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New York City Middle School Tournament #3 (12/6/14)
 LAST WEEKEND...
THE LARGEST MIDDLE SCHOOL DEBATE TOURNAMENT IN NYC HISTORY WITH 500+ STUDENTS! 

NEXT WEEKEND... 
NEW YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT #2 AND
NEW YORK CITY TRAVEL TEAM TOURNAMENT #4!

 
This week we celebrate our Middle School and Elementary School Debaters!  Over 500 students competed this weekend, 161 judges volunteered, and 39 schools participated in the largest middle school tournament in New York City history!  Thank you to all students, parents, judges, volunteers, staff, teachers, principals and everyone for making this weekend so inspiring.  NYC middle school students debated the following topics yesterday: (1) prison reform, (2) ocean and environmental policy, (3) legalization of assisted suicide, (4) ethics of eating meat, and (5) education reform. Additional history was made in the Public Forum & Policy Debate Divisions with two features thanks to Tabroom Director Peter Berrard!  First, debate tournament updates are now LIVE! during the tournament on www.speechwire.com/live!  Everyone can log in for live updates of tournament rounds, schedules, schematics, and results!  Second, for the first time we featured a fourth "Champion Round" in each division featuring the top two teams and a panel of expert judges! 

Next week is NYC High School Tournament #2!  The registration deadline to sign up is this Wednesday on www.speechwire.com.  And we always need judges, so please click here to sign up to judge this coming Saturday!  And good luck to our High School Travel Team which will be competing in New Jersey next weekend! 

Thanks again to everyone making Saturday's tournament such a success! 
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NEW YORK CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL TOURNAMENT #3
12/6/14

TOURNAMENT RESULTS!

A huge shout outs for our Middle School Conference #3!  Thank you to the Anderson School, Computer School and Berkeley Carroll for hosting!  And thank you to all the judges, schools, teachers, parents, students, volunteers and staff that made this tournament possible!  Below are the top ten awards presented in every debate division.  However, our largest division of Beginners Public Forum Debate and Beginners Parliamentary Debate featured over 150 individual speakers each and so for complete results please click here!

School Sweepstakes Awards (Public Forum & Policy Debate)

1st Place - Institute for Collaborative Education 

2nd Place - Simon Baruch 

3rd Place - Frederick Douglas Academy VIII

4th Place - KIPP - AMP

5th Place - Hunters Point Community Middle School

6th Place - Berkeley Carroll

7th Place - MS 297 - Hawtree Creek Middle School

8th Place - Equity Project Charter School

9th Place - IS 302 Rafael Cordero y Molina

10th Place - Democracy Prep Endurance 

 

School Sweepstakes Awards (Parliamentary Debate)

1st Place - Anderson School

2nd Place - Hunter

3rd Place - Salk School

4th Place - PS 161

5th Place - Berkeley Carroll

6th Place - South Orangetown

7th Place - Computer School

8th Place - Success Academy Harlem West

9th Place - IS 230 Magnet School for Civics/Community

10th Place - Success Academy Harlem West

 

Advanced Public Forum Debate Speaker Awards

1st Place - Claire Buchanan (Institute for Collaborative Education)

2nd Place - Theo Spaedelle (Institute for Collaborative Education)

3rd Place - Sophie Levit (Hunters Point)

4th Place - Dylan James (Institute for Collaborative Education)

5th Place - Angelina Araya (Hunters Point Community)

6th Place - Aayusha Duwadi (Hunters Point Community)

7th Place - Genesis Logan (Frederick Douglas Academy)

8th Place - Dayna-Leigh Hudson (MS 297 Hawtree Creek Middle)

9th Place - Charlie Wolther (Simon Baruch)

10th Place - Liberty Lehr (Institute for Collaborative Education)

 

Beginner Public Forum Debate Speaker Awards

1st Place - Joanis Arthur (Equity Project)

2nd Place - Victoria Sotomayor (Berkeley Carroll)

3rd Place - Venkatesh Gunaseelan (AGAPE Princeton)

4th Place - Maya Gunaseelan (AGAPE Princeton)

5th Place - Shreya Addepalli (AGAPE Queens)

6th Place - Eliot Seol (NYC Debate Club)

7th Place - Jasmine Jackson (Democracy Prep)

8th Place - Jalene Taylor (Hunters Point)

9th Place - Elijah Semple (IS 302 Rafael Coldero)

10th Place - Valerie Peralta (MS 318) 

 

Policy Debate Speaker Awards

1st Place - Nitish Rajagopal (AGAPE Long Island)

