Aubrey
NYC DEBATE STAFF WIN TOP EDUCATION AWARD!
 
This week we celebrate our Program Director, Aubrey Semple who was awarded with one of the city's top after school awards!  Each year the Partnership for After School Education (PASE) honors five of "New York City's most innovative and effective community educators." This year, Aubrey Semple was selected for his exemplary work with the NYC Urban Debate League! Next month he will be honored in front of over 500 city leaders from government, business, education, advocacy, philanthropy and youth development! Click here to learn more. "The PASEsetter Awards were the first, and remain the only, event of their kind in the afterschool field," according to Fern Khan, Dean Emerita, Division of Continuing Education at Bank Street College. "Each year we look forward with excitement to expressing our thanks to afterschool educators for their tireless efforts, to recognizing their critical importance to the families and communities they serve, and to reaffirming our collective commitment to New York City's children." 

Aubrey is an alumni of the urban debate league and has been an award winning high school debater, college debater, coach, volunteer, tabroom director, Summer Debate Director, and now Program Director.  He has coached NYC debaters to win city, state and national titles.  You can find Aubrey every day visiting different schools in NYC to help start debate programs, directing NYC debate tournaments nearly every Saturday, and traveling with our Travel Team on Sundays - every day, year round - sharing his passion for debate.

And so we thank Aubrey as well as every single After School Educator in NYC who makes a daily difference on the lives of so many.
Sincerely, 

THE NEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE
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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 2-3 times a month and competes once a month in elementary school tournaments. 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 monthly at Middle School Debate Tournaments. Click here to learn more.
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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.
NYC SUMMER DEBATE INSTITUTE SIGN UP NOW OPEN! 
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ABOUT NYC SUMMER DEBATE INSTITUTES

 

Applications now open for New York City 2015 Summer Debate Institutes! 

Click here to apply now!


 

The New York City Urban Debate League hosts the longest and largest summer debate program in the nation with debate institutes throughout the summer in each of the boroughs. Our summer program is free for all schools and students that are members of the NYC Debate League, thanks to the incredible support of the Arthur Rupe Foundation.

 

Why Debate Camp?

 

Beginner Debaters! Learn the fundamentals of debate, develop public speaking skills, try out your first debate tournament and more!

 

Advanced Debaters! Train on the upcoming 2015-2016 debate topics!! Learn from top college debaters and debate master teachers! 

 

Teachers, Coaches and Judges! Learn everything about starting a debate team, all the debate formats, beginner and advanced debate coaching techniques, judging, team fundraising, team recruitment, and more!

 

All Debaters! Weeks of intense debate study by the top debate teachers and coaches! Coaches, classes, electives, debate supplies, breakfast, lunch, awards, scrimmages, law firm visits, mentors, tournaments and more!!  
INTRODUCING THE 
2015 NEW YORK CITY 
SUMMER DEBATE INSTITUTES!   

 

Click below for more details on each of our community debate institutes. Note - locations and dates are still being finalized. But please complete the summer application to be notified as we finalize details.

 

Bronx Debate Institute

http://debate.nyc/summer/bronx/
 

Brooklyn Debate Institute

http://debate.nyc/summer/brooklyn/
 

Harlem Debate Institute

http://debate.nyc/summer/harlem/ 

 

Queens Debate Institute

http://debate.nyc/summer/queens/
 

Manhattan Debate Institute

http://debate.nyc/summer/manhattan/
  

Varsity Debate Institute 

http://debate.nyc/summer/varsity/ 

  

Elementary School Debate Institute

http://debate.nyc/summer/elementary/
 

 

 
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BROWN RUDNICK TRAVEL TEAM TOURNAMENT RESULTS AT LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, MA
(1/16/15-1/19/15)

As we move into a new week of debate in the NYCUDL, we've concluded a great weekend of debates in NYC and outward. The Brown Rudnick Travel Team attended the 2015 Lexington Winter Invitational at Lexington High School in Massachusetts. Hundreds of competitors for all across the US, from Maryland, Florida, Texas, California to name a few competed at the prestigious national invitational. 

Our PF and Policy UDL schools, Maspeth, ACORN Community and Brooklyn Technical High School delivered great performances as all schools had teams finishing the tournament with winning records, including Brooklyn Technical HS (Dante DeBlasio/Sam Eluto) finishing as Octafinalists, 1 ballot shy of receiving their 2nd bid to the National Tournament of Champions. Dante DeBlasio also finished as 9th speaker of the Varsity Policy Debate Division.

Thanks to the coaches, teachers, parents and supporters of the debaters in the Brown Rudnick Travel Team for all of their support! Next tournament for the Travel Team: The Harvard National Invitational. Stay Tuned!

