Nancy Green
The National Speech & Debate Association has announced McCallie's Nancy H. Green is its newest diamond coach.
Ms. Green received a First Diamond Award after earning 1,501 points in January. A diamond award recognizes a professional career that combines excellence and longevity. The Association provides diamond awards based on coach points received. Coaches receive one-tenth the points earned by their students and one-tenth of the points earned as a student member of the association.
After a minimum of five years as a National Speech & Debate Association member, a coach who attains 1,500 points is awarded a first diamond; he or she receives a second diamond for 3,000 points, a third for 6,000 points, and so on. Five years must pass between each diamond award.
The National Speech & Debate Association is the largest interscholastic speech and debate organization serving middle school, high school, and collegiate students in the United States.
English teacher Erin Tocknell's piece, "The Cost of Discipleship," was included in the March issue of Sojourners magazine, the publication of a national Christian organization.
The summary included in the magazine reads, "When Nashville pastors and seminary students took a stand during the Civil Rights era, their own congregations were often their harshest critics."
Erin Tocknell