2nd Place - Jenea Taylor (KIPP Academy)

3rd Place - Davon Collins (KIPP Academy)

4th Place - Cyan Mumford (KIPP Academy)

5th Place - Dakota Champagne (Berkeley Carroll)

6th Place - Lisette McShane (Berkeley Carroll)

7th Place - Destiny Romaine (KIPP Academy)

8th Place - Kalanie Best (KIPP Academy)

9th Place - Saul Vargas (KIPP Academy)

10th Place - William Lin (AGAPE Princeton)

 

Advanced Parliamentary Debate Speaker Awards

1st Place - Teddy Tawil (Hunter)

2nd Place - Daniel Brown (Anderson School)

3rd Place - Adam Neville (Salk School)

4th Place - Luigi Auquilla (Success Academy Harlem East)

5th Place - Elenea Soler (Success Academy Harlem East)

6th Place - Ben Slater (Hunter)

7th Place - Branden Williams (Success Academy Harlem East)

8th Place - Hannah Abrams (Hunter)

9th Place - Tali Natter (Anderson)

10th Place - Katherine Rosas (PS 161)

 

Beginner Parliamentary Debate Speaker Awards

1st Place - Max Selendy (Speyer Legacy)

2nd Place - Lois Kim (South Orange)

3rd Place - Menasha Thomas (Anderson)

4th Place - Elaine Tanel (Anderson)

5th Place - Sara Azcona-Miller (Berkeley Carroll)

6th Place - Alexander Gerstenhaber (Speyer Legacy)

7th Place - Andreas Psahos (Hunter)

8th Place - Vivian Fang (Anderson)

9th Place - Sam Karkoe (South Orange)

10th Place - Ethan Joo (Hunter)

 

Advanced Public Forum Debate Team Awards

1st Place - Dylan James & Theo Spaedelle (Institute for Collaborative Education)

2nd Place - Zayaan Shariff & James Harrison (Institute for Collaborative Education)

3rd Place - Claire Buchanan & Liberty Lehr (Institute for Collaborative Education)

4th Place - Lauren Corcoran & Charlie Wolther (Simon Baruch)

5th Place - Haley Resnick & Liam Harney (Simon Baruch)

6th Place - Sulaiman Khan & Minhauzar Rahman (Frederick Douglas Academy)

7th Place - Justin Ali (MS 297 - Hawtree Creek Middle School)

8th Place - Katrice Ramirez & Genesis Logan (Frederick Douglas Academy)

9th Place - Josie Ingall & Emily Hur (Institute for Collaborative Education)

10th Place - Dayna-Leigh Hudson & Jaida Boodram (MS 297 Hawtree Creek Middle School)

 

Policy Debate Team Awards

1st Place - Travell Francis & Davon Collins (KIPP AMP)

2nd Place - Shayan Ashraf & Caroline Lee (AGAPE Long Island)

3rd Place - Dakota Champagne & Lisette McShane (Berkeley Carroll)

4th Place - Justin Lin & Nitish Rajagopal (AGAPE Long Island)

5th Place - William Lin & Shaun Hsueh (AGAPE Princeton)

6th Place - Destiny Romaine & Cyan Mumford (KIPP AMP)

7th Place - Dominick Hesell & Jenea Taylor (KIPP AMP)

8th Place - Saul Vargas & Kalanie Best (KIPP AMP)

9th Place - Sunny Hu & Jessie Liang (AGAPE Princeton)

10th Place - Viraj Jayum & Hansie Wang (AGAPE Long Island)

 

Beginners Public Forum Debate Team Awards

1st Place - Floria Auerbach & Victoria Sotomayor (Berkeley Carroll)

2nd Place - Yanely Pena & Joanis Arthur (Equity Project)

3rd Place - Joseph Ailaca & Elijah Semple (IS 302 Rafael Cordero)

4th Place - Anabella Advincula & Dash Advincula (NYC Debate Club)

5th Place - Aya Ismail & Zoja Misut (Hunters Point Community)

6th Place - Angelica Qin & Serena Chen (AGAPE Princeton)

7th Place - Jessalyn Henriquez & Alba Bryant (Equity Project)

8th Place - Emma Basch & Harrison Picallo (Simon Baruch)

9th Place - Salma Hamed & Sofia Kosmidis Jarmaillo (Hunters Point)

10th Place - Alicia Cynamon & Leila Pena Giancoli (Hunters Point) 

 

