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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
Congratulations to @APSHutchinson ๐Ÿฏ for doing an EXCELLENT job at the final @atlantadebate tournament for the year. #GrowingGreatness
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
Congrats to our @WAMiddleSchool debate team on a successful debate season! Here are the TOP awards won from todayโ€™s tournament: Speaker Award: ๐Ÿ† 1st Place - Varsity Team Awards: ๐Ÿฅˆ 2nd Place - Varsity ๐Ÿฅ‰ 3rd Place - Varsity ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ 3rd Place - Sweepstakes Award #WoodwardWay
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
23 Jan 2024
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ† @APSHAES Debate Team is leveling up with expert guidance from Emory University Debate coaches! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ’ช They're honing their skills, crafting powerful arguments, and preparing to dominate the competition with their winning speeches. ๐Ÿ“ @CrystalJanuary @atlantadebate @APS_Gifted
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
6 Feb 2024
At this year's Barkley Forum Christy Bradley was indicted into the Gold Key Society. Each year the members of the self-perpetuating Key Society invite a select number of debate teachers from schools across the nation into membership. Congratulations Christy! @atlantadebate
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
21 Dec 2023
On the 9th Day of Debate we hear from Angel Harris, a @atlantadebate alumni studying Biomedical Engineering on the Pre-Med track, as well as Spanish Language at Antioch College โ„๏ธ
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
Our debate team was VERY successful at our first debate tournament of the school year! ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place - JV Speaker Award ๐Ÿฅˆ2nd Place - Varsity Team Award ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‰ 1st & 3rd Place - JV Team Award ๐Ÿฅ‡ 1st Place - Novice Team Award ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ 1st Place - Sweepstakes Award
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
Today's @atlantadebate league tournament was awesome! I loved seeing former colleagues and students, we earned 3rd place, and one of our first-timers took 1st in his division! โค๏ธ@MerriweatherEDU @emorydebate @apsupdate @Kay_Stew_APS_SS @MsBlairAPS @fhenderson1908 @SuttonCougars
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
Our new team members had their very first practice debates for next weekโ€™s @atlantadebate tournament! Way to go!!! ๐ŸŽ‰
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
Thrilled to announce that Sutton took home 1st place at the @atlantadebate Middle School Opener! Shout out to the awesome @emorydebate team who make it possible and to our team of volunteers (including NAHS student and team alum, Juana)! #proudcoach @MerriweatherEDU
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
Thank you @atlantadebate for assisting @APSBoydES #GreatDebaters prepare for our first debate competition๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฝโ€โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€โš–๏ธ. The @EmoryUniversity volunteers were ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ@apsupdate #AtlantaPublicSchools @APS_K5SStudies @PrincipalK_APS #ElementaryDebate #Debate #SocialStudies
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
17 Aug 2023
Debate tournaments are just around the corner as our leagues head back to school. Best of luck to students and teachers for the 2023-24 school year!
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
Sutton hosted an @atlantadebate tournament for the first time since since pre-COVID days! We won 1st, and the ๐Ÿ’ on top was seeing our teammates & families from North Atlanta High! @MGaskill76 @bonnierlee @NahsPtsa @SuttonPTA @MerriweatherEDU @DrMightyN @NAUDL1 @SMSFielder
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
Itโ€™s an early rise and shine for our @WAMiddleSchool team this morning. Eleven beginners competing at their first @atlantadebate tournament! Weโ€™ll try to get yโ€™all some โ€œaction shotsโ€ later today, but in the meantime, here they are prepping for round 1! @danalltyrell @DeeKoscik
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
Our friends from @atlantadebate and @emorydebate came to teach our @WAMiddleSchool team today. They were so helpful, and we learned a ton!
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Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
12 Sep 2022
In case you missed it over the weekend this is a great piece on why more academic debate may be exactly what society needs to combat political polarization. nytimes.com/2022/09/11/opiniโ€ฆ
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We are excited to start the DDC this week! Join us tomorrow from 5:00-6:00 p.m. We will be going over the evidence and arguments. We will cover the Pandemic Affirmative available to all MS and HS divisions. Bring your questions about the evidence! Ask your coach for the link.
Atlanta Urban Debate League retweeted
Happy #nationalnonprofitday! We're grateful to be part of a broad community of organizations working to improve the world around us ๐ŸŒŽ Pledge your support at bostondebate.org/give
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Proud to have Christy and James advancing the cause of debate and community thriving!
As great a time as any to reintroduce ourselves: youtube.com/watch?v=RouWES3Jโ€ฆ While you're at it, check out our debate tutorials and other useful videos on our YouTube page.