Yesterday 223 debaters from 17 Middle Schools combined into 37 Novice and 46 Open Level teams to debate the motion: This House would give low-income parents vouchers to send their children to private schools. Proposition prevailed in 50.8% of the…
Results Yesterday, 172 debaters from 12 Middle Schools, combined into 30 Novice teams and 30 Open Level teams to debate the motion: This House believes that zoos do more harm than good. This was a scrimmage for Novices and a Tournament…
On Saturday, May 7, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League hosted its second annual Championship Tournament. 64 debaters from the following schools qualified for the Championship by placing 1-10 at a CTMSDL Tournament this season:Amity Middle School, Eastern Middle School,…
On Saturday, December 18, 2021, 277 Middle School debaters from 19 schools combined into 96 teams and debated the motion: This House would boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Proposition teams prevailed in 58% of the 83 rounds debated. 74…
The CTMSDL kicked off the 2021-22 season with a virtual scrimmage yesterday. 163 Middle Schoolers from 12 schools debated the motion: This House would ban direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising in the U.S. Thanks to our 41 volunteer judges, our coaches,…
On Saturday, May 22, 2021, 72 debaters from 14 Middle Schools, combined into 24 teams to debate the motion: This House, as the International Criminal Court, would make ecocide an international crime. Proposition won 50.5% of the day’s ballots. Debaters qualified…
On Saturday, April 24, 2021, 263 debaters from 23 Middle Schools, combined into 94 teams to debate the motion: This House, as the US federal and state governments, would not require standardized testing for the 2020-21 school year. Proposition prevailed in…
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League held its first competitive tournament of the season, online. 300 debaters from 19 schools combined into 106 teams to debate the motion: This House believes that televised Presidential debates…
In our first event of the 2020-21 season, a scrimmage, 187 debaters from 15 schools combined into 65 teams to debate the motion: This House, as Facebook, would ban all political advertising. 46 volunteers judged, including many Varsity High School…
December 14, 2019 Results & Announcement of January 25, 2020 Motion On December 14, 2019, 246 Middle-schoolers from 22 Connecticut schools came together at Smith Middle School in Glastonbury to debate the motion: This House regrets the worldwide proliferation of surveillance…