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• Welcome to the High School Public Debate Program!

  By John Meany on September 1, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome to the home of the High School Public Debate Program (HSPDP), featuring national and international class and contest debating for students from 9th-12th grades in the US and like ages/grades in other countries. The HSPDP is one of several… Read More ›

• Tournament/Topics – League Invitational, Compton High School, February 16

  By John Meany on January 18, 2019

  TOURNAMENT DATE/LOCATION/TOPICS The fifth 2018-19 Southern California league tournament is scheduled for Saturday, February 16. The event will be held at Compton High School, Compton. The pre-announced topics for the event include: The US Federal Government should break up Facebook. Survivors of domestic… Read More ›

• Combined UPDP/HSPDP Tournament – January 26-27

  By John Meany on January 4, 2019

  HSPDP schools are invited to attend a PDP-format tournament scheduled for Claremont McKenna College, Saturday-Sunday, January 26-27. The tournament is the inaugural Public Debate Program event for colleges. High school teams will compete in an open tournament involving high school… Read More ›

• Tournament/Topics – League Invitational, The Webb Schools, December 2 (Sunday)

  By John Meany on November 12, 2018

  TOURNAMENT DATE/LOCATION/TOPICS The fourth 2018-19 Southern California league tournament is scheduled for Sunday, December 2. The event will be held at The Webb Schools, Claremont. The pre-announced topics for the event include: The US Federal Government should exclusively administer federal, state, and local elections…. Read More ›

• Tournament/Topics – League Invitational, St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, November 10

  By John Meany on October 14, 2018

  TOURNAMENT DATE/LOCATION/TOPICS The third 2018-19 Southern California league tournament is scheduled for Saturday, November 10. The event will be held at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, San Juan Capistrano. The pre-announced topics for the event include: The United States should have compulsory voting in general elections…. Read More ›

• Tournament/Topics – League Invitational, CMC, October 13

  By John Meany on September 29, 2018

  TOURNAMENT DATE/LOCATION/TOPICS The second 2018-19 Southern California league tournament is scheduled for Saturday, October 13. The event will be held at Claremont McKenna College (CMC). Registration will be held at Bauer Forum, CMC, https://www.cmc.edu/campus-map. You should enter the campus from Claremont Boulevard (entrance on… Read More ›

• New Tournament Awards

  By John Meany on September 29, 2018

  

  There will be additional awards for Southern California league invitational tournament participants this year. There will be a set of individual speaker awards for students in their first year of debating. They are meant to recognize the accomplishment of students… Read More ›

• Introducing the HSPDP Presidents!

  By John Meany on September 12, 2018

  

  Congratulations to Katie Na and Maya Kurkhill, the new Presidents of the High School Public Debate Program. Many MS/HSPDP coaches might already know them from their tournament tab work. They will oversee and support a number of HSPDP initiatives, including league and… Read More ›

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