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NYC PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE TOURNAMENT # 4 RESULTS

(1/17/15)

 

School Sweepstakes Awards

1st Place - Institute for Collaborative Education

2nd Place - Hunters Point Community Middle School

3rd Place - MS 297 - Hawtree Creek Middle School

4th Place - KIPP Academy

5th Place - IS 187

6th Place - Cornerstone Academy for Social Action (CASA)

7th Place - Equity Project Charter School

8th Place - Berkeley Carroll

9th Place - PS/MS 15 Institute for Environmental Learning

10th Place - PS/IS 178

 

Top Speaker Awards Advanced Public Forum Debate

1st Place - Josie Ingall (Institute for Collaborative Education)

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

3rd Place - Katrice Ramriez (Frederick Douglas Academy)

4th Place - Emily Hur (Institute for Collaborative Education)

5th Place - Genesis Logan (Frederick Douglas Academy)

6th Place - Angelina Araya (Hunters Point)

7th Place - Claire buchanan (Institute for Collaborative Education)

8th Place - Dylan James (Institute for Collaborative Education)

9th Place - James Harrison (Institute for Collaborative Education)

10th Place - Sulaiman Khan (Frederick Douglas Academy)

 

Top Speaker Awards Beginners Policy Debate

1st Place - Zola Gray (Institute for Collaborative Education)

2nd Place - Kalanie Best (KIPP Academy)

3rd Place - Kaya Middleton (Institute for Collaborative Education)
4th Place - Dakota Champagne (Berkeley Carroll) 

5th Place - Lisette McShane (Berkeley Carroll)

 

Top Speaker Awards Beginners Public Forum Debate

1st Place - Eric Kovarsky (IS 187)

2nd Place - Alba Bryant (Equity Project)

3rd Place - Eli Piccone (Berkeley Carroll)

4th Place - Elijah Semple (IS 302)

5th Place - Salma Hamed (Hunters Point)

6th Place - Eliu Aponte (Equity Project)

7th Place - Justin Ali (MS 297)

8th Place - Melvin Mercado (Equity Project)

9th Place - Chantal Hernandez (Equity Project)

10th Place - Sofia Kosmidis Jaramillo (Hunters Point)

 

Top Speaker Awards Rookie Public Forum Debate

1st Place - Dayna-Leigh Hudson (MS 297)

2nd Place - Faraaz Ali (MS 297)

3rd Place - Arianna Betancourt (MS 297)

4th Place - Adams Sissoko (MS 297)

5th Place - Alina Shaikh (PS/IS 178)

6th Place - Yokaira Concepcion (Cornerstone Academy)

7th Place - Alyssa Yamraj (MS 297)

8th Place - Safia Billah (PS/IS 178)

9th Place - Gabrielle Pesantez (PS/IS 178)

10th Place - Shelbi Donaldson (Cornerstone Academy)

 

Top Team Awards Advanced Public Forum Debate

1st Place - Josie Ingall and Emily Hur (Institute for Collaborative Education)

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

3rd Place - Theo Spaedelle and Dylan James (Institute for Collaborative Education)

4th Place - Cairo Rivera and Sulaiman Khan (Frederick Douglas Academy)

 

Top Team Awards Beginners Public Forum Debate

1st Place - Sofia Jaramillo & Salma Hamed (Hunters Point)

2nd Place - Eryk Rodriguez & Aliu Aponte (Equity Project)

3rd Place - Zach Tegtmeier & Eli Piccone (Berkeley Carroll)

4th Place - Eric Kovarsky & Luke Gruber (IS 187)

5th Place - Yanely Pena & Melvin Mercado (Equity Project)

6th Place - Elijah Semple & Joseph Ailaca (IS 302)

7th Place - Joanis ARthur & Alba Bryaant (Equity Project)

8th Place - Genesis Bussey & Mira Menta (NYC Debate Club)

9th Place - Marufa Kasham & Deborah Silver (IS 187)

10th Place - Mustapha Sisoho & Ismail Abalo-Toga (PS/MS 15)

 

Top Team Awards Policy Debate

1st Place - Kaya Middleton and Zola Gray (Institute for Collaborative Education)

2nd Place - Lisette McShane and Dakota Champagne (Berkeley Carroll)


 

Parliamentary

NEW YORK CITY PARLIAMENTARY TOURNAMENT #4
1/10/15 RESULTS



School Sweepstakes Awards
1st Place - Anderson School
2nd Place - Hunter
3rd Place - Salk School
4th Place - Berkeley Carroll
5th Place - PS 161
6th Place - Speyer School
7th Place - SA Harlem East
8th Place - South Orangetown Central
9th Place - SA Harlem West
10th Place - IS 230 Magnet School for Civics/Community

Advanced Parliamentary Debate Team Awards
1st Place - Felix Roz, Teddy Tawil, Nate Kruger (Hunter Middle)
2nd Place - Eric Xu, Caitlyn King, Nancy Xu (Anderson School)
3rd Place - Crystal Wang & Britni Canale (Anderson School)
4th Place - Tali Natter, Aniel Brown, Dipanshi Sharma (Anderson School)
5th Place - Rajendra Singh, Ernest Rosario, Feiry Guaba (PS 161)
6th Place - Luis Benitez, Katherine Rosas, Allan Rivas (PS 161)
7th Place - Bernard Wang, Pratham Rawat, Vivian Fang (Anderson School)
8th Place - Ethan Nanavati, Joshua Hoschstat, Wolff Gilligan (Salk School)
9th Place - Brian Lu, Micahel Ning, Katia Kovrizhkin (Hunter)
10th Place - Max Selendy, Alexander Gerstenhaber, Drake Roth (Speyer)

