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ANNOUNCEMENTSSign Up Now for High School Debate Team Sign Up for new high school debaters for Fall 2009 is now open. Click here to learn more and register.
Registration open for Capitol Debate Summer Camps Registration for summer debate camps is now open. Capitol Debate is offering summer camps in Debate, Public Speaking, Mock Trial and Leadership. Click here to learn more and register.
6 Howard County Debaters advance to State Finals Congratulations to the six Howard County Teams that advance to the final 16 in the state. Dan Li/Jonathan Kowarski & Mara Castelbaum/Sofi Martinez & Sid Patel/Abhik Pramanik from Centennial; Christina Lee/Julianne Lee & Daniel Zehao/Elisabeth McClure from Glenelg; Alix Arungah & Jordan Fike from Howard HS.
Capitol Debate Signs Partnership with Howard County School System Capitol Debate has signed an official partnership with the Howard County School System to bring debate to all high schools in Howard County, Maryland.
Baltimore Sun Highlights New Debate Teams Check out the Baltimore Sun Article by Sandy Alexander on Sunday, December 11, 2006 discussing the recent debut and successes of the new debate teams in Howard County!
Centennial, Glenelg & Reservoir off to Great Starts! At Thomas Johnson HS on October 28, Glenelg's Liz Ferris won top speaker & Christina Lee won second speaker & they won the novice tournament. Reservoir's Eric McCullin and Jeremy Plant took 4th place in Novice. On November 11th at Arundel HS, Centennial's Wesam Navgi won 3rd place speaker & Eli Herrrstadt won 4th Place Speaker & they took 2nd place overall in Novice while Kevin Li & Sid Patel took 4th, Soyoung Seo and Yuris Kim took 5th & Mara Castelbaum & Sofi Martinez took 8th place - way to go!!