Minnesota Debate Teachers Association

Reminder that our general membership meeting for CTAM will occur on Saturday, September 16th at 9:00 AM in the Viking room at CTAM.  There we will discuss a variety of items that can be found in the agenda here:

Agenda

Congress @ State Proposal

Congress Proposal Video/Conference Call

Look forward to seeing everyone there.  If you simply cannot get to St. Cloud we are again going to try a remote option.  Assuming we can get internet in the room:

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(855) 507-6448, access code: 7862239 (Toll Free US/Canada)

Meeting Date/Time: July 13th @ 8:00 PM Central

For those interested, the MDTA is hosting a virtual meeting to discuss the addition of Congressional Debate as a MSHSL State Tournament Event.  During this meeting we will discuss the proposed qualifying (Section) and state tournament formats.  Gather feedback and revise based on community feedback.

We will record the meeting and post it as well for those who cannot attend.

Proposal Deck: https://1drv.ms/p/s!Ap-DVaUGsnvXz-4mBmIMyDyK1_eKJQ

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The Minnesota Debate Teachers Association (MDTA) is pleased to announce the 2016-17 MDTA Challenge Cup and All-State Debate winners.  The MDTA Challenge Cup is an annual award that recognizes exceptional performance by a team in all five debate categories.

Our MDTA Challenge Cup Winners are:

• Congressional Debate – Maple Grove High School
• Classic Debate – Eastview High School
• Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Robbinsdale Cooper High School
• Policy Debate – Eagan High School
• Public-Forum Debate – St. Paul Academy & Summit School

The All-State Debate awards are awarded to the top eight individuals in each debate format.  With thousands of students participating in debate statewide, the All-State Debate awards represents a highly select group of individuals across the state.  This year, our 40 All-State Debate students represent 20 different schools.

Our 40 All-State Debate students are:

• Abbas Omar, Blaine (Congress)
• Adnan Askari, St. Paul Academy (Public Forum)
• Akarshna Iyer, Eastview (Classic)
• Alexandra Gekht, Eastview (Classic)
• Anand Mittal, Edina (Lincoln-Douglas)
• Benjamin Konstan,  St. Paul Academy (Public Forum)
• Benjamin Pankow, Eagan (Lincoln-Douglas)
• Benjamin Summers, Champlin Park (Lincoln-Douglas)
• Daniel Johnson, East Ridge (Congress)
• Dante Fornizy, Eastview (Public Forum)
• David Necas, Robbinsdale Cooper (Lincoln-Douglas)
• Dylan Clausen, Elk River (Congress)
• Fallon Anderson, South St. Paul (Classic)
• Gloria Mi, Edina (Lincoln-Douglas)
• Joshua Groven, Eagan (Congress)
• Karina Verdin, South St. Paul (Classic)
• Kayla Arradondo, Eastview (Classic)
• Kevin Jacobson, Maple Grove (Congress)
• Krueger, Eagan (Policy)
• Lutz, Eagan (Policy)
• Matthew Swedin, South St. Paul (Classic)
• Michael White, Robbinsdale Cooper (Lincoln-Douglas)
• Nautica Flowers, Eagan (Congress)
• Noah Gallagher, Lakeville North (Lincoln-Douglas)
• Osman Mansur, Eastview (Public Forum)
• Peter Schavee, St Paul (Congress)
• Queen Nwaudo, Eastview (Classic)
• Quick, Eagan (Policy)
• Raffi Toghramadjian, St. Paul Academy (Public Forum)
• Ross Abram, Eastview (Public Forum)
• Sabel, Eagan (Policy)
• Sara DeSobrino, Forest Lake Sr (Lincoln-Douglas)
• Sarah Wheaton, St. Paul Academy (Public Forum)
• Sauvageau, Rosemount (Policy)
• Sean Mather, Eastview (Classic)
• Shefali Bijwadia, St. Paul Academy (Public Forum)
• Shih, Eagan (Policy)
• Stanton, Eagan (Policy)
• Stefanko, Rosemount (Policy)
• Victoria Halvorson, Maple Grove (Congress)