June 12 – Middle School Runner-up Debate (online)- 25R v 396K
June 16 – The Battle of Brooklyn – High School Runner-up Debate (in-person) – 373K v 721K
The winners of the 2022-2023 District 75 Debate season are as follows:
High School
1st Place: 177Q Panthers
2nd Place: 721M Cityhawks Revolutionaries
3rd Place: 721K Knights of Reason
Honorable Mention: 373K Fire Debaters
Middle School
1st Place: 352X BX Debates All Day
2nd Place: 169M All Stars
3rd Place: 25R Panthers
Honorable Mention: 396K Debating Eagles
Congratulations to our winners!
Runner Up Competitions on June 12 and June 16!
Here are the flyers for the championship debates on May 31 and June 1!
In a flashback from round 2, robot dogs were in the new last week when one helped with the response to a garage collapse in lower Manhattan. Check out the story here.
Looking good, BX Debates All Day! Check out the 352X Middle School team in their new debate shirts!
Here is a pic of the 721M Cityhawks Revolutionaries on their Round 2 Debate day. Keep the team photos coming in! We love to share them!
The Round One season opener is tomorrow with two middle school teams getting things underway- 396K and 25R. Visit the Debate Now! tab for the link to join the live debates and get in on the action!
The teams are forming and many have decided their team names for the year. Here is a sneak peak. Do you have a favorite?
The 9Q Mic Droppers
The 721K Knights of Reason
352X BxDebatesAllDay
The 721M Cityhawks Revolutionaries
The 752Q Great Debaters
The 226M Champs
The 37R Wolf Pack (HS)
The 37R Opinionators (MS)
High School edition…
Members of the 177Q Panthers High School Champions proudly show off their trophy.
The 723X Golden Hawks had a ticker tape parade in the hallway to celebrate their middle school championship win. Check out their video reflections about their first season debate experiences here. It is hard to resist a photo shoot with your trophy!
Enjoy highlights from the 2021-2022 debate season
Here is a photo of the 2020 trophies that were never given out. We didn’t have a championship that year because of the pandemic. In fact, even though our debates continued throughout the pandemic and a year and a half of remote and hybrid learning, the last time that D75 Debate trophies were awarded was in 2019! Well, that is about to change! Behold the new 2022 Middle and High School Debate trophies, to be unveiled this June. Which teams will be come away with the Championship title? Check out the Round Three debates beginning on April 1 to stake your claim!
What have we been up to all year? Glad you asked! Check out our flipgrid topics from the past year and see for yourself! (Choose login with google and enter your school email and pw). This year, many students were fully remote, others were hybrid, and some eventually went back to school full time. Whether remote, in-person, or somewhere in-between, our debaters remained persuasive in their arguments and committed to researching their topics thoroughly. Congratulations, D75 debaters on another amazing season of debates!
See you in the fall for season 17….
Greetings, Debaters! The Debate Live Opener will be on Tues, Nov 17 at 10am. All teams and individual debaters are invited to join. You do not need to have a whole debate prepared- just one statement for either the pro or con side is enough to participate. There will also be a drop-in session in the new debate zoom room on Nov 13 at 10am to test things out. To participate, please have your teacher fill out this form.
Hello Debaters! There is a new topic on our Flipgrid page: Should Instagram get rid of likes?
Let us know what you think by recording your response in 60 seconds or less. You will need to login with your school email account. Let’s go!
Live debates are returning this fall, back and better than ever to accommodate students at home, at school, and those doing blended learning. Wherever you are joining from, start getting your team together and get READY TO DEBATE!
Do you remember the Dakota Access oil pipeline debate (“The US should immediately stop construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline,” 2016-2017)? It pitted the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in South Dakota with an oil company who wanted to build an oil pipeline near their land. When we debated this topic several years ago, the pipeline had the “green light” to be built. Now, that light has turned “red.”
D75 student debaters joined the peaceful protests in Brooklyn and around the city this week to show their support for Black Lives Matter and for equal rights and justice under the law. We are proud to see them raising their voices and joining in the call for action.
There is a new topic on our Flipgrid page for students to share thoughts, feelings and opinions about the protests happening around the country in response to the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police Officer. All debaters are invited to head over to the grid to record a response. Please stay safe, everyone.