Beginner Parliamentary Debate Top Team Awards

1st Place - Alexander Gerstenhaber, Drake Roth, Max Selendy (Speyer Legacy School)

2nd Place - Menasha Thomas, Elaine Tanel, Sophie Nichol (Anderson)

3rd Place - Jeremy Kim, Andreas Psahos, Lance James (Hunter)

4th Place - Vivian Frang, Pratham Rawat, Bernard Wang (Anderson)

5th Place - Sam Markoe, Peter Wu, Hannah Ahn (South Orange)

6th Place - Andrew Eastwick, Theo Green, Jackson Trader (Salk School)

7th Place - Samntha Chen, Annie Wang, Dana Karson (Hunter)

8th Place - Aryan Sharma, Nathan Auyeung, Ela Gulsen (Anderson)

9th Place - Cassidy Allen, Sanaa Chakour, Angela Sukhdeo (PS 232)

10th Place - Stephen Chin, Brnadon Guy, Jonathan Young (South Orange)

 

Advanced Parliamentary Debate Top Team Awards

1st Place - Tali Natter, Dipanshi Sharma, Daniel Brown (Anderson)

2nd Place - Tedy Tawil, Nate Kruger, Felix Roz (Hunter)

3rd Place - Brianna Scott, Latif Diaoune (Success Academy Harlem West)

4th Place - Ben Slater, Inko Bovenzi, Adam Light (Hunter)

5th Place - Adam Neville, Henry Pomerance & Zachary Canale (Salk School)

6th Place - Tajaih Robison, Christopher Paucar, Luigi Auquilla (Harlem East)

7th Place - Ana Mesa, Ava Sonies, Ben Jacob (Berkeley Carroll)

8th Place - Ethan Nanavati, Wolff Giligan, Joshua Hochstat (Salk School)

9th Place - Andrew Grinzayd, Salam Eissa-Kader, Baker Kolvenbach (Salk School)

10th Place - Aidan Feighery, Crystal Wang, Paul Bontempo (Anderson School)
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BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND DEBATE INVITATIONAL
JANUARY 28TH!

Beveridge & Diamond

Thank you to Beveridge & Diamond for hosting the Beveridge & Diamond Debate Invitational on January 28th for our top public forum debate teams!  Beveridge & Diamond, which specializes in environmental law, will also be sponsoring our first April Environmental Debate Month to celebrate Earth Day as well!  Thank you so much to Nadia Wagner and Paula Schauwecker and everyone at Beveridge & Diamond for making this possible! 
BANK OF AMERICA DEBATE INVITATIONAL

Bank of America

Thank you to Bank of America for hosting our first Bank of America Debate Invitational in January for our top teams in public forum debate.  Thank you to Yaira Brito, Gretchen Garnecho, and Bank of America for making this possible!  And thank you for offering an inspirational evening for our debaters to not only debate but learn about careers in finance as well as personal financial education. 
MONTHLY INTELLIGENCE SQUARED DEBATE NIGHT!

JANUARY 15th!

IQ2

Intelligence Squared (IQ2) and the New York City Urban Debate League have teamed up for an incredible debate program for NYC youth!  Every month Intelligence Squared hosts live adult debates featuring the top experts from across the world on different topics each month. Our debaters are invited to each of these debates, and learn and interview the top experts from across the world including Nobel Prize Winners, Authors, Professors, Government Leaders, Journalists and more!  And then our debaters apply all this primary source research to our monthly debates on the same topic! Thank you to Intelligence Squared for such an incredible opportunity!

Intelligence Squared Debate Nights!

January 15 (Thursday)
February 11 (Wednesday)
March 11 (Wednesday)
March 31 (Tuesday)
April 15 (Wednesday)
May 13 (Wednesday
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High School

Upcoming High School Tournament

Date
12/13/14

Location
Institute for Collaborative Education

Policy Debate Topic

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its non-military exploration and/or development of the Earth's oceans.


Public Forum Debate Topic
Resolved: For-profit prisons in the United States should be banned.

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About the High School Division
The New York City High School Debate League is one of the most successful debate leagues in the nation. Our debaters have won city, state, regional and national championships.  Our debaters have reached the elimination rounds at every majority national debate tournament including Harvard University, Yale University, Georgetown University, Dartmouth University. Between 95% - 100% of our high school debaters graduate and are accepted to college - many receiving full or partial scholarships because of debate.  

Middle School

Upcoming Middle School Tournament: THE FALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Date
1/10/14

Locations
Brooklyn Technical High School

Policy Debate Topic

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its non-military exploration and/or development of the Earth's oceans.


