Archive forNovember, 2010
Nov
22
POWER RANKINGS FALL 2010
November 22, 2010 | 2 Comments
DKC is proud to release our fist set of Power Rankings for the 2010-2011 season. The current totals are based on all tournaments held to date. In policy debate the teams are ranked based on total number of wins with speaker points breaking ties. In student congress places are determined by combined point totals from [...]
Nov
19
Arrowhead Middle Hosts one of DKC’s Largest Weeknight Tournaments
November 19, 2010 | 1 Comment
More than 240 students from 21 schools descended on Arrowhead Middle School last Thursday, November 11th for two intense rounds of debate. The tournament was one of the largest weeknight tournaments in DKC history and marked the first time both the middle school and high school divisions competed together at a regular weeknight competition. In [...]
Nov
18
Profiles in Public Speaking
November 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment
DKC has a fun new exercise to help you become a better public speaker. Below you will find links to videos featuring a number of public speakers (DKC does not endorse the views of any particular speaker and attempted to find a variety of speaking examples from political to religious leaders). The exercise is to watch at least three speakers (try to [...]
Nov
15
Sumner Debater in KC Star
November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Check out the following KC Star piece on Sumner debater Candace Villanueva. Click on the image to enlarge. vvvvv vvvv vvv vvv vvv vvv vvvv vvv
Nov
2
Turner Hosts First Middle School Tournament
November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Turner Middle School hosted DEBATE-Kansas City’s first middle school tournament of the season on Tuesday, October 26th. Eleven schools competed with Sumner Academy narrowly defeating Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy for top honors in total sweepstakes points. The Turner debate team continued there proud tradition of hosting the first tournament of the year and did [...]
Nov
2
F.L. Schlagle Hosts First DKC Weeknight Tournament
November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
On Thursday, October 21st DKC held its first high school competition of the season at F.L. Schlagle High School in Kansas City, Kansas. Students from across the metro showed up ready to kick off the new debate season. F.L. Schlagle played the role of host with flying colors. Student helpers covered every corner of the tournament making [...]
