Archive for the 'general debate interest' Category
Jan
7
Power Rankings
January 7, 2013 | 3 Comments
DKC is proud to release our fist set of Power Rankings for the 2012-2013 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 performance at all tournaments. [...]
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 [...]
Sep
14
DKC Director Commentary
September 14, 2012 | 1 Comment
A reflection on working for DEBATE-Kansas City by Director Gabe Cook I am both proud and fortunate to be entering my ninth year at DEBATE-Kansas City. Over the years I have done everything from tournament clean-up (unpleasant) to budgeting (even more unpleasant) to teaching debate as I visit classes and practices across the league. These visits [...]
Aug
27
A Legend Returns: Jane Rinehart Coaching Again in DKC
August 27, 2012 | 2 Comments
The first member of the DKC Coaches’ Hall of Fame, Jane Rinehart, will once again be educating young people in Kansas City. After spending two years teaching English and debate in Kosova, the former Central High coach agreed to a debate position at University Academy (UA). The return is a welcome match for both parties. [...]
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 [...]
