Wycoff Alumni Project
Teachers are continuously reaching out to the NSDA for help. These teachers may have no teaching materials, no school budget, and no alumni or community base to get them started. As die-hard coaches, Joe and I want to help. We are on a mission to give students from under-resourced schools the opportunity to be part of a speech and debate program.
Joe and I designed the Pay It Forward School grant program that we personally believe will make a tremendous difference. For $450 we provide a speech and debate team with:
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- coach training materials for professional development,
- a resource package of instructional materials and educational videos,
- a free NSDA school membership,
- 10 free student Honor Society memberships, and
- free online competition during the season.
This foundational grant also opens the door to access technology grants, program funding, and college scholarships.
The Pay It Forward Fund is designed for Speech and Debate Alumni, like you, to empower more students to reap the life-long benefits of Speech and Debate. Every dollar toward a school package will provide transformative speech and debate programs for students. A donation of any size to this fund could change a life.
In our district we have 98% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch and without this grant, we would not have been able to debate this year.
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- Recipient Coach, New Jersey
Thank You!
Thank you to the alumni of Pam & Joe Wycoff and Apple Valley HS.
Each of them is living proof of the impact speech and debate can have on a student’s life.
Reuben Advani
Doug Anderson
In Honor of Pam Wycoff, Jason Woehler, Joni Anker, and Pam Tremblay
Dave and Cathy Bartle
Megan Bartle
Chris Bentley
Nicolle Berg
Angela and Neil Bitzenhofer
Elizabeth Brama
David Brown
In Honor of Joe and Pam Wycoff
Vijay & Poonam Chandiramani
Adrine Chung
Ben Cohen
Chevala Conner
Beena Cook
Michael and J.W. Davies
Jill Englund
Eric Engstrom
Lance Fensterman
Jose Ferreira & Amy Felkner
Matt & Erica Forsman
Tony Garcia
In Honor of Joe and Pam Wycoff
Carol and Mike Gerbensky
Susan Gerbensky Klammer
Katie Gerbensky Serrano
Colin Goodson
Jeffrey and Michelle Grambo
Jane Branby Green and Duane Green Jr
Jenna Green Alden
In Honor of Joe and Pam Wycoff
Nancy Grimes
In Honor of Pam Wycoff
Lauren Grimm
Davin Grindstaff
John Halbach
In Honor of Scott Voss
Leah Halvorson
Seth Halvorson
In Honor of W. Scott Nobles, Richard Lesicko, Rog
Mosvick, and the Macalester College Debate Society
Julie Hassett
Shannon Heim
In Honor of Wayne Brinton
Alex Heisel
Sara Hermann Restad
Andrew Hermansen
Matt Herzog
Nicole Hinnebusch
Dan Hodges
Toni & Jason Hoffa
In Honor of Bryce, Grace, & Claire
Tim Hogan
Dennis & Rosemarie Hogan
Dawn Jenkins
Eric Kahnert
Matthew Kaler
In Memory of Chris Reiland
Annie Kastanek
Andrea Keohane
Jennifer Keohane
Anne Kerber
In Memory of Suzanne V. Loen Berg
Ann Kim
In Honor of Pam Wycoff
Suzi Kim Scott
Dan Kirkham
In Memory of Chris Reiland
Adam Koering
In Honor of The Koering Family
Jerry & Cathy Koering
In Honor of Adam, Jake, Sally, and Nate
Betsy and Cherian Koshy
Chad Kuyper
Denis & Sharon LaComb
In Honor of Brian LaComb & Melanie McMahon
Marshall Lichty
Robb Lindgren
Lisa Losure
Rose McDonough
Melanie McMahon
In Honor of Sharon and Denis LaComb
Peter Nikolai
In Honor of Jim Agan
Olusheun Olupitan
David Peterson
Sarah Pickell
Sarah and Jim Poker
Lindsey & Andy Poker
Rachel Poker
Matthew Potter
Zachary Prax
In Memory of Bob Ickes
Quaker Bakery
Brian & Missy Roberts
Jenna Robison Andrew
Ellen Roos
Michael Sawers
Lindsay Schleisman
Kirsten Shubring
Peter Simones
In Honor of Joe and Pam Wycoff
Andrea Singh
David Singh
Krystyn Spratt
Gena Stern
Lindsey Teigland
Aimee Teslaw
Maria Thayer
Brant Ullery
In Honor of Joe and Pam Wycoff
Charis VanDusen Thatcher
In Honor of Matt Kaler
Deborah Theis
Scott and Tzitel Voss
Joe & Pam Wycoff
In Honor of the Speech & Debate Alumni of Apple
Valley High School, MN
Joe & Pam Wycoff
In Memory of Caitlin Losure Bigwood, Edward Murray McKay, and David Roland
Sally Zimney
In Honor of Pam Wycoff
Angela Zurick
In Honor of Pam Wycoff
Jennifer Zurick
In Honor of Pay Wycoff
The school board does not provide any funding to extracurriculars like Speech and Debate, so we are entirely self-funded. Having the support will enable us to access resources for the benefit of the team which we wouldn’t have access to normally.
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- Recipient Coach, Indiana
Our team is starting “Small but Mighty.” We opted to have a team this year to give our students opportunities that other schools have. Since our staff is limited and our location makes things hard, we are trying to give our students as many possibilities as possible.
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- Recipient Coach, Alaska