Academic Teams
Founded in 1969 by renowned debate coach Richard B. Sodikow, the Bronx High School of Science Speech and Debate Team has been prominent and successful. With the creation of Lincoln-Douglas Debate in 1979, came the creation of the Bronx Science LD squad which has had national success. David Yalof won the national championship in 1984, and two years later, Hee-Sun Hong received the first-ever Tournament of Champions title in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. In 1988, Jonathan Koppell and Peter Colavito closed out the final round of the Tournament of Champions.
The Speech and Student Congress portions of the team have also won numerous awards. A small sample: In 1996 and 1997 Kari Hodges won the New York State forensic league championship in Dramatic Interpreation, an award also won in 1992 by Maggie Siff. Rachel Haber and Benji Unger took home the state championship in Declamation in 2001 and 2002. Kayan Clarke and Xizi Qiu were state champions in Original Oraory in 1997 and 2002. Patrick Woods won the state championship in Student Congress in 1998.
Bronx Science debaters have amassed many major titles: Emory University's Barkley Forum for High Schools, the Harvard National Invitational, the Lexington Winter Classic, Hendrick Hudson, T.A. Edison, University of Southern California, Villiger, the Northeast Regional Championships, the Newark Debates, the Westchester Classic, the Robert J. Kaiser Invitational, the Scarsdale Jeffrey Williams Lincoln-Douglas Debate Championship, Woodward Academy Novice Nationals, Woodward Academy Second Year Nationals, the MBA Round Robin, the Bronx Round Robin, the Glenbrooks Round Robin, and the National Debate Coaches Association (NDCA) National Championship.
- Ocean Sciences Bowl Team, for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl competition
- Moot Court Team competes in the New York City Bar Association's Moot Court Competition
- Science Olympiad Team competes in annual Science Olympiad competition.
- Mock Trial Team
- Robotics Team. The Bronx Science Sciborgs (FIRST Team 1155) competes annually in the FIRST Robotics Competition. The team is a collaboration between students and mentors to design, fund, and construct a winning robot.
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- Winners, 2010 New York City Regional Finalists
- Winners, 2009 Connecticut Regional- Winner
- Winners, 2009 New York City Regional Finalists
- Winners, 2009 New York City Regional – Rockwell Automation and Innovation in Control award
- Winners, 2007 New York City Regional Chairman's Award
- Winners, 2007 New Jersey Regional Finalists
- Winners, 2006 New York City Engineering Inspiration Award:
- Winners, 2005 New York City Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers Entrepreneurship Award:
- Winners, 2004 New York City Delphi Driving Tomorrow Award
- All-Girls Robotics Team. The Bronx Science All-Girls FeMaidens (FIRST Team 2265) competes annually in the FIRST Robotics Competition. This team was created by the Bronx Science Sciborgs in 2007 as an effort to advance women in engineering.
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- Winners, 2010 New York City Regional – Winner
- Winners, 2010 New York City Regional – Engineering Inspiration Award
- Winners, 2010 New Jersey Regional – Imagery Award
- Winners, 2009 Connecticut Regional – Best Website
- Winners, 2008 New York City Regional – Website Excellence Award
- Winners, 2007 New York City Regional – Rookie All-Star Award
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