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Date:
December 8 or 10, 2010
Location:
Vines High School
Details:
Students will compete in a Public Forum Debate in front of an audience of students, teachers, and parents on the original November topic suggested. We will incorporate a question and answer period.
Date:
December 28, 2010
Location:
Downtown at the Gardens
Details:
On this day, we will be holding a forensics showcase, open for the general public, where we will be displaying debate events to the public. At this meeting, we will hold our debate, that will be in the format 4AC-4NC-3CF-4AR-3CX-4NR-3CX-3AS-3NS. It will be a one on one debate with my partner, and we will hold an general discussion afterwards. We will also distribute a survey to the audience, asking what they thought, and their personal opinions on the issue.
Date:
1)12/15/2010 and 2) 12/20/2010
Location:
1)Broadview Heights Kiwanis and 2) Parma American Legion
Details:
Our Public Forum Debate Teams will conduct a debate on the original November NFL topic for two separate community organizations. Each of the groups draws in excess of 25 individuals at each of their meetings although since this is taking place during the holidays, the crowd could vary. However, each organization will publicize the event to its membership in the hope of drawing a larger than regular crowd. We feel these presentations are significant in that they will provide: A) an opportunity for organizations that might not normally be expected to take a Pro position on the topic to see the topic debated in an organized and thoughtful way and B) provide additional exposure for the speech and debate program at Brecksville - Broadview Heights High School so that the public can see that young people are engaged in areas of current economic and political interest as well as learning to see “both sides” of a controversial topic. We will provide pictures of the event and will attempt to publicize the debates in our local newspaper. Since the Public Forum model will be followed, each debate will exceed 45 minutes. In addition questions will be taken from the audience.
Date:
December 9th/December 11th
Location:
Grady HS Auditorium
Details:
Dec. 9- Students will discuss rounds debated on the topic through a cross-examination-style debate. Afterwords they will share what learned and what the challenges of such an action could pose to NYC specifically and the US generally. Students from the Public Policy & Justice and the Communications & Journalism Academies (new programs at Grady HS) will ask questions and give statements about what they feel should and should not happen in a community suffering from extraordinary events. Members of the Parent-Teacher- Student Association are also invited to participate and have expressed interest.
Dec. 11- After a public forum debate, debaters will take questions from the community audience about their experience with the original NFL Public Forum topic: “Resolved: An Islamic Cultural Center should be build near Ground Zero.” Since all November tournaments in Georgia used this topic, debaters are familiar with the controversy surrounding it. There will then be a panel discussion with members of the Grady community including UDL/Emory University representatives, community judges that judged debates on this topic at the Grady tournament in mid-November, and City Council Representative Alex Wan (pending). Questions will come from the moderators and members of the audience.
Date:
December 8, 2010
Location:
Arlington High School, Arlington TX
Details:
We will present two back to back Public Forum debates starting at 7 pm.
Topic will be the current PF topic on Cyberbullying.
Date:
December 9 and December 16
Location:
Mount Tabor High School
Details:
Public debate for the school
Date:
December 8, 2010
Location:
Plano Senior HS Lecture Hall
Details:
Brown Bag Lunch debates for students, faculty, and the surrounding community. Four students will debate at A lunch, and four different students will debate at B lunch in an NFL Public Forum Debate format. A public invitation will be submitted via email to school district employees and via newspaper to the community.
Date:
11/30 & 12/20
Location:
Messmer High School
Details:
Messmer debaters will host two debates on the resolution, “Resolved: That an Islamic Cultural Center should be built near ground zero.” The debate will last from 3:30-4:30 PM on November 30 and December 20. Debaters will alternate between affirmative and negative speeches and have the oppotunity to cross-examine each other. Audience members will be invited to ask questions during the last part, a Q&A session.
Date:
DECEMBER 15 AND DECEMBER 16 3:00-5:00 PM
Location:
WEBER HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS
Details:
We will hold two debates after school on the suggested topics. We will get the word out to teachers, students, administarors, and the community. The Weber High Commons will be open to the public from 3-5 PM for the debates on Dec. 15th and 16th. Each Debate will be judged by a panel of student, community, and faculty volunteers. A question and answer session in town hall format will follow each debate.
Date:
December 11 & 14, 2010
Location:
Pottsboro High School Auditorium, Pottsboro, Texas
Details:
There will be two debates one on 12/11 at 6pm and one on 12/14 at 8pm. Different sets of students will be debating the Pros and Cons of the Park 51 Project on each date.
Date:
December 6th, 2010 at 2 different times. 10:00 and 11:00
Location:
Ankeny High School auditorium
Details:
The event is open to the public and to students that are in history class during those hours.
The event will be broken into 4 parts.
