Geneva School of Boerne eighth graders recently competed in an in-house Debate Tournament. Preliminary rounds were held on Wednesday, April 16. The resolution under debate was: “The nations’ founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian nation.” The eighth-grade class was divided into 15 teams, and each team argued a minimum of five times. All teams were required to argue both sides of the resolution.
The top eight teams advanced to single elimination break rounds on Wednesday, April 23. During break rounds, the side of the resolution that each team had to argue was determined by a coin toss at the beginning of the round.
The winning team included Carolyn Lutz, Levi McPherson, Brooks Watson and Micah Keeton. Individual speaker awards were given to students with the highest individual speaker points in preliminary rounds. Third place speaker was Asher Shindler, Quinn Malkowski was second and Levi McPherson took first. After four weeks of researching and preparing for this debate, the eighth graders then visited Washington, D.C., and saw firsthand how our nation’s capital reflects the founder’s dreams.