Grand Prairie - October 2nd

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JBS Law Magnet's Fabulous Fives at Newman Smith

The JBS Law Magnet debate team debuted its novice debaters at the Newman Smith Debate & Speech tournament this weekend.

All the novice debaters won at least one debate round and demonstrated a contagious enthusiasm throughout the long weekend.  Ruben Garcia and Daniel Lozano became the first novice debaters to break.  They broke to Quarter Finals, winning 5th Place and each winning the first trophies for the novice squad.

Kelsey Annu-Essuman continued to display that she is one of the top junior VLD debaters on the circuit.  She went undefeated in preliminary rounds and advanced to Quarters, finishing in 5th Place.  She earned an additional 2 TFA state points, upping her total to 5.  After just three TFA tournaments, she is half way to her goal of securing TFA State qualification.

Rolando Velasquez and Emilio Lozano once again started strong with a 2-0 record, but were unable to win either of their break rounds.

The complete squad, including all 8 NLD debaters will competing at Grand Prairie next Saturday.

Finally, we would like to thank Ms. Guerrero and Ms. Rojas for helping chaperone this weekend.

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Parents please remember that these times are subject to change if the tournament runs late.  Students should be picked up at the front of the school where buses run and the flag poles are located (facing Josey).

Friday night the students will be accompanied by Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Rojas and Ms. Guerrero.  Saturday, Ms. Rojas and Ms. Guerrero will monitor the students.

Heard Through the Grapevine: Kelsey Breaks at TOC Qualifier & Wins 4th Best Speaker

Kelsey Annu Essuman became the first junior debater to ever break at a TOC tournament and the first JBS debater to win a top speaker award at a TOC tournament.  

Kelsey had a solid 4-1 prelim performance which garnered her the 6th seed in the tournament. Her Double Octo's appearance also earned her an additional TFA point.

The CX squad helped make this the most successful Law Magnet weekend at Grapevine in ten years.  All three policy teams debated in break rounds. Rolando Velasquez and Emilio Lozano finished with a 3-2 record and earned the 24th spot.  Rolando also placed 38th best speaker.  Colton Donica and Lucero Pina also finished 3-2.   Normally, a 3-2 record is enough to clear at Grapevine, but this year even a 4-1 team did not break since the tournament decided to only break to Octo's

The full squad next debates at Newman Smith where the novices will debate for the first time.

Grapevine Classic - September 17-18

The Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet team will be competing at the Grapevine Classic, a TOC and TFA qualifier.  Below is important information for the weekend:

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Students need to bring money for dinner Friday night and lunch Saturday. Breakfast will be available for the students in the hotel lobby.

Best Colleges - Education - US News

Best Colleges - Education - US News

This website will give you a great glimpse into the schools you are interested in attending. Take a look at the schools recent debate graduates are attending: Amherst, Smith, Wellesley, University of Chicago, George Washington, Georgetown, Agnes Scott, University of Texas and Southern Methodist University. You can also check out tuition costs and profiles of the schools.

Greenhill Classic 2010

The JBS Law Magnet Debate TOC team members will be competing at Greenhill this weekend.  Here are important links:

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Nothing Plain About Top Ten Finish at Plano Sr.

The Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Debate Team called in the new season with a Top Ten finish at the Plano Senior Wildcat Roundup. 

Kelsey Annu-Essuman placed tenth in Varsity LD earning two TFA points.

Mike Garcia and Reuben Howard, debating in their first varsity tournament, debated in a 2-1 break round and finished 2-2.  Yastril Nanez won her first round as a varsity debater and Quetzabel Benavides missed breaking in VLD by a few speaker points.

The team next competes at the Greenhill (TOC) Classic, September 10th-13th.