Potomac Debate Academy

Registration for our September tournaments is now live in the Potomac portal! Tournaments serve multiple valuable functions for students including: 🔹Meeting new friends and collaborating to maximize success 🔹Learning independence and self-reliance while travelling 🔹Getting to tour college campuses and competing in classrooms 🔹Working one-on-one with acclaimed Potomac faculty to prep 🔹and much, much more! Find out for yourself the many benefits circuit tournament travel offers to students, and scroll to learn more about our various national circuit tournament offerings → #tournament #competition #toc #yale #universityofkentucky #speechanddebate #publicforum #debate #poaksheg

Such a pleasure having you with us John Dragos! Your commitment to #education, #leadership, and adapting to new challenges set a strong example for our students. 💪

The National Speech and Debate Association has released topic areas and potential resolutions for the 2024-2025 debate year in PF. Comment the one you're most excited to debate (📹, ⚡, 🇹🇼, 🚀, 🌍, 📜, ⚖️, 🐚, 💻, 🏠, 🌽, 🤯) and stay tuned for more topic resources from Potomac Debate Academy! Tell us your favorite topic overall! 📹 Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially expand its surveillance infrastructure along its southern border. ⚡Resolved: The United Mexican States should substantially increase private sector participation in its energy industry. 🇹🇼 Resolved: The United States should substantially reduce its military support of Taiwan. 🚀 Resolved: The United States federal government should eliminate its intercontinental ballistic missiles. 🌍 Resolved: The East African Community Partner States should establish the East African Federation. 📜 Resolved: The African Union should grant diplomatic recognition to the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state. ⚖️ Resolved: The United States should accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. 🐚 Resolved: International financial institutions should cancel all outstanding public debt from fossil fuel projects in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). 💻 Resolved: In the United States, the benefits of the use of generative artificial intelligence in education outweigh the harms. 🏠Resolved: The United States federal government should ban corporate acquisition of single-family residences. 🌽Resolved: The United States federal government should eliminate its agricultural subsidies for domestic corn production. 🤯 Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its investment in domestic nuclear energy. #publicforum #nsda #speechanddebate #politics #internationallaw #domesticlaw #nuclearenergy #artificialintelligence #corporateacquisition #LMIC #eastafricanfederation

Potomac Debate Academy recently sponsored a live webinar on the college admissions process for debaters. Unable to make it, or just now hearing about it? No problem! Comment "college bound" and we'll DM you over 20 free resources from the event with a recording. 🎓 #collegeadmissions #collegebound #collegeready #brown #carnegiemellon #duke #harvard #university #ivyleaguebound

On May 11, Potomac students gathered at the University of Maryland to debate in our Spring Championship tournament! We've had an amazing season thanks to all of you, and this tournament was an excellent way to end our season! We are fortunate to be at the forefront of communication education in inspiring this generation's leaders to fulfill their potential. Potomac debaters not only learn advanced research and writing, but also better their worldview through the mindset that switch-side debate promotes on global issues. #insights #education #studentleaders #leadership #greatjob #congrats #champions  #championship #spring #debate #speechanddebate #pfdebate #publicforum #tournament #universityofmaryland

WE'RE BACK! We can't wait to see those of you taking June classes back in the classroom today ✏️ Stay tuned on our socials, because we've been cooking up some more tournament and event recaps from the spring semester to share with you 🏆 #welcomeback #summer #summerfun #classesresume #classisinsession #summeractivities #getahead #speechanddebate #education #collegeadmissions

We have an exciting update to our Harvard results!

The🚨long-awaited🚨HARVARD RESULT POST! Congratulations to our amazing team. The memories we could capture in this post are only a fraction of those made, thank you to our incredible students and coaching for making Harvard '24 an incredible one! #congrats #proud #champions #goteam #harvard #debate #publicspeaking #speechanddebate #teamwork

Our March Intramural tournament will be on the February topic, but we're excited to announce the topic for April tournaments! Resolved: The United Nations should abolish permanent membership on its Security Council. What contentions do you think will triumph on either side? #debate #publicforum #publicspeaking #speechanddebate #topicannouncement #education #un #unitednations #unsc #unitednationssecuritycouncil #reform #change #ilaw #internationalpolitics #civicengagement #globalcitizen #insights