Beginners Parliamentary Debate Team Awards
1st Place - Annie Wang, Dana Karson, Samantha Chen (Hunter)
2nd Place - Max Levitt, Kenny Franzese, Chanel Qin (Anderson School)
3rd Place - Libby Thogmartin, Sara Azcona-Miller, Ella Gates (Berkeley Carroll)
4th Place - Rafael Rosario, Melvin Morla, Melissa Jimenez (PS 161)
5th Place - Collette Guy, Brandon Guy, Stephen Chin (South Orange)
6th Place - Ryan Bose-Roy, Samuel Ahn, Max Li (Hunter)
7th Place - Andrew Eastwick, Kastytis Paunksnis, Elizabeth Sham (Salk School)
8th Place - Jackson Trader, William Donohoe, Theo Green (Salk School)
9th Place - Lila Sternoff, Louisa Egolf, Margot Schiller (Berkeley Caroll)
10th Place - Leo Belman, Michael Khoury, Evan Gonzalez (Berkeley Carroll)

Advanced Parliamentary Debate Speaker Awards
1st Place - Dipanshi Sharma (Anderson School)
2nd Place - Maija Fiedelhotz (Berkeley Carroll)
3rd Place - Tali Natter (Anderson School)
4th Place - Ananyha Chibber (Salk School)
5th Place - Felix Roz (Hunter)
6th Place - Joanne Cai (Salk School)
7th Place - Daniel Brown (Anderson School)
8th Place - Mac O'Hara (Berkeley Carroll)
9th Place - June McBarron (Berkeley Carroll)
10th Place - Feiry Guaba (PS 161)

Beginners Parliamentary Debate Speaker Awards
1st Place - Leo Belman (Berkeley Carroll)
2nd Place - Dana Karson (Hunter)
3rd Place - Evan Gonzalez (Berkeley Carroll)
4th Place - Annie Wang (Hunter)
5th Place - Max Eastwood (Speyer)
6th Place - Sara Azcona-Miller (Berkeley Carroll)
7th Place - Helena Milburn (Anderson School)
8th Place - Max Sturm (Lower Manhattan Middle School)
9th Place - Andrew Eastwick (Salk School)
10th Place - Chanel Qin (Anderson)
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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!

IQ2

Intelligence Squared (IQ2) and the New York City Urban Debate League have teamed up every month for an incredible Debate Night for NYC youth!  The next Debate Night is February 11th and the topic is "Declinists be Damned: Bet on America." Debaters include Chrystia Freeland (Member, Parliament of Canada & Journalist), Peter Zeihan, Geopolitical Strategist and author of the "Accidental Superpower," Joseph Joffe, Publisher-Editor of Die Zeit, and James Rickards, Economist, Investment Banker and Author of Currency Wars! Click here to learn more. 
DEBATE TOURNAMENTS COMING UP!
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NYC High School Debate Calendar
High School

Upcoming High School Tournament

Date
February (TBA)

Location
TBA

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: On balance, economic globalization benefits worldwide poverty reduction.
(138 schools and 457 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 67% of the school vote and 59% of the student vote.)

Worlds Debate Topics
1. This House believes the Common Core does more harm than good.
2. This House believes that police officers should be required to wear body cameras.
3. (Intelligence Squared Community Topic) This House believes that America is on the decline.

Judge Sign Up Form
TBA!

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.  

NYC Middle School Debate League Tournament Calendar
 
Middle School

Upcoming Middle School Tournaments:

Dates

2/7/15
Public Forum Debate Tournament

Location: Hunters Point Community Middle School (Queens)

2/14/15
Parliamentary Debate Tournament: The Valentines Day Debate Invitational! 

Location: One World Middle School (Bronx)

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

February National Public Forum Debate Division (Beginners and Advanced Divisions - all schools)
Resolved: On balance, economic globalization benefits worldwide poverty reduction.

February NYCUDL- NYCDOE Public Forum Debate Division (One division, NYCDOE schools)
Resolved: On balance, immigration is beneficial to the United States economy.

Parliamentary Debate Topics
1. This House believes the Common Core does more harm than good.
2. This House believes that police officers should be required to wear body cameras.
3. (Intelligence Squared Community Topic) This House believes that America is on the decline.

Judge Sign Up Forms
TBA

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
2/14/15: The Valentines Day Invitational

Location
One World Middle School (Bronx)

Debate Topic
Resolution: School suspensions should be banned.

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 Dates:

February 13th - 16th
Harvard University

February 27th - 28th
Lakeland Tournament (NY)
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