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Dec
7
DKC Debaters On Point at Arrowhead Weeknight Tournament
December 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment
On November 15th Arrowhead Middle School hosted one of the largest middle school tournaments in DEBATE-Kansas City’s (DKC) history. Just over 280 middle school students from across the city competed as part of DKC’s weeknight tournament series. The Foreign Language Academy (FLA) debate squad earned an impressive array of awards, both in policy debate and [...]
Dec
7
Patton Tournament Results
December 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The second leg of the DEBATE-Kansas City’s (DKC) weeknight tournament was held at November 13th at Patton Junior High on the US Army military facility of Fort Leavenworth. For the second year in a row Patton Junior High made everyone at the tournament feel right at home with hospitality. Students from across the league met and [...]
Oct
23
Hallmark Sponsors First DEBATE-KC Tournament at University Academy
October 23, 2012 | 2 Comments
Hallmark sponsored DEBATE-Kansas City’s (DKC) first high school tournament of the year at University Academy. Thanks to their support DKC was able to double the number of the tournament participants compared to last year as nearly 100 students competed in policy debate and student congress from seven area schools. “We had a great tournament and [...]
Jul
16
DEBATE-Kansas City Sponsor Public Debate with Black Archives of Mid-America
July 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment
On June 23rd 2012, DEBATE-Kansas City proudly sponsored a public debate hosted by the Black Archive of Mid-America. Four bright young debaters from Sumner & Lincoln Academy’s faced off over the contentious issue of year-round schooling. Prior to the debate Sedrick Weaver (Sumner) and Jared Freemon (Lincoln) were interviewed on Generation Rap, a teen talk [...]
May
8
DEBATE-Kansas City will be inducting Martha Brackmann in to the DKC Coaches’ Hall of Fame May 9th at the annual Awards Night Celebration banquet sponsored by UMKC. Ms. Brackmann came out retirement to coach Lincoln College Preparatory Academy’s debate team on a shoe-string budget. She will be the second coach ever inducted into DKC’s Coaches’ [...]
May
7
When students of Arrowhead Middle School heard there was a policy debate being held for Kansas City, KS high school students, they immediately wanted in. A number of Arrowhead Middle students have been competing in DEBATE-Kansas City’s policy debate program all year, some for the past two years, and the experience provided them the confidence and desire to compete with upperclassmen. [...]
May
3
Top College Debaters & DKC Grads to be Keynote Speakers at Awards Night
May 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Two DEBATE-Kansas City (DKC) graduates will be honored at the annual DKC Awards Night Celebration May 9th for their achievements while debating together for Emporia State University. Ryan Wash (Central) and LaToya Williams-Green (Lincoln Prep) have become the most successful college debaters in this history of DKC program graduates. They will be the night’s keynote [...]
Apr
5
Five DKC students received VIP treatment at the Sprint Center last Thursday night. Perched in a luxury suite, the top five middle school student congress competitors at the DKC City Championships, munched on hot dogs while hanging out with players from the KC Command. The players were noticeably impressed by the intellect of the students [...]
Feb
1
All Eyes on DKC
February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment
DEBATE-Kansas City (DKC) has garnered considerable media attention in recent days. Tuesday’s public debate co-sponsored by the Kansas City Star, Competing Futures: a debate over Kansas City Schools, had everyone from Mayor Sly James to National Public Radio’s Scott Simon tweeting about dynamic DKC debaters making compelling arguments. The event was attended by 175 guests [...]
Jan
20
DKC Students Treated to Special Screening of Red Tails
January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment
On January 19th 150 DEBATE-Kansas City (DKC) students and their coaches received the red carpet treatment at a special screening of Red Tails as a service to urban youth who achieve academically through debate. AMC generously provided the tickets through collaboration with the Heart of America chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen. Red Tails chronicles the true story [...]
