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Sep 15 - Debate Camp!
Yale & Georgetown!
Oct. 13 - Tournament #1
Debate Curriculum
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International Debate
2012-2013 NYC LOCAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

Below is our schedule of local NYC debates that we host.  All grade levels - Elementary School, Middle School, and High School divisions. Everything is free (registration, breakfast, lunch). Debaters should arrive 9:00am, registration closes at 9:30am. For complete listing of every weekend debate invitational see our website.  

9/15 - Training Day! - Mini Debate Camp & Practice Debate (Achievement First Charter School) Click here for logistics.


11/10 - Tournament #2 (East Bronx Academy)

12/1 - Tournament #3 (ACORN Community HS)

1/5 - Tournament #4 (Brooklyn Tech)


3/16 - Tournament #6 - National Championships Qualifier (Institute for Collaborative Education)

4/5 - 4/6  Tournament #7 - City Championships (John Jay)

5/11 - Tournament # 8 - Early Bird Tournament (Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice)
2012-2013 NYC TRAVEL TEAM TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

Schools interested in travel to out of state debate tournaments each month can join our Travel Pool program.  All travel and housing provided by the NYC Debate League and member schools!  Contact [email protected] for more information.

10/26-10/27 - Manchester Debate Invitational (Boston)

11/2-11/3 - Vassar Classic (New York)

11/9-11/11 - Binghamton University Invitational

11/17-11/18 - Little Lexington Debate Invitational (Boston)

12/7-12/8 - Ridge Debate Invitational (New Jersey)

 

2/1-2/2 - Newark Debate Invitational (New Jersey)

2/15-2/18 -  Harvard University Invitational Tournament (Boston)

3/1-3/2 - Lakeland Invitational (New York)

2012-2013 VARSITY NATIONAL CIRCUIT TRAVEL TEAM TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

 

9/28-9/30 - Georgetown University Invitational  Click here for logistics.

 

10/19-10/21 - New York City Invitational

 

11/2-11/3 -  Vassar Classic(New York)  

11/10 - Binghamton University Invitational or UDL Tournament #2 Judging

(Chicago).  

12/7-12/8 - Ridge Debate Invitational (New Jersey)







5/24-5/26 - National Catholic Forensics League Championships 
(Philadelphia)

(Birmingham, Alabama)

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THE NYC DEBATE LEAGUE
BE GREAT! BE A GREAT DEBATER!
Greetings!

Welcome back to school!  Welcome back to the debate season! Starting this weekend our Great Debaters have tournament and workshop opportunities nearly every single weekend for the rest of the school year!!!  This weekend we'll be in Brooklyn!! Next weekend we'll be at Yale University.  The following weekend we'll be at Georgetown University!  And then October 13th is our first city wide tournament!!!!!  September is always our favorite month and busiest month!  New schools are starting debate programs!  Experienced schools are recruiting a new class of Great Debaters!  So whatever you need to help start or expand your debate team let us know!  This month we have a mini debate camp, weekly drop in workshops at our debate centers, debate curriculum and starter packets, and of course we can always drop by your school!  So welcome back everyone and this year will be our best debate season yet!!!!  Shout out to all our schools, teachers, parents, principals, students, coaches, volunteers, and supporters for supporting debate - New York City's most rigorous and successful academic program!

BE GREAT!  BE A GREAT DEBATER!

