner, sophomore Amy Whittle.

“We had a lot of fun,” Ruff said. “And we’ll have fun again next year.”