Congratulations Annacemone – NSW Combined High Schools (CHS) Debating Team

08 Jul 2025

Congratulations to Annacemone Nashid, who has been selected to represent all NSW government schools in the NSW Combined High Schools (CHS) debating squad. She will go on to compete in the NSW Representative Debating Cup. Huge thank you to Ms Dixon Plumpton High School Debating Team Coach for her incredible expertise and commitment to our highly successful High Potential Gifted Education (HPGE) Debating and Public Speaking program.

CHS has a highly competitive selection process. On Saturday 28 June, Annacemone attended trials. NSW senior government school students trial for places in one of three representative Combined High Schools teams. Those teams then compete against other representative teams from various private school organisations in a bid to win the NSW Representative Debating Cup.

As a member of the NSW squad, Annacemone will take part in a series of training sessions with some of the state's most experienced coaches.

She will then compete in a series of representative rounds against private school debating associations during term 3. Annacemone is the only student gaining a position in the team who is not from a fully Selective Academic High School or Selective Stream High School, this demonstrating that at Plumpton High School our students, teachers and school are excelling in NSW. Other students in the team come from Sydney Girls HS (3), Fort Street HS, North Sydney Girls HS (2), Sydney Boys HS (4), Plumpton HS, Hornsby Girls HS, James Ruse Agricultural HS, Merewether HS, Normanhurst Boys HS and Inner Sydney HS.

Annacemone has had an outstanding year of successes in public speaking and debating. These include competing in the final of the Junior State Debating Championships (JSDC) regional finalist at the Plain English Speaking Award (PESA) and selection as a reserve for the NSW Debating Team and representing NSW at the National Schools Debating Competition (NSDC).

Congratulations again to Annacemone and Ms Dixon for these incredible achievements.

Tim Lloyd, Principal

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