BROOKLINESPEECH&DEBATE
The Brookline Debate Club was established in 2017 as a competitive team that meets weekly to develop cases on topics ranging from education reform to economic issues to foreign policy. We compete against high school students at tournaments around twice a month, in Lincoln Douglas and Public Forum debate as well as numerous speech events. As of right now, we primarily compete locally and are hoping to be able to travel to tournaments on the national circuit, whose complexity of argumentation would enable us to take our skills to the next level. Stay tuned!
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If you are looking for a fun and competitive club to add to your schedule, look no further! The Brookline Speech and Debate Team provides a friendly atmosphere where members can learn, improve, and excel while joining a close community of fun people. Also you can win trophies.
News & Updates
The Brookline Speech and Debate team had an incredible 2021-2022 season. We started a small but mighty speech team, qualified debaters to two National tournaments, and sent 14 students to States. More than half of the competitors at States made it to elimination rounds, and we ultimately won MA varsity LD Debate and scored quarterfinalist awards for the novice division. In 2023, we are sending 7 debaters to Nationals, and we've expanded to include a plethora of speech events to our competition schedule!
Sign up for the team!
The Brookline Speech and Debate team is a fun, friendly, and competitive team that loves welcoming new members of any level of experience. Whether you want to improve your public speaking skills, find a great community, or simply try something new, Speech and Debate is a great extracurricular activity to add to your list. Debate meets on Tuesdays at 3:10 in room 404, and Speech meets on Thursdays at 3:10. We go to weekend tournaments a couple times a month. Sign up to get informed about meetings and competitions!