Student and Organization Awards

• November 2012 - Tam Ngo was a finalist in the HISD Holiday Greeting Card Competition.

• 2013 National Merit Scholarship Competition Semifinalists

Ahmed, Shannon
Bilal, Mohammad
Khanna, Anchit
Lee, Jeremiah
Meremikwu, Nathalie
Patanam, Tariq
Pham, Tiffany
Rath, Smruti
Thompson, Kristen
Yu, Serene

• 2013 National Achievement Scholarship Competition Semifinalists

Adenekan, Rachel
DeSilva Bradley, Anusha
Lizzappi, Malcolm
Meremikwu, Nathalie
Turner, Acara

• National Hispanic Recognition Program 2012-2013 Award Recipients

Bocanegra, Carlos
Gomez, Andrea
Hernandez, Jennifer
Ibarra, Nancy
Kraus, Jacob
Lopez, Melani
Padilla, Elizabeth
Ponce, Brian
Rovira, Linda
Simonds, Michael
Smith, Dylan

• October 2012 - Debate and Forensics Team competed in the Kingwood High School Debate Tournament. The team won 1st place in Debate and 2nd place in Overall Sweepstakes.
• Varsity Level
  
  Mrinal Sharma - Quarterfinalist - Championship LD
  Xena Nam/Eleanor Gilbert - Octofinalist - Public Forum
  Poornima Tamma/Alyssa Arceo - Octofinalist - Public Forum
  Xena Nam - Finalist - Original Oratory
  Poornima Tamma - Semifinalist - Original Oratory
  Xena Nam - 2nd Place - International Extemporaneous Speech
  Poornima Tamma - Semifinalist - International Extemporaneous Speech
  Ahmed Abdelhamid - 3rd Place - Domestic Extemp
  Eleanor Gilbert  - 6th Place - Prose
  Poornima Tamma - Semifinalist - Poetry
  
• Novice Level
  
  Pavan Pinnamaneni- 2nd Place - Novice LD
  Praneeth Kamp- Octofinalist - Novice LD
  Nathalie Meremikwu - Best Speaker - Novice LD
  Nicole Ikefuma/Samira Traore - 2nd Place - Novice PF
  Benaias Esayeas/Zubin Colah - Quarterfinalist - Novice PF
  Omid Abaei - Top Speaker - Novice PF
  Nicole Ikefuma - 2nd Place - Novice Extemp
  Samira Traore - Semifinalist - Novice Extemp
  Benaias Esayeas - Semifinalist - Novice Extemp
  Zubin Colah - Semifinalist - Novice Extemp
  Nathalie Meremikwu - Semifinalist - Novice Extemp
  Mrinal Sharma - Semifinalist - Novice Poetry
  
• September 2012 - Debate and Forensics Team competed in the "Honorable Marvin P. Isgur Tournament" hosted by the Houston Urban Debate League in September. Students had to overcome the challenge of debating three different formats including, World Schools, Public Forum, and Policy Debate. DeBakey entered 3 teams, two in Varsity and one in JV. There were a total of 179 teams competing; 50 in Varsity, 19 in JV, and the rest in Novice, of which we had none. The results:
• Varsity
  
  Poornima Tamma and Xena Nam - 2nd Place Finalist
  Ahmed Abdelhamid and Alyssa Arceo - Semi-finalist
  
• Junior Varsity
  Ravi Tummala and Omid Abaei  - 1st place Champions 
 
• May 2012 - Anchit Khanna, a student at DeBakey HSHP, was selected from approximately 80 teams as the winner of the 2012 BTB High School Design Competition. Read more...



• April 2012 - HOSA (Health Occupation Student of America)

Area Competition - 127 Total Winners