1. an explanation of Public Forum Debate and the history of the resolution: “Resolved: An Islamic cultural center should be built near Ground Zero”
2. a PF debate
3. 15 minutes of questions/ discussion with the large group and with small groups
4. Congress style vote for the resolution (not off the “winning” debate team)
Date:
December 11, 2010 and December 18, 2010
Location:
Kugnus Acts 500 Piermont Road Closter NJ Suite 303
Details:
Public debate over Park 51. December 11 middle school debate participants. December 18 high school debate participants. Open to public. No admission fee.
Date:
December 8, 2010 and December 15, 2010
Location:
Blackfoot City Hall
Details:
On two separate evenings in December, the 8th and the 15th, the Blackfoot Debate team will be holding public debates in the Council Chambers at Blackfoot City Hall. Public dignitaries will be invited to judge and the public will be invited to watch and participate in a question/answer period after the debate. In order to increase attendance, we may invite a choir group to perform at the end of the debate while the judges are writing their ballots.
Date:
Dec 14th & Dec 16th
Location:
Lake Travis High School Lecture Hall
Details:
We will debate the suggested topic during 2nd period (1 1/2 hour block) in the school Lecture Hall. We will be inviting teachers, administrators, parents, community members, and students to watch our debate on those two days.
Date:
Damien Gilbert
Location:
School Auditorium
Details:
Students, staff and faculty will be invited to voice their opinion on the construction of the community center in a public forum environment.
Date:
December 7th and 9th
Location:
Cedar Falls Public Library and Waterloo Public Library
Details:
This will be a public forum style debate where the resolution will be Resolved: An Islamic cultural center should be built near Ground Zero. After the debates, we will have at least 15 minutes of Q and A. This event will be filmed and distributed to all interested media outlets.
Date:
Uncertain as of now
Location:
North Carolina School of Science and Math
Details:
Because we are a residential school, our school has meetings/presentations after school and at night. The Multicultural Peer Counselors are a group of student leaders who lead events on topics such as multiracial dating and sexism. With cooperation from the MPCs and other student leadership groups, we plan to host public debates, possibly in the public forum style, in front of the student body about, at two separate events, the Islam Cultural Center and airport regulations. After holding a full formal debate, we will have opportunities for questions and answers. With a student body of about 660, we anticipate not only huge student but also teacher and staff member participation.
Because we are only in school for one week in November and two in December, we may not be able to hold both events in December. We are currently negotiating a date for the first event (we have to speak with administration, teachers, etc).
Date:
Monday, December 6th, 2010 and Monday, December 13, 2010
Location:
Carrollton High School Fine Arts
Details:
A public debate will be held each day. The teams will be recorded to allow the debate to be posted on the school website. Community members will be invited to attend via the local newspaper and personal letters to community leaders.
Date:
November 9th, 2010 and Dec 7th, 2010
Location:
Brock-Lazenby Room, Dining Hall, McCallie School Campus
Details:
McCallie School Debate Exhibition Night
Open to all interested parents, students and faculty
November topic was Resolved: Allowing deep-water, off-shore oil drilling is in the best interests of the United States.
December topic will be Resolved: Cyberbullying should be a criminal offense.
Evening will begin at 7:00 pm.
Format will include an Introduction, a round of Public Forum debate, short Q&A session, and light refreshments. Please RSVP to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Reservations are not necessary to attend.
Date:
November 22 and November 29
Location:
Kingwood High School LGI
Details:
2 teams of Public Forum debaters have invited the campus and community to view a debate on the topic with an open format incorporated. Audience members may participate in the crossfire, ask questions after the round as well.
Date:
November 23, 2010
Location:
Karl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy or Lindon City Building
Details:
We are going to hold several public debates in the Public Forum style with Q and A afterward and will send a press release to the media and advertise with an e-mail from the school. My debaters are so excited to do this to raise awareness with actual facts! Thanks for providing this opportunity.
Date:
Nov. 23 and Dec. 14th 2010
Location:
Arbor View HS
Details:
We will hold two debates after school on the suggested topics. We will get the word out to teachers, students, administarors, and the community. They will take place from 2-3pm in our cafeteria. We will film and invite three judges from the comminty to judge the events. Both debates will feature two of our Social Studies teachers(AP GOV and AP World Hist) facing off against the two best debaters on my team. We will use the Public Forum format. They will switch sides for each debate. We are really excited for this opprtunity to debate. We live in Las Vegas which is such a diverse culture. Thanks for the opportunity.
Date:
November 25, 2010
Location:
Carrollto High School’s Mabrey Theater
Details:
The students in the CHS Speech and Debate will use the cases written on the topic to give a debate in which faculity, students, general public and parents will be invited to listen to the debates performed by the debaters of CHS. Then there will be a question and answer session to follow to allow students to interact with the public to explain what they have learned. The local press will be invited.
