On Monday December 7, 2009, SMA N I Pacitan held English Debate and Drama Competition among students. The participants of the Drama Contest were tenth year students while those for Debate Competition were the eleventh year of SMA N 1 Pacitan.
The two kinds of contest were aimed at promoting the students freer speaking activity through fun and enjoyable outdoor activities. It was opened by Mr. Drs. Prayitno, M.Pd., the Headmaster in the opening ceremony attended by the Head of the National Education Department of Pacitan, six juries, teachers and student representatives.
Two of the six juries for the two contests were Firdos and Rachel, the two interns from Zealand who have been staying in SMA N Pacitan for eight days.
The winners of the Debate Competition were the students from year XI Science 3 as the first winner, XI Science 1 as the second and the third winner was those from XI Science 2.
The first winner of the drama Contest went to year X3, the second went to X2, and Year X1 got the third winner.