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Schoolhouse Debate Tournament 2025

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11 sessions

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About

Welcome to Schoolhouse.world’s Debate Tournament!

The Schoolhouse Debate Tournament is a three-day international online debate tournament to be held on 20th, 21st, and 22nd June 2025. This event aims to foster critical thinking, communication skills, and international collaboration among Schoolhouse. world learners through a modified World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC) format.

The tournament will feature knockout rounds, with each round utilizing the same debate motion across all simultaneous matches. The complexity of the debate topics will progressively increase with each advancing round, providing a stimulating intellectual challenge for participants.

Whether you’re a seasoned debater or someone just looking to get started with debate, you are welcome to join!

How to participate:

1. Register for this series though which the main communication will take place till all participants join the Slack workspace.
2. Fill out the registration form: https://forms.gle/emX4KcPtfNKsX2ai6
3. Join the Slack Workspace from the link that we’ll provide you with - most communication about the event will happen from here.

Here's the official public Coda of the event: https://coda.io/@anshu-p/schoolhouse-debate-tournament-2025

Note: Audience Members are also welcome to join and spectate the event!

Tutored by

Hafsah M 🇮🇳

Senior Host

Certified in 32 topics

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Hey everyone! I am Hafsah, an incoming high school junior from India, studying advanced courses well ahead of my age. I'm really passionate about anything related to maths, CS and science. In my free time, I love to read, ski, research on random topics that catch my interest, do some cooking and learn new languages. I'm also a huge speech and debate enthusiast - I started participating in 4th grade and have never stopped since! I've taken the Digital SAT, with a superscore of 1530 (750 R&W, 780 Math). I'd be happy to help out with anything related to Math (from Pre-Algebra to Calculus), Science, Computer Science or SAT Prep. Excited to be a tutor here at schoolhouse, and I look forward to seeing you in my sessions!

Anshu P 🇮🇳

Senior Host

Certified in 27 topics

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Hey there, it's Anshu! I'm a curious person who loves to learn, explore, and research. Physics and Mathematics are my favourite subjects, and I could talk about them for hours. When I'm not busy unravelling the mysteries of the universe or diving deep into the mind-boggling world of physics theories and equations, you can find me hacking (don't worry, always ethically 😉), coding and losing myself in the pages of a great book. And if that's not enough, you might catch me debating in exhilarating MUNs! Looking forward to seeing you in my sessions!

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

You are expected to attend all of the sessions in this series.

SESSION 1

16

Jun

SESSION 1

Community Events

Community Events

Mon 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTCJun 16, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UTC

Training Session (Eastern Timezone Friendly) - In this session, we’ll be introducing you to the World Schools Debate format, including the speaker roles, order and judging criteria.

Audience members are welcome to join!
SESSION 2

16

Jun

SESSION 2

Community Events

Community Events

Mon 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCJun 16, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

Training Session (Western Timezone Friendly) - In this session, we’ll be introducing you to the World Schools Debate format, including the speaker roles, order and judging criteria.

Audience members are welcome to join!
SESSION 3

17

Jun

SESSION 3

Community Events

Community Events

Tue 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCJun 17, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Mock Debate - in this session, all participants will be given a chance to witness a mock WSDC-style debate with our judges participating to familiarise themselves with how WSDC debates work!

Audience members are welcome to join!
SESSION 4

20

Jun

SESSION 4

Community Events

Community Events

Fri 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCJun 20, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Opening Ceremony - welcome to the opening ceremony for the Schoolhouse Debate Tournament! We’ll officially kick off the tournament with the ceremony and the team draws will take place.

Audience members are welcome to join!
SESSION 5

20

Jun

SESSION 5

Community Events

Community Events

Fri 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM UTCJun 20, 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM UTC

Round of 32: Welcome to the first cycle of our Round of 32 matches!

Audience members are welcome to join!
SESSION 6

20

Jun

SESSION 6

Community Events

Community Events

Fri 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM UTCJun 20, 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM UTC

Round of 32: Welcome to the second cycle of our Round of 32 matches!

Audience members are welcome to join!
SESSION 7

21

Jun

SESSION 7

Community Events

Community Events

Sat 2:00 AM - 2:45 AM UTCJun 21, 2:00 AM - 2:45 AM UTC

Round of 16: Welcome to the our Round of 16 matches! The winning sixteen teams from the first round go head to head to decide the quarterfinalists for the tournament.

Audience members are welcome to join!
SESSION 8

21

Jun

SESSION 8

Community Events

Community Events

Sat 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM UTCJun 21, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM UTC

Quarterfinals: Welcome to the our Quarterfinals! The winning sixteen teams from the second round go head to head to competing for a spot in the semifinalists of the tournament.

Audience members are welcome to join!
SESSION 9

22

Jun

SESSION 9

Community Events

Community Events

Sun 2:00 AM - 2:45 AM UTCJun 22, 2:00 AM - 2:45 AM UTC

Semifinals: Welcome to the Semifinals! The final four teams will compete for a spot in the final.

Audience members are welcome to join!
SESSION 10

22

Jun

SESSION 10

Community Events

Community Events

Sun 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM UTCJun 22, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM UTC

Finals: Welcome to the final showdown of the debate tournament! The top two teams compete for the title of the Schoolhouse Debate Tournament winners.

Audience members are welcome to join!
SESSION 11

22

Jun

SESSION 11

Community Events

Community Events

Sun 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM UTCJun 22, 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM UTC

Closing Ceremony: In the closing ceremony, we’ll be announcing awards for the tournament, including the winning team and best speaker! We’ll wrap up the tournament with a few speeches and words of encouragement.

Audience members are welcome to join!

Public Discussion

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Jun 16 - Jun 22

1 week

45 - 60 mins

/ session

Next session on June 16, 2025

SCHEDULE

Monday, Jun 16

12:00PM

Monday, Jun 16

6:00PM

Tuesday, Jun 17

3:00PM

Friday, Jun 20

3:00PM

Friday, Jun 20

4:30PM

Friday, Jun 20

5:15PM

Saturday, Jun 21

2:00AM

Saturday, Jun 21

3:00PM

Sunday, Jun 22

2:00AM

Sunday, Jun 22

3:00PM

Sunday, Jun 22

4:15PM