Student News & Events

WUDL Welcomes New Teams from Cesar Chavez, College Track, and Sojourner Truth at Holiday Classic As usual, the room was packed with eager students, coaches, and parents as awards were handed out the WUDL Holiday Classic serves as the last tune-up before national qualifiers start in January. It also serves as a great place to […]

College Park Academy Wins JV Division of NY Fall Face-Off College Park’s Agbor gives the 1st rebuttal, where a clever impact turn proved to be the deciding factor in the round. The theater was packed with observers for the final round. Debate can be hard. It’s supposed to be — a rigorous challenging and testing of

WUDL Fall Elementary Tournament Features 4 New Schools, New Champs Dr. Wilson and her team from Shepherd Elementary won a lot of awards (including 1st place) The feedback we got for the first in person Elementary School Debate last year was that we didn’t host them frequently enough!  As requested, we hosted a fall session of

4th Annual Urban Debate Dragon Invitational WUDL’s biggest event yet Despite the facility challenges we had this weekend, debaters had great attitudes and made the most of it, debating in hallways, greenhouses, gyms, and other makeshift spaces. The Washington Urban Debate League is an educationally focused non-profit, with new and exciting research showing the impact of our work.

WUDL Halloween Tournament A Spooky Success! Mario and Luigi, who apparently are seeking further education at Stuart Hobson Middle School Mario and Luigi, consulting with a pirate before a debate against Taylor Swift and Spongebob, gathered around a cauldron and getting advice from a witch. Cartman versus a giant pickle.  The WUDL Halloween Classic is always an exciting

WUDL Season Opener 30 Percent Larger Than Last Year Stuart Hobson Asst. Coach Jon Alfiuth judges Banneker’s Dereje/Gebre versus DuVal’s Mussie / Chicaslevia. Both teams won awards in Novice Debate Tournaments aren’t normally known for the view, but that was just one of the many joys for students and judges alike at the season opener this

Reflections on Competition: Remembering Keoni Scott-Reid Keoni Scott-Reid, WUDL’s 1st National Qualifier (And the first to do most things) National circuit debate is really competitive. It’s supposed to be,  a gathering of the smartest and most dedicated students in the country who are well versed in this year’s topic, government policy, critical theory, social movements

WUDL Brings 2x Teams to Georgetown Day, and brings home lots of trophies WUDL has never had more than 12 teams at GDS before. This is what 22 teams and their coaches look like The league’s Travel Team coming out of the pandemic was extremely young, extremely experienced due to their experience in Middle School,

BASIS DC’s Choi/Mazumdar Make WUDL History With TOC Bid Sitara and Daniella, sophomores at BASIS DC, made history last weekend, claiming the 1st TOC bid and 1st tournament victory in WUDL history. Check out the cool 3D printed trophies GDS made– way cool! Coming into the Georgetown season opener, Program Coordinator Mac Clabaugh was asked

Award Winners: 9th Annual Matthew Harris Ornstein Summer Debate Institute Some students just can’t get enough debate! Claudia, Helen, Aden, Yonathan, and other JV debaters prep for the camp tournament during lunch mid-week before the competition. While the primary goal of summer camp is teaching and inspiring young people, we do want to celebrate the