Public Forum Debate Topic
Based on a nationwide vote, the 2015 January Public Forum topic is, Resolved: United Nations peacekeepers should have the power to engage in offensive operations.  A total of 255 schools and 245 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 64% of the school vote and 81% percent of the student vote.

Parliamentary Debate Topics

1. This House will decriminalize recreational drug use.
2. This House believes youth competitive sports do more harm than good.
3. (Intelligence Squared Debate Topic)  This House will allow genetically modified food.


Judge Sign Up Forms
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About the Middle School Division

The New York City Middle School Debate League is the largest citywide middle school debate league in the country and features nearly every national debate style including Public Forum Debate, Parliamentary Debate, and Policy Debate.  Advanced middle school debaters can also participate in our high school league. Click here for the NYC Middle School Debate League Tournament Calendar!
Elementary

Upcoming Elementary School Tournament

Date
1/10/14

Locations
Brooklyn Technical High School 

Debate Topic

TBA

 

Judge Sign Up Form

TBA

 

About the Elementary School Division
The New York City Urban Debate League founded one of the first Elementary School Debate Leagues in the nation and the first Elementary School Debate Championships! Click here for the NYC Elementary School Debate League Tournament Calendar!

White House The Brown Rudnick Travel Team provides regional and national travel opportunities to top debaters. Our Travel Team competes at every national circuit tournament on the East Coast including Harvard, Georgetown, Princeton, Yale and many others! Click here for the NYC Travel Debate Team Calendar! 

Upcoming Tournament Date:

December 13th
Ridge High School Debate Invitational
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
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SIGN UP TO BE A DEBATE JUDGE! 

The New York City Debate League is one of the largest debate leagues in the nation. Over 1000 students and 100 schools participate each year.  All this is made possible by our judge volunteers who serve on a Saturday so that NYC youth can participate in debate. We need your help! Whether you have debate experience or never have done debate before - we need your help this year to bring debate to all NYC youth!  Email us at nycudl@gmail.com to judge or sign up on one of he judge forms below! 

December 13th High School Tournament Judge Sign Up Form.  
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Mentors help to bring debate to a school and make that debate program successful and sustainable. Mentors serve as a role model, friend and advisor to their debate mentee students.  And help their mentees not just in debate but college, career and beyond. 
SIGN UP TO INTERN FOR THE NYC DEBATE LEAGUE! 

Whether your skills and career interests are in debate, education, social media, photography, fundraising - we need your help to bring debate to every school in New York City.  Please contact us at nycudl@gmail.com if interested in interning for the debate league! 
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Elementary
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NYC Elementary School Debate Club
The NYC Debate League started one of the first elementary school debate leagues in the nation. Our Elementary Debate Club meets once a month at middle school and elementary tournaments for workshops and practice debates. Click here to learn more.
NYC Middle School Debate Club
The NYC Debate League is the largest middle school debate league in the nation. For students who do not have debate teams at their school or who would like additional practices, the NYC Middle School Debate Club meets nearly every Saturday and competes once a month at Middle School Debate Tournaments.  Click here to learn more.
NYC High School Debate Club
NYC high school debaters are among the top debaters in the country.  If you do not have a team at your school or if you would like additional practices, then join the NYC High School Debate Club! Click here to learn more.
STARTING A DEBATE TEAM AT YOUR SCHOOL IN 3 STEPS!
Our mission is that every school should have a debate team and every student should have access to the best debate education opportunities. 
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Registration is open to all elementary, middle and high schools!  The NYC Debate League provides year round support - training, professional development, curriculum, workshops, outreach, debate nights, monthly tournaments which include student meals, and summer debate camps - anything and everything to support debate teams in NYC. 
STEP #2: SCHEDULE A TRAINING SESSION!


The NYC Debate League staff is award winning and have coached local, regional and national debate champions.  We also have a huge network of volunteers, alumni, mentors, and college debaters to support your team. 99% of our teachers have no debate experience and so we provide any training and resources as needed to start and sustain a successful debate program!  Click here to make an appointment for us to visit your school! 
STEP #3: 
COME TO ONE OF OUR MONTHLY DEBATE TOURNAMENTS!

Bring your debaters to one of our tournaments or workshops! 

Nearly every weekend we host elementary school, middle school and high school debate tournaments, workshops and practices. Your debate team is more than welcome to come watch or compete at any of our tournaments. We also host workshops for new debaters at each tournament as well!


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