Participating Schools 
 
American School In Japan. 
Christian Academy in Japan. 
International School of The Sacred Heart. 
Seisen International School. 
Saint Maur International School. 
St. Mary's International School. 
Zama American Middle-High School. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Room allocations: 

204 ASIJ  302 ISSH  257 CAJ 

206 St. Maur  255 St. Mary’s  308 Tallying  

304 Seisen  306 Zama   

 
 
 
 
Schedule of Events 

7:30AM-8:30 AM  Schools arrive 

8:30AM-9:00 AM  Judges and coaches meeting 

(Teachers’ Cafeteria) 

9:15 AM-9:30 AM  Welcome note (gym) 

9:30 AM-11:30 PM  Round 1 

11:30 AM-1:30 PM  Round 2 

1:30 PM-3:30 PM  Round 3 

   
3.35 PM  Selected Performances(Gym) 
   
4.15 PM  Awards Ceremony ( Gym) 
   
4.40 PM  Results Packages Available 
(Teachers’ Cafeteria) 

 
 
 
 
General Information 
 
Devices and Social Media guidelines 
● The use of phones and computers is not allowed during and general meetings and presentations  
● In accordance with Seisen International School policy, please refrain from sharing photos or 
videos on private social media accounts.  
● If you are going to video tape, please do it from the back of the room and not from your seat. 
 
 
 
 
Emergency exits 
Assembly point: tennis court 
● From the drama room:​ down the stairs to the cafeteria to the tennis court 
● From classrooms on all floors: ​down the stairs to the exits next to the art room, then to the 
tennis court 
 
 
 
 
Bathrooms 
● Signage indicates bathrooms for both men and women 
 
 
 
 
For queries 
● Seisen Support Team (with Seisen ID) 
 
 
 
Speech Contest 2019 
Events, Participants, & Judges 
 

Round One 
9:30AM - 11:30AM 

Category  Participants  Judges 

Dramatic   1. Zayne Gladsden & Jake Chon  ❖ Jamie Matsuoka ​(CAJ) - Lead 
Duo  2. Camille Sirgi & Jeun Yoon  ❖ Joseph Adams (ISSH) 
  3. Yume Tailes & Mion Suzuki  ❖ Kate Siwicki (SMIS) 
---  4. Nikita Romanov & William Kasasa 
  5. Yuki Hodo & Ruri Kasahara 
Gym  6. Saanya Kaul & Chiara De Lisio 
  7. Sairi Iida & Mia Kamikubo 
---  8. Joseph Chi & Kyuwon Hwan 
  9.Miriam Curtis & Ava Zablan 
6-8 minutes 
(+/- 30 sec) 
per speech 

     

Storytelling  1. Hyowon Lee  ❖ Thinh Nguyen (ASIJ) - Lead 

  2. Ina Aram  ❖ Jeannie Johnson (CAJ) 
---  3. Amberlee Downen  ❖ Gary Baker (ISSH) 
  4. Tatsuya Aoki 
Multipurpose  5. Elena Kraines 
Room  6. Farah Mohamed 
  7. SoJin Lim 
---  8. Rachel Smith 
  9. Zayne Gladsden 
4-6 minutes  10. Sonal Mahajan 
(+/- 30 sec)  11. Ishan Patel 
per speech 

     

Original  1. Prathika Rajkumar  ❖ Tyler Horn (ISSH) -Lead 

Informative  2. Ashita Gulati  ❖ Liliana Darwin-Lopez (SIS) 
  3. Alyssa Barragan  ❖ Susan Yamada (Saint Maur) 
---  4. Luna Hata   
  5. Joni Makinen 
Drama Room  6. Varshani Haldia 
  7. Hans Amemyia 
---  8. Annie Greer 
  9. Karen Sato 
4-6 minutes  10. David Calalang 
(+/- 30 sec)  11. Danielle Kouamo 
per speech 
 Round Two 
11:30AM - 1:30PM 

Category  Participants  Judges 

Multiple   Group 1  ❖ Paul Mitchell (SIS) - Lead 

Reading  Shinnosuke Ikeda, Minthwe Thit, Wonjae Choi,  ❖ Emily Bushman (SMIS) 
  Tejas Mahajon, Sho Inoue, Dion King. ❖ Jon Pitale (ASIJ) 
 
---  ❖ Linda Malley (Zama) 
Group 2 
  Jimin Ham,Camille Sirgi, Saanya Kaul, Layna 
❖ Christina Mevec ​(Saint Maur) 
Gym  Engle, Jeun Yoon, Chiara De Lisio.
   
