On February 7th and 8th, Jesuit held the Jesuit Debate Invitational, hosting teams from throughout the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. This tournament of skill and argumentation started Friday after school until Saturday night. Jesuit hosted five types of debate: Cross-Examination, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Congressional Debate, and World Schools. Regardless of the type of debate, hard work and...
The Jesuit student walks up to the chestnut podium. He glares out to his wide audience, before looking to the right, to his opposition. Finally, he looks down at his notes, preparing to pick apart his opponents' argument. This was the scene when Jesuit's novice and JV debate teams traveled to Atlanta on March 16-20 to take on the nation's...
Traversing across the country is usually something that only professional athletes get to do, but despite being in high school, the Jesuit debate team has flown from coast to coast in search of the biggest and best competition in the United States. Jesuit debate has been on a tear all throughout the regular season, their success culminating in the...
The weekends before and of spring break this year were home to two of the most important tournaments our debate team partakes in. The former was the Texas Forensic Associate State Championship where four teams qualified to debate in person for the first time in 2 years at Gregory Portland High School near Corpus Christi. The latter, the Woodward...
It requires diligent preparation, quick thinking, and a fine-tuned delivery. Debate's difficulty is what makes Jesuit's performance at a recent tournament impressive.
Five teams of Ranger debaters visited Newman Smith High School two weeks ago to compete against thirty other pairs from various local schools. After two days of ardent argumentation, three of Jesuit's teams came away with points counting...
At the National Debate Coaches Association National Championships, held April 14-16, the National Debate Coaches Association (NDCA) awarded Jesuit debate coach, Dr. Tracy McFarland, the National Educator of the Year award.
The National Educator of the Year award, typically given to retired coaches, was given to Dr. McFarland because of her tremendous work and dedication to not only the Jesuit...
You quickly write down the opponent's points down on paper, getting ready to stand up and respectfully correct two of their speeches and support your own within 8 minutes. You spent weeks preparing for this moment. You grab your papers, stand up and say “Roadmap will be solvency, advantage, disad, a counter plan. Is anybody not ready?”
Recently, the Jesuit debate...
Jesuit Dallas continues its successful competitive streak in January, achieving accolades and victories at the Coppell Invitational, Guyer MLK Invitational, and Montgomery Bell Academy Southern Bell Forum in Tennessee. Over 50 debates happened in the varsity division, and even more in the novice division, with unabated competitive success at both levels.
Jesuit has picked up the pace in the second...
