For many sports, a state championship has the most talented people that your state has to offer face off against one another. But does it really? The sport is divided into men’s and women’s teams then even further by conference (i.e. 6A, 3A, or what have you) so you’d compete against the best teams in your gender and conference,...
Returning the favor of society can be challenging to many, but not to the Jesuit Debate team. They decided to pay it forward recently with their middle school workshop event on Saturday, October 8th. Dozens of underprivileged students from Dallas Independent School District schools attended the workshop to develop their rhetorical skill and prowess, an area in which our debaters...
Returning the favor of society can be challenging to many, but not to the Jesuit Debate team. On March 2nd, the Debate Team decided to spend their Saturday serving the community at Conrad High School as a part of the DUDA, the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance, dedicated to bringing debate to underserved schools in DISD.
Set-Up
As Jesuit debaters arrived at...
The eight-month long debate season finished in late April, concluding a hugely successful season for the Jesuit Debate team. The season ending tournaments, the National Debate Coaches Association (NDCA) National Championships held at Marist in Atlanta, and the Novice Round Up at St. Marks represent the culmination of hundreds of hours of prep and work done to compete at...
Jesuit Dallas Debate recently kicked off the 2018-2019 season with a series of stellar performances. The Rangers dominated at various early-season national tournaments, including Grapevine, St. Marks, and New Trier.
Grapevine
One of the very first tournaments of debate nationwide, the annual Grapevine tournament, always boasts an array of tough teams - mostly traveling from Texas and surrounding states. This year...
A whopping 96 teams of students convened at Plano Senior High School on September 3rd, for the first debate tournament of the year. Jesuit achieved a closeout: students placed first, second and fifth!
The Jesuit debate team performed very well at the tournament, with Beomhak Lee ’17 and Alandro Valdez ’17 and the team of seniors Jake LoRocco and Emmanuel...
The first week of August indicates the beginning of school for many on the Jesuit Dallas campus, but for Jesuit's Debate team it also marks the beginning of a yearlong debate season that ends in May with the culmination of a state wide tournament; however, many on the team have been preparing all summer long.
Jesuit's Varsity Debate squad had...
Walking up to his portable podium with his meticulous notes in hand, the high schooler delivers a speech analyzing education policy at a rate incomprehensible to many. He weaves complex jargon into his arguments and makes strategic choices that ultimately win him another award to add to the already decorated trophy case. What may seem like an eccentric activity...