---  Group 3 
  Sofyani Tatipamula , Somya Agarwal, Miffy 
7-10 minutes  Hori, Jessica Pender, Maanya Choudhary. 
(+/- 30 sec)   
Group 4 
per speech 
Sophia Baker, Luis Barrios,Yoko Hara, Miyu 
Nagashima, Rui Shimada. 

     

Poetry  1. Una Johnson  ❖ Nicolas Gregoriades (Saint 

Interpretation  2. Yohana Miyajima  Maur) - Lead 
  3. Sanjana Rapeta  ❖ Edward Lake (SIS) 
4. Victoria Migdalski 
---  ❖ Jayne Fong (CAJ) 
5. Kshitij Singh 
  6. Luna Sato 
 
Multipurpose  7. Sarah Sanders 
Room  8. Espi Littlefield 
  9. Tayoung Chung 
---  10. Krishi Shah 
  11. Kallin Ricketts 
3-5 minutes  12. Taiga Cogger 
13. Sarah Mascall-Robson 
(+/- 30 sec) 
14. KyeAunna Molina-Fox 
per speech 

     

Original  1. Maya Russell  ❖ Rebecca Dean (SMIS)-Lead 

Persuasive  2. Kirari Terada  ❖ Bill Skulmoski (SIS) 
  3. Felipe Chertouh  ❖ Jennifer Schumacher (Saint 
4. Seoyoon Chang 
---  Maur) 
5. Mao Bandai 
  6. Lydia Byun 
 
Drama Room  7. Barbara Quinteros   
  8. Oliva Kraft 
---  9. Isabella Aveytia 
  10. Christopher Kirch 
4-6 minutes  11. Mikaela Osborne 
(+/- 30 sec)  12. Connor Takehana 
13. Charles Senard 
per speech 
14. Anna Rose Kim 
 Round Three 
1:30PM - 3:30PM 

Category  Participants  Judges 

 

Humorous  1. Sol Smith  ❖ Bethany Shull (ISSH)-Lead 

  2. Ji Seung Park  ❖ Joe Day (SMIS) 
---  3. Juwon Ok  ❖ Vincent Howard (CAJ) 
  4. Krishi Shah   
Gym  5. Jan Jaroscak   
  6. Krish Jadoja 
---  7. Rei Saeki 
  8. So Eun Lee 
4-6 minutes   
(+/- 30 sec)   
per speech 
     

Dramatic  1. Haebin Jung  ❖ Alka Almoula (Saint 

Interpretation  2. Mayumi Okuda  Maur)-Lead  
  3. Noah Shrestha  ❖ Mary Beth Luttrell (ISSH) 
---  4. Luke Pender  ❖ Tim Johnson (CAJ)  
  5. Rin Mase 
Drama Room  6. Lexi Tran 
  7. Sarah Kim 
---  8. Zarah Mathew 
  9. Aayush Dwivedi 
3-6 minutes  10. Yuka Sooda 
(+/- 30 sec)  11. JinWoo Lee 
per speech  12. Sol Smith 
     

Extemporaneous  1.
Lewis Walter  ❖ Glenn Scoggins (Saint Maur) - 
Speaking  ○ Draw 12:30PM / Present 1:30PM  Lead 
  2. Kaarina Sirkka  ❖ Carrie Bennett (ASIJ) 
---  ○ Draw 12:40PM / Present 1.40PM  ❖ Patrina Tremel (Zama) 
  3. Luna Hata   
Multipurpose  ○ Draw 12.50PM / Present 1.50 PM   
Room  4. Janice Yoon 
(Draw in Library)  ○ Draw 1.00 PM / Present 2.00 PM 
  5. Alex Ala 
---  ○ Draw 1.10 PM / Present 2.10 PM 
  6. Ninghzi Gu 
3-5 minutes  ○ Draw 1:20 PM / Present 2.20 PM 
(+/- 30 sec)  7. Surya Siram 
per speech  ○ Draw 1:30PM / Present 2:30 PM 
8. Maya Russell 
○ Draw 1:40PM / Present 2:40 PM 
9. Chihiro Huang 
○ Draw 1.50 PM / Present 2:50 PM 
10. ​ Sungjae Lee 
○ Draw 2:00PM / Present 3:00PM 
11. Lea Epstein 
○ Draw 2.10 PM / Present 3.10 PM