DKC’s Second M.S. Weeknight Tournament Gets a Visit from State Senator Haley
October 17th – DEBATE-Kansas City’s second middle school tournament of the season was held at West Middle and included a visit from Kansas State Senator David Haley. Over 200 students from nearly 20 schools competed for awards in student congress and policy debate and they impressed Senator Haley.
“The level of preparation and of delivery by these young people bodes well for their personal academic and professional futures as well as for the potential development of sharp,articulate, quick thinking leadership,” said Senator Haley. “I sincerely am impressed and commend Debate-KC for the resources and staff they have dedicated to our district to hone our children into such keen debate competitors.”
West’s debate coach Christine Young extended an invitation to Senator Haley and he made time to watch youngsters practice the art of democratic speech. The Vice President of DKC’s Board, Shane Mecham, provided the Senator a tour of the tournament that allowed him to watch speeches and arguments from a number of DKC middle school students.
“DKC was honored to have an elected representative attend one of our tournaments and listen to the voices of our students,” said Gabe Cook, DKC’s Director. “Senator Haley’s presence communicated the value of debate to our students and helped inspire them to become future leaders.”
Once the two rounds of debate were complete students received dinner as they waited for awards. Fifty three trophies were earned and the biggest, the overall school sweepstakes award, boiled down to a competition between three familiar schools: Foreign Language Academy, Sumner and Arrowhead, with Arrowhead taking first.
DKC’s next weeknight tournament will be at Washington High School on Tuesday, October 29th. Find the entire DKC Tournament Schedule.
See the full results below:
Chamber A of Novice Student Congress.
- Eisenhower Middle School, Ty Smith.
- Eisenhower Middle School, Jovonna Joyce.
- Faith Academy, Victoria Goudeau.
- Smith-Hale Middle School, Anthony Stigger.
- Eisenhower Middle School, Royallie Jones.
Chamber B of Novice Student Congress.
- Center Middle School, Riley Keyes-Blanka.
- Eisenhower Middle School, Ronasia Simmons.
- Eisenhower Middle School, Richard Her.
- Smith-Hale Middle School, D’Azia Burns.
- Central Middle School, Ashley Mendoza.
Chamber C of Novice Student Congress.
- Foreign Language Academy, Maggie Crawford.
- Eisenhower Middle School, Mia Munoz.
- West Middle School, Matthew Mendez.
- Central Middle School, Erika Rodriguez-Montoya.
- Center Middle School, Devren Vaughn.
Chamber A of Open Student Congress.
- Arrowhead Middle School, Phillip Hayes.
- Forign Language Academy, Taylor Corn.
- Coronado Middle School, Tremaine Terrell.
- Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Areli Lopez.
- Hickman Mills Junior High, Alexander Wren.
Chamber B of Open Student Congress.
- Coronado Middle School, Israel Hunt.
- Coronado Middle School, Daniel Arroyo.
- Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Colin Barnes.
- West Middle School, India Conway.
- West Middle School , Nevaeh Jackson
Chamber C of Open Student Congress.
- Arrowhead Middle School, Kyra Duwe.
- Central Middle School, Brandon Cummings.
- Arrowhead Middle School, Deb Vasquez.
- Coronado Middle School, Savannah Miller.
- Hickman Mills Junior High, Muhammad Aadil.
Chamber D of Open Student Congress.
- Faith Academy, Tongu Kenyi.
- Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Leon Brown, Jr.
- Arrowhead Middle School, T’Khara Jones.
- Argentine Middle School, Selene Gallegos.
- Arrowhead Middle School, Angelae Brunson.
Policy Debate Speaker Awards
- Benjamin Banneker Charter Academy, Ja’Lyn Lewis.
- Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, Suan Sonna.
- Foreign Language Academy, Tyree Brown .
- Foreign Language Academy, Aaron (Max) Baker.
- Foreign Language Academy, Marybeth Eddy.
Policy Debate Team Awards
- Foreign Language Academy, Tyree Brown and Winston Bowles.
- Benjamin Banneker Charter Academy, Kailyn C. Garcia and Ja’Lyn Lewis.
- Foreign Language Academy, Aaron (Max) Baker and Bianca Harvey.
- Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, De’Auan McClaine and Suan Somma.
- Foreign Language Academy, MaryBeth Eddy and Anna Crawford.
Team Sweepstakes
- Arrowhead Middle School
- Sumner Academy of Arts & Science
- Foreign Language Academy
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