Date:
Nov 26/ Dec 25
Location:
Al-Noor School
Details:
Debates will be in LD format in teams of 3.
Resolution will be debated by Debate team members.
Event will be publicized through fb, listservs and fliers.
Debates will take place during school hours.
Debates (and post-discussion) will be videorecorded.
Date:
Nov 26/ Dec 25
Location:
Al-Noor School
Details:
This is a revision of the first registration form that I filled out a couple of days ago.
After consulting with a Park 51 representative, I along with the Debate Team of Al-Noor School decided to modify the resolution. The revised resolution is:
The Park 51 controversy ought to be treated as a matter of civil rights, not of public safety.
Dates: Nov 26/ Dec 25
Time: 10 am - 11:30 am
Place: Al-Noor School, 675 4th Ave, Brooklyn NY 11232
The debate will be in LD format in teams of 3.
We plan to videorecord the event.
Date:
November 29, 2010
Location:
St. Thomas High School, Turner Hall
Details:
The St. Thomas Speech and Debate Team presents a Public Forum Debate Round on the resolution “Resolved: An Islamic cultural center should be built near Ground Zero.” Kyle Lozano and Mack Dowdall will argue the affirmative case, while Youssef Bargach and Daniel Morgan will negate the resolution. The debate will take place in Turner Hall and is open to the public.
Date:
November 30, 2010 and December 1, 2010
Location:
Pomona High School LMC Lecture Hall
Details:
The Pomona High School Forensics and Debate Team Proudly Presents:
A Debate Exhibition Regarding a Nationwide Hot Topic:
Resolved: An Islamic Cultural Center Should Be Built Near Ground Zero
Objectives:
1. To engage the Pomona High School community as audience members.
2. To foster tolerance for all Americans.
3. To enhance understanding in order to answer these questions:
• How can high school students address sensitive issues in a mature and logical manner?
• Should American citizens’ cultural background prohibit them from purchasing property?
• Should the US government uphold the separation of church and state in cases such as this?
• What is the projected impact of not allowing the center to be built near Ground Zero?
• What is the projected impact if the center is built near Ground Zero?
4. To raise awareness of debate. Pomona’s Forensics and Debate team competes in 18-24 tournaments each year. For the past 10 years, we have qualified team members to the CHSAA state tournament. For the past 9 of these 10 years, we have qualified students for the National Forensic League national tournament, representing the top 3% of all competitors in the USA.
Dates: November 30 and December 1, 2010
Time: 7:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M.
Location: Pomona High School LMC Lecture Hall
Cost: This is a free event! Seating is limited, so please contact Coach Jeannette Prentice at Pomona High School for an entry ticket.
Room 546 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) 303-982-0633
November 30th debaters:
Jon Jones & Brandon Sheeder vs. Justin Fillmore & Matthew Thompson
December 1st debaters:
Jon Jones & Sean Sorensen vs. Drew Lascot and Alex Groen
Date:
11/30/10 - 12/20/10
Location:
Bradley Tech High School
Details:
We plan to hold two debates in the format of public fourm debate. The first will be in front of a classroom or have an audience of non-debate students. The second, we hope to bring in the 4th street forum and maybe the Milwaukee Rotary Club. Both events will be videotaped and we will use the topic Resolved: Should religious organizations be
allowed to build houses of worship or affiliated institutions in culturally
significant locations.
Date:
December 1st, 2010 & December 6th, 2010
Location:
December 1st at Cane River Middle School & December 6th at East Yancey Middle School
Details:
The Moutain Heritage Debate team members will argue the affirmative & negative sides of the resolution in a Public Forum format. Students and the community are invited to attend. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY!
Date:
December 2, 2010
Location:
Dowling Catholic High School Auditorium
Details:
During seminar (an hour long open study period during every Tuesday and Thursday) we will hold, open to all in the DCHS community (students, parents, faculty) a public debate of the required resolution.
Date:
12/6 and 12/16
Location:
Hereford High School Auditorium
Details:
2 two speaker teams
1 student moderator
5 minute opening speeches from either side
3 minutes of questioning by opposition on either side
5 minute rebuttal on either side
2 minute questioning
4 minutes grand crossfire
Audience survey following debate
Date:
December 7, 2010
Location:
Garrett Conference Center - Western Kentucky University
Details:
The Sky forensics team will hold a public debate about the resolution, “Resolved: An Islamic cultural center should be built near Ground Zero” at the Paul L. Garrett Conference Center on WKU’s campus. This open event will include a question and answer period with members of the public and will last approximately one hour.
Date:
December 7 & December 9
Location:
Fayette County High School
Details:
FCHS Debaters will hold a mock debate over the Park51 issue. This debate will last 30 minutes and allow faculty, staff and the community to ask questions to the coaches & debaters after the round.
