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Ribault Middle debate team take first place in Tournament

By January 27, 20102 Comments
Ribault Novice Policy Debate Team

Jacksonville, Florida – Novice debaters Maia Ambrister and team mate Ebonee Maxey kept their winning streak alive at the first Duval Urban Policy Debate Competition at Florida State College of Jacksonville (FSCJ) this past weekend, just edging out Butler Middle Debate Team, Adrian Lord and Leroy Harrison III who took home the 2nd place trophy.

Twelve teams went head-to-head for three rounds of policy debate on the topic “the federal government should increase funding for Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (food stamps) for persons living in poverty in the United States”.

The tournament featured 6 schools from around the inner city of Jacksonville.

“Our young debaters can’t seem to surprise me enough. Their confidence, performance, and passion for is a clear indication that Jacksonville will deliver national contenders in a few years. This last event was a tremendous showing for what’s in store when you raise the expectations and provide students with variants in learning,” said Jermyn Shannon El, DUDL Developer.[book id=” /]

For the past four months, the Duval UDL has instilled a new level of pride and academic achievement in six of Jacksonville’s lowest performing Turnaround Schools.  The League’s unique engagement, research and instructional debate specialists contribute to the education of all debaters and provides tremendous leadership, creativity and scholarship in their academic studies. Since August 2009, the Duval UDL has engaged local public schools in more than 500 hours of after school debate activity, community engagement and in-school training.
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