Jose Luis Correa: “Today I rise to honor the Santa Ana High School debate team, and their coach, Sal Tinajero. They won the National High…”

“Today I rise to honor the Santa Ana High School debate team, and their coach, Sal Tinajero. They won the National High School Division Speech Championship. They took first place, and they won the School of Excellence Award. More than 1400 schools across the country competed at the National Speech and Debate Association. This is the largest speech and debate tournament in the Nation, and Santa Ana High School took first place. This is a huge honor. It shows that hard work and dedication pays off. I thank our national award-winning coach, Sal Tinajero, as well, for his dedication to the students. Coach Tinajero started the debate program at Santa Ana High School a few years ago, and those students have become tremendous debaters. Coach Sal has shown the Nation that Santa Ana is, again, home of champions. Santa Ana students, we are proud of you. We are tremendously excited that you, again, have shown us what you are made of. Coach Sal, muchas gracias. ____________________”