Student News & Events

WUDL Celebrates End Of Year Student Awards Keoni Scott-Reid High School Debater of the Year, Parker McCauley, with Coach Mac Washington Urban Debate wrapped up the 2023 – 2024 regular season on a high note with our End of Year awards. These awards are given out to students, coaches, schools, and volunteers that have demonstrated […]

WUDL Chooses Final Middle School National Qualifiers: Hardy and Eliot Hine The entire WUDL Travel Team at the Pennsbury Falcon Invitational 2024 — definitely our best yet! WUDL gets to send 6 teams to Middle School Nationals. Four are chosen via competition (noted in this previous post), and two via application, chosen by WUDL staff

Full Results: Adam J. Rubinson Memorial Tournament One of the final Varsity Rounds that decided who will represent the WUDL at the Urban Debate National Championship. Judge Currie listens to School Without Walls’ Dinkins speak, the eventual winners of the round. The Adam J. Rubinson Memorial Tournament was a great success, and we’ve already shared

Stuart Hobson Qualifies Four Teams To UDL Middle School Nationals at Adam J. Rubinson Memorial Tournament The entire WUDL Travel Team at the Pennsbury Falcon Invitational 2024 — definitely our best yet! **We’ll have separate posts to celebrate the excellent work of folks at the Adam J. Rubinson Invitational at Deloitte and the Adam J

Inaugural Adam J. Rubinson Memorial Award of Excellence: Akesh Mallia We’re excited to name Akesh Mallia the inaugural Adam J. Rubinson Memorial Award of Excellence — pictured here at I-Resolve DC at the CATO Institute last fall. Akesh will return to Nationals this year to represent the WUDL in Chicago. We are excited to celebrate

WUDL Names High School National Qualifiers at Adam J. Rubinson Invitational National Qualifiers to the Urban Debate National Championship from School Without Walls — William, Zahra, Akesh, and Jener, with teammate Marie-Celeste in the middle **We’ll have separate posts to celebrate the excellent work of folks at the Adam J. Rubinson Invitational at Deloitte and

WUDL is Tournament of Champions Bound And Lots Of Other Awards At Pennsbury Falcon Invitational The entire WUDL Travel Team at the Pennsbury Falcon Invitational 2024 — definitely our best yet! At the beginning of the school year, BASIS DC’s Mazumdar / Choi had a good weekend at the Georgetown Day School Invitational, getting a

2 / 161 National Presidential Scholar Nominees are from WUDL! Bridget Flores (left) with partner Winnie and Capital City’s Liv Birnstad last year at the Pennsbury Falcon Invitational preparing for a round We are excited to share that two WUDL seniors have been nominated as a Presidential Scholar by the National Association of Urban Debate

Hart Middle School Hosts Largest WUDL Tournament Yet! Alumni Joyce Banjo presents awards to Thurgood Marshall’s Dallas / Tubbs. Thurgood Marshall is having a great first season, with teammates Simpson and Jones also going undefeated. Simpson and Jones will make Thurgood Marshall’s debut as part of the WUDL Travel Team at the Pennsbury Falcon Invitational

WUDL Travel Team Wins Trophies at Lexington, Newark Invitationals DuVal’s Olorunfemi and Abiola went 3-3, then finished in 2nd place in the JV Breakout. We’re very proud of their growth this semester, and are excited to see DuVal returning to being among the most highly competitive teams. The school has a long history of having