Sincerely,
Erik Fogel
The New York City Urban Debate League
www.nycdebate.org; ww.facebook.com/nycudl
917-455-1079
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Mini Debate Camp - September 15th (Saturday) at Achievement First Charter School
All students, teachers, volunteers are invited to attend our first event of the school year - Debate Camp on Saturday, September 15th at Achievement First Charter School, 1485 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY, 9:00am-3:00pm!  Open to all grade levels! Anything and everything you need to jump start the debate season!  If you are a coach - training, materials and curriculum!  If you are a student, all the training and evidence needed for your first tournament!  Breakfast and lunch provided!  Finally, we would like to give a shout out to our host for the Mini Debate Camp - Achievement First Charter School!  Click here for more information and directions!  Thank You!
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YALE AND GEORGETOWN... HERE WE COME!
While our first city wide tournament is on October 13th, our varsity debaters will be competing at two of the nation's most prestigious and competitive tournaments in September!  September 22nd-23rd is the Yale University High School Invitational. And the following weekend is the Georgetown University High School Invitational!  Two exciting weekends of college visits and tours, all day debate rounds (Georgetown offers 11 straight debate rounds X 1 1/2 hours a round = 16.5 hours of debates = 2 full schools days of academic instruction).....You wont find a more rigorous academic program for your students nor a better location for our scholars than 
two of the top universities in the world!!! For our Varsity Travel Pool Schools, click here for Yale logistics and click here for Georgetown logistics.  We have high expectations for our Great Debaters!!!.... last year our teams made elimination rounds at both tournaments, defeating top debate teams from across the country, and winning several top awards!  Good luck to everyone!
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NYC Tournament #1 - October 13th! at the Institute for Collaborative Education
For over a decade the Institute for Collaborative Education (ICE), 345 East 15th Street 5th Floor, Manhattan, NY, has hosted the city's first debate tournament of the year.  And this year will be no exception! You can register your team online at www.tabroom.com starting on September 17th or contact [email protected] for registration information.  Or of course come by for our first workshop on September 15th for a general orientation. Debaters, judges and everyone should arrive at the tournament by 9:00am for breakfast.  At 9:30am registration closes.  The tournament will feature policy debate and public forum debate for all grade levels. Round 1 should begin at 10:00am. Round 2 follows soon after.  All debaters will enjoy a fantastic lunch. Elementary and middle school debaters will have an awards ceremony and should be finished between 2:00pm-3:00pm. High School debaters have an additional round after lunch and their awards ceremony should be finished between 5:00pm-6:00pm.  (If you think that's a long debate day wait for our Harvard Debate Tournament which is four days of debate from 7:00am-9:00pm!). Shout outs to the Institute for Collaborative Education for hosting! 
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2012-2013 Debate Curriculum & Resources Now Available!
Thanks to our incredible coaches and alumni, thanks to our sister urban debate leagues especially the Dallas Urban Debate League, Boston Urban Debate Leagues, Houston Urban Debate League, and National Association of Urban Debate Leagues - there are so many materials and curriculum available for coaches and debaters in policy debate. Click here to access the Starter Packet for the first tournament, Curriculum resources, Coaches Guide and more! For public forum debate, all the same resources can also be used but also contact [email protected] for topic resources for each of the monthly public forum debate topics!  And if you need anything else for the first tournament, please do not hesitate to let us know!
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Call for Volunteers!
As the city's free debate league for all students, we rely on an incredible network of volunteers - students, alumni, parents, teachers, and everyone passionate about education, debate, civics and providing the best opportunities for New York City youth! We need judges for each of our monthly tournaments.  No experience required, we provide a training session, breakfast, lunch and incredible debates!  So please contact [email protected] or sign up on our contact sheet.  We would love to have you at our first tournament, October 13th!  Thank you so much for supporting all our students to become Great Debaters!
 
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2012 - 2013 DEBATE CALENDARS NOW AVAILABLE!
Visit our website to check out the 2012-2013 Debate Calendars!  All our tournaments feature policy debate and public forum debate and soon we plan to add international debate! 

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WEEKLY DEBATE CENTERS OPENING FOR BUSINESS!
We offer debate centers in each borough for any students or teachers to drop in for the best debate training, supplies and snacks!  In Queens, St. John's University and the St. John's Debate team offers an amazing debate center on Mondays. In the Bronx there is no better location than right next to Yankee Stadium.  In Brooklyn, our debate center will be opening soon at Borough Hall.  And in Manhattan, Columbia University will be opening soon!   Click here for more information on our debate centers and contact [email protected] for opening day information!
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SIGN UP FOR THE 2012-2013 DEBATE SEASON!
The New York City Debate League is free for all students and all schools!  Sign up for the 2012-2013 debate season! Weekly workshops, monthly tournaments, professional development, summer debate camps, books, materials, curriculum, scholarships - everything you need to start a debate team at your school is free. Don't have a debate team at your school? No problem!  We provide free tournaments, training, materials and everything else you need! Not sure of what type of debate you want to do?  We have all types of debate - policy debate, public forum debate, international debate and more! Whatever you need! Whenever you need! Wherever you need! Just let us know!! We believe that all students should be Great Debaters!  Contact Erik Fogel, [email protected], 917-455-1079, or sign up online!
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$20,000 in Scholarships for the World's Great Debaters in the International Public Policy Forum Debate Competition!
Sign up now for the International Public Policy Forum - an international debate competition open to all schools throughout the world.  NYC schools have received top honors including Hostos Community High School and Brooklyn Tech.  In fact, last year Brooklyn Tech made it all the way to the Final Rounds by defeating the top private schools in the USA and the top national teams from nations across the world!  Shout outs to Coach Adam Stevens and the Great Debaters of Brooklyn Tech!  We are planning a series of workshops to train any debaters interested.  So contact [email protected] for more information on training.  Or visit the website of the International Public Policy Forum.  Shout outs to the Bickel and Brewer Foundation for sponsoring a free debate tournaments for students across the world... our Global Great Debaters!
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$35,000 in Scholarships for the Nation's Top Debaters in The Ronald Reagan Great Communicator Debate Series!
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation's Walter and Leonore Annenberg Presidential Learning Center is proud to announce The Ronald Reagan Great Communicator Debate Series, which will award $35,000 in scholarship funds to outstanding high school debate students across the nation. The Ronald Reagan Great Communicator Debate Series is designed to provide an avenue for high school students across the country to develop their civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions as they research, discuss, and engage in public debate. Rather than follow the traditional school year, this program is designed to align with and leverage the energy of Election 2012.  For more information, click here.

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