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• Tournament/Topics – League Invitational, Compton High School, Saturday, February 15

  By John Meany on January 20, 2020

  TOURNAMENT DATE/LOCATION/TOPICS The next HSPDP Southern California league tournament is scheduled for Saturday, February 15. The event will be held at Compton High School, Compton. The pre-announced topics for the event include: The US should become a cashless society. The US Federal Government… Read More ›

• Tournament/Topics – League Invitational and Desert Valleys Championship, Rancho Mirage High School, Saturday, January 18

  By John Meany on December 16, 2019

  TOURNAMENT DATE/LOCATION/TOPICS The next HSPDP Southern California league tournament is scheduled for Saturday, January 18. The event will be held at Rancho Mirage High School, Rancho Mirage. The tournament is the second of 3 PDP regional championships, the Desert Valleys Championship. The… Read More ›

• Tournament/Topics – League Invitational, Webb Schools, Sunday, Dec 15

  By John Meany on November 15, 2019

  TOURNAMENT DATE/LOCATION/TOPICS The next league tournament is scheduled for Sunday, December 15. The event will be held at The Webb Schools, Claremont. The pre-announced topics for the event include: California should secede from the United States. On balance, device encryption is a threat… Read More ›

• Teacher Workshop – Saturday, October 19

  By John Meany on October 8, 2019

  A reminder – there is a teacher workshop at Claremont McKenna College scheduled for Saturday, October 19. The details are included here: PDP Workshops.CMC.1920 In addition to the October 19, there will be a workshop on January 11. There will… Read More ›

• Tournament/Topics – Opening Invitational, St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, Saturday, Nov 9

  By John Meany on October 7, 2019

  TOURNAMENT DATE/LOCATION/TOPICS The opening 2019-20 Southern California league tournament is scheduled for Saturday, November 9. It is one of three regional championships, in this case, the Orange County Regional Championship. The event will be held at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, San Juan… Read More ›

• Seeking HSPDP Debaters Fluent in Spanish – Deadline October 10

  By John Meany on September 30, 2019

  Seeking debaters fluent in Spanish (technical proficiency for academic debating) for workshops, demonstration debates, and tournaments in Panama! In Spring 2019, the HSPDP expanded operations to Panama. Debate programming is in English and Spanish. Hundreds of students and teachers have attended workshops… Read More ›

• October 12 tournament re-scheduled

  By John Meany on September 29, 2019

  The initial 2019-20 SoCal HSPDP tournament, originally scheduled for October 12, will be re-scheduled later in the year, due to difficulty in securing a site for the event.

• First SoCal HSPDP League Tournament/Topics

  By John Meany on September 29, 2019

  The opening tournament for 2019-20 will be Saturday, November 9. St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, San Juan Capistrano, will host the event. The tournament will also serve as one of 3 regional HSPDP Championships; this event is designated as the Orange… Read More ›

• 2019-20 Calendar Announced

  By John Meany on August 30, 2019

  Available now! The primary calendar includes 9 league events – a teacher workshop and 7 league invitational tournaments, as well as the HSPDP Championship in April. Three league tournaments will be designated as regional championships – Orange County, Desert Valleys,… Read More ›

• Welcome to the High School Public Debate Program!

  By John Meany on August 1, 2019 • ( 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 ›