Student News & Events

Northrop Grumman Season Opener WUDL’s Largest Tournament Yet Marcus (left) was our New Debater of the Year last season. He spent the weekend training Muhammad, a brand new debater…..and picked up some trophies along the way, including 1st Place in JV, and Top Speaker The hum of students buzzing in the cafeteria was unusually loud,

WUDL’s Season Opening Workshop a big success New volunteer Ozan Ergungor teaches flowing to students from Flowers and Roosevelt The jackhammers pounded away as the city resurfaced the road outside the school, and inside the school as workers put the finishing touches on the renovations of Oyster Adams’ Upper Campus (very beautiful, more accessible, and

WUDL Travel Team Advances 10 Teams to Elims at Grasshopper Invitational Last year, WUDL brought 23 teams to GDS. This year? 38(!) teams from 17 schools The GDS Grasshopper Invitational is the kick off of WUDL’s Travel Team schedule, usually featuring folks who were in the most advanced labs during our summer program, folks who

WUDL Family Grows — Hill and Martinez Sarah Hill — WUDL Volunteer Manager Dennis Martinez — National League Conference Manger, DEE WUDL is growing like crazy, and to support all of this exciting growth, we’re proud to announce two new members to the WUDL staff for the 2025 season Sarah Hill:  Sarah comes to WUDL

Matthew Harris-Ornstein Summer Debate Institute: Awards Edition Transition to Varsity was the largest labs this summer, doubling the size of the Varsity Division with hungry debaters from 7th to 12th grade! Matthew Harris Ornstein Outstanding Debater Award: Bobby Thorn (Eliot Hine – School Without Walls) Bobby is one of the youngest winners of the Matthew

Matthew Harris Ornstein Summer Debate Institute Starts Another Great Decade Liv, Parker, Aisha, and David demonstrated everything to not do in a debate, with Judge Haven looking on Last year, we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the Matthew Harris Ornstein Summer Debate Institute. We looked ahead at the next decade optimistically — with an incredible

WUDL ES Program Grows Again in Spring 2025 John Francis may not have won all of the competitive trophies, but they’ve got some great team shirts! The beauty of elementary school debate is where students are in their growth and development. They’re incredibly creative, and are too young to know that some of their “impossible”

WUDL Returns to Tournament of Champions Messai, David, Margaret, Jack, and Mac at the Tournament of Champions 2025 It’s starting to look like WUDL has figured out how to qualify sophomores to the Tournament of Champions.  Like their teammates Daniella and Sitara last year, Margaret and Jack didn’t start the year intending to be partners.

WUDL Advances to Elimination Rounds @ Urban Debate National Championship! WUDL’s contingent at Nationals 2025: Dennis, Mac, Henry, Aisha, David, Lauren, Yudelkis, Eric, Diana, Forrest, Parker, James, and William Wandering around the rolling hills and beautiful spring flowers of Emory University, WUDL’s representatives couldn’t have taken more divergent paths to get there.  William Neuroth attended

WUDL Wins Middle School Nationals! WUDL Middle School Nationals Qualifiers 2025: Claudia, Louise, Addie, Zeve, Bobby, Jack, Fiona, Ian, Marshall (remote on day one, Isabelle), with last year’s champ Evelyn to help coach and judge! This past weekend, Washington Urban Debate League students faced off with the best and brightest students from across the nation’s