Principal George Maxey ...

The Duval UDL will begin its high school expansion efforts this week at William M. Raines High School. Our goal is to introduce novice debaters in middle school to high school through an intense learning experience. Many of last year’s debaters are encouraged to attend. Especially...
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An Inside Look of the Duval Urban Debate League, Part II

An Inside Look of the D...

An Inside Look of the Duval Urban Debate League, Part II By Lisa Schemensky The Forensics Community Continuing from Part I: After reflecting on the impact Forensics has had on my life, and the benefits of Urban Debate brought to kids who otherwise would not know of Forensics, I get...
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Duval UDL starts virtua...

Duval UDL staff Lindsey Weirich, Jermyn Shannon El, and Deborah Lynn-Owen (St. Augustine Catholic Forensic League) partner with Joshua Mikael, partner with DebateHall.com Originally uploaded by Blacksonville Community Network The DUDL, along with Harvard Debate, PlanetDebate.com,...
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Tips on running a quali...

Time Duty Explanation All Day Take Pictures All Day Talk to Teachers /Lead Press Around Informal check-ins, find out how things are going and address emergency issues as they come 7:30-10:00am Set-up Registration Coaches, Judges, Volunteers, Students,...
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Urban Debaters Take the...

Image by Blacksonville Community Network via Flickr On behalf of the 100 Black Men of Jacksonville and the Duval Urban Debate League we invite Paxon Middle School to participate in the Infinite Scholar College Fair at Hyatt Hotel Downtown Jacksonville. The event will begin...
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Poverty is Still a Dirty Word in America

Poverty is Still a Dirt...

Editor’s Note: Politicians, the media and the public have largely ignored the crisis of poverty in the United States, possibly because the poor don’t have an active political lobby to represent their interests, writes NAM contributor Earl Ofari Hutchinson. The figure on...
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Have you been nominated...

Jr. Student Ambassadors In 2008, students who did not currently have a Youth In Government program available to them through their YMCA or school were invited to be a part of our Student Ambassador Program. Beginning with our Jr. Assembly, individual middle school students were allowed...
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Teen debaters ranked am...

By Alessa Pang THREE Singaporean students are the talk of the town after placing third at the prestigious World Schools Debating Championships held in Greece last month. Asia One >
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DCPS schedule changes...

For the 2009-2010 school year, middle and high school class schedules will be adjusted to shorten the school day by 45 minutes, with the exception of Frank H. Peterson and A.P. Randolph Academies of Technology and Douglas Anderson and LaVilla Schools of the Arts. The traditional*...
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Don’t stop your F...

Students seek grants as they are awarded as gifts without any pay back condition attached to it. Though student loans are available the payback take most part of your life and therefore loans are the last option a student will seek. Don’t stop your education for lack of funds -...
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