Our Debate teams

 Lincoln–Douglas debate is a one‑on‑one, values‑based debate format emphasizing ethical reasoning, philosophical analysis, and clear argumentation. Competitors debate a single resolution for the duration of a topic cycle, typically centered on questions of morality, justice, or political philosophy.

Congress is a simulation of the U.S. legislative process where students roleplay as Representatives (within the novice division referred to as “House”), or Senators (within the varsity division referred to as “Senate”). Unlike other debate formats that focus on one-on-one or team-on-team competition, it is a group event featuring a "chamber" of 10–18 students who collectively debate a series of proposed bills, resolutions, and amendments. They split into two groups: affirmation (supporting the policy in question) and negation (opposing the policy in question). While debaters can technically choose which side they want to be on, it’s recommended to prep for both sides and choose the side which has the least amount of people to protect the flow of debate.

• Public Forum Debate is a 2v2 style of debate

• This is what is typically considered “Traditional Debate”

• PF debates global issues, including but not limited to:

  • Politics

  • Borders

  • Socioeconomic Issues

  • Terrorism

  • War

The issues are usually not contained to one nation unless specified in the resolutions, and often range across a wide geographic spectrum 

Parliamentary Debate (popularly known as Parli) is a quick, limited prep, speech-based debate format modeled loosely after how debate works in bodies such as the British House of Commons/Other European Parliaments and it focuses more on quick thinking, rebuttals, and arguments rather than on research. The format for the debate is 2 teams of two taking opposing sides on a wide range of topics usually regarding current events. In all parli debates, a topic is given 20 minutes before the round starts.