Fremont debaters Angel and Nick bask in the glow of a day spent in fierce - and fun - competition.
Hosted on May 14-15 at Fremont High School, the Third Annual League Championship was two days of fierce intellectual battle among the best and brightest in the Bay Area! With many brand new and talented students in our Novice division, sharp Junior Varsity debaters, and our powerhouse veterans in our Varsity division, the competition was intense. Here are some results from the tournament:
- In the varsity division, Fremont High School debaters Jazmin and Diego seized the BAUDL Championship Bowl by winning first place! Skyline High School debaters Greg and Zach were formidable runner-ups. In addition, double congratulations to Diego, who was the top speaker in this division.
- In the junior varsity division, June Jordan High School debater Jasmine Tillery was the top speaker and also won first place – and all on her own, at that! She is the first maverick debater to win first place in the JV division in BAUDL history. The runner-ups were Brittani and Patrick from Emery Secondary School - also big ups to Nick and Angel from Fremont High School, who had the highest preliminary round record in the entire division.
- In the novice division, Cal Prep debaters Kadeem and Tau dominated as the first place champions. Downtown High School’s Alan and Andrea were spectacular runner-ups with the highest preliminary round record in the entire division. Also, congratulations to June Jordan’s Daniel Rueda, who earned top honors as the first place speaker in this division.
Congratulations to all the BAUDL debaters who competed at Third Annual League Championshipfor such a great showing! It has been a year filled with many, many accomplishments – and we look forward another amazing year in the 2011-2012 season.
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For directions, see the bottom of this page. Online registration is now closed. Please arrive at 9AM sharp to guarantee your spot. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Looking for an exciting and rewarding way to spend your summer? Come join us for the 2011 BAUDL Summer Institute! The annual Summer Institute, now in its fourth year, will be held from August 1st to August 5th at Westlake Middle School (2629 Harrison Street in Oakland). The BAUDL Summer Institute is open to debaters of all levels, from brand new students to accomplished veterans, and is free to all high school students. Featuring some of the most talented staff members from all over the country, many prizes, and over 80 of the Bay ’s best and brightest students, the BAUDL Summer Institute is the place to be!
For students, our Summer Institute will provide you with the skills and knowledge to win all of this year’s debate tournaments. The BAUDL Summer Institute is also a great way to meet friends from all over the Bay Area, prepare for college, and discuss and come up with ways to solve the most important issues facing our community. Plus, you will have tons of opportunities to win prizes, including iPods!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at (510) 517-0069 or info@baudl.org.
Directions:
Please arrive at 9AM sharp to guarantee your spot. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Just a hint of the many trophies coming up.
It has been an amazing debate season here at BAUDL. Thanks to our wonderful coaches, volunteers, and supporters, we have had the privilege of witnessing the evolution of a wonderful group of Bay Area high school students into powerful leaders of their community. This is, perhaps, best attested by Jason, a sophomore at California College Preparatory Academy in Berkeley, who reflected that “debate has given me the chances and support to do great in life and actually do something important with my life, and helped me to see that the things we do as individuals actually can affect this world.”
So to all of our supporters who have donated their Saturdays to us, helped spread the word about the work that we do, worked with our students to (truly) help them find their voice: thank you so much from each and every one of us here at BAUDL.
On Saturday, May 14th - Sunday, May 15th, the Bay Area Urban Debate League (BAUDL) will be hosting its annual League Championship — and we would love to see you there! Specifically, we are looking for judges, who play an indispensable role in this learning experience for our young and talented debaters. And as always, we will provide great debates, good company, and, of course, delicious food. If you know anyone - including yourself! - who would be willing to help our students by volunteering to judge at this tournament, we most definitely need your help. Please contact Program Director Tina Law at tinalaw@baudl.org.
The schedule for the day is below:
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Winners of the Chancellor's Award for Public Service included BAUDL stalwart Dmitri Seals and key advocate Professor Ingrid Seyer-Ochi.
BAUDL Acting Executive Director Dmitri Seals joined a dozen other community leaders this Monday as a recipient of the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Awards for Public Service. Recipients also included Professor Ingrid Seyer-Ochi, whose support has been vital as the league has grown over the past few years. Read the article at the UC Berkeley News Center.
Better yet, the story of BAUDL’s trip to the UDL National Championships in New York City was picked up by the Oakland Tribune: always good to see our young people get the recognition they deserve for the incredibly hard work they have put in to become advocates, leaders, and star debaters. See their post here.
