Our Mock Trial teams have done it again. For the past eight years now, Ambrose has qualified for the state Mock Trial competition. To get there, they face teams from schools much larger than Ambrose: schools like Capital, Centennial, and Rocky Mountain. Last Saturday at the regionals in Caldwell, Ambrose B Team placed first by receiving 9 ballots and 900 points; A Team received 8 ballots and 911 points. Third place Centennial garnered 6 ballots and 823 points.

Both Ambrose teams will represent the school at the state competition that begins Wednesday, March 19th, at the Ada County Courthouse. “Anything can happen at state,” says David Goodwin, Headmaster and Mock Trial advisor. “It all depends on who you draw for the competition,” – meaning there’s no guarantee that the best two teams will face each other in the final round. However, four times in the last seven years, Ambrose has ended up facing Logos School of Moscow in the championship round. Logos will again be traveling to Boise for state again this year and so the odds seem to be in favor of a rematch. Logos is the only other classical Christian school in Idaho that competes in Mock Trial which shows how a CCE education, which includes strong training in rhetoric and logic, enables students to quickly analyze and win critical arguments in a case.

To learn more about mock trial: http://isb.idaho.gov/ilf/lre/mock_trial.html

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