Date:
December 7 & 14, 2010
Location:
Oak Ridge High School Rm. A 205 at 7PM
Details:
Students will perform a public forum debate on the topic: Resolved: An Islamic cultural center should be built near Ground Zero. Students will present an overview of the topic, present a public forum debate with a question and answer period following the debate.
Date:
December 8, 2010
Location:
Del Valle
Details:
Del Valle Public Debate Audience High School students
Opposition: Horsehead High School, Horsehead, New York
Date:
12/8/2010, 12/15/2010
Location:
Schaumburg High School (Illinois)
Details:
We will hold a Congressional Debate here at Schaumburg High School (Illinois) on 12/8/2010 and 12/15/2010 from 3pm-5:30pm on both days. We will invite students, teachers, parents, and adminstrators to these two community events. The Debate Team will take the current resolution and write it into a Public Welfare Congressional Resolution in order to best fit the format of Debate (so the topic will remain the same as the one suggested - we will provide our legislation as an artifact of these events). While the students will actually Debate (give speeches and engage in cross-examination), we will allow time for the community to ask questions as well. We will use surveys and video to document the event.
Date:
Dec.9 or 13, 2010
Location:
briggs high school auditorium
Details:
members of national honor society will debate the merits of the proposed islamic center at ground zero.
Date:
DECEMBER 9TH & DECEMBER 13th
Location:
Cedar Ridge High School
Details:
The Cedar Ridge HS Speech & Debate team will have a public debate in which we invite the community to learn and understand the importance of debate. We will use the required topic and be professional in our presentation.
Thank you.
Date:
TBA - pending approval but BEFORE December 10, 2010
Location:
Trinity HS Auditorium
Details:
We will have one forum that is open to the entire school (pending approval) during a class period. After their debate, there will be an open question and answer session.
(November)
December: we will have a public debate at 630 or 7pm - depending on the athletic practices of the students. (pending district approval)
Both debates will be set up as a panel discussion between 2 teams.
There will be 3-4 per side with a student moderator.
We will adhere to all rules set forth for our debate team is desperate for money since we cannot sell food products on campus due to the contract with the new cafeteria group… no bake sales, nothing from 45 minutes before and after the school day.
Thank you for this opportunity,
Date:
Tuesday, December 14th @ 3:30pm
Location:
On Campus, in the Speigatorium Theater Room 201
Details:
A raging debate continues whether Park 51, the Islamic cultural center, should be built so close to Ground Zero. Come join Ygnacio Valley High School’s award winning debate as we explore this issue. We will debate in the Public Forum format with time at the end for audience questions. Resources will be made available to the audience for additional information on the topic. Sponsored by Mt. Diablo CARES After-School program.
Date:
December 16, 2010
Location:
Winters Mill High School (Media Center)
Details:
The Winters Mill Speech and Debate Team will be hosting a public debate on December 16, 2010. This debate will utilize the following topic: An Islamic cultural center should be permitted to be built near Ground Zero.
The event will feature a debate using the Public Forum Debate format and will be followed by a question session as well as a small reception.
Date:
December 16th and 17th
Location:
El Dorado High School Auditorium
Details:
The El Dorado High School Debate team will hold a free, open to the public, community debate on the Park 51 community center. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday December 16th and Friday December 17th.
Date:
December 16th & 17th
Location:
A&M Consolidated High School Lecture Hall
Details:
The event will be held after school on December 16th and 17th at the A&M Consolidated High School Lecture Hall.Our debate will be a back fourth affirmative/negative discussion on the issue. We will advertise the event to the public and open the floor to discussions and questioning. After the debate an audience survey will be taken.
Date:
December 16 and 17
Location:
American Leadership Academy
Details:
One night one on one debate discussing the morality of placing the Islamic center (Public presentation LD) Second Night a team Parli style debate on the political and social implications.
Date:
December 17, 2010
Location:
Madison West High School
Details:
Members of the Madison West High School Debate team will debate the resolution: “Resolved: An Islamic cultural center should be built near Ground Zero” twice on Dec. 17. The debate will follow Public Forum debate structure and rules as outlined by the National Forensic League, with 2 students per side. The debates will occur during 51 minute class periods, with approximately 35 minutes devoted to the debate and the remaining time for questions and discussion. The audiences will primarily be students in social studies classes, but the debates will be open to all students and the community. Video recordings will be made of the debates. The Madison West debate team is coached by John Rademacher and Sarah Taylor.
Date:
December 24, 2010
Location:
Apple Valley Community Center
Details:
Community and school members will be invited to attend. We will be utilizing the suggested topic.
Date:
December
Location:
AP Social Studies classes
Details:
We would hold debates with AP Social Studies teachers and then take Questions and Answers from the students.
