TEAM HISTORY
ORIGINALLY FOUNDED IN 2005 BY JEFF WELTY, THE SPEECH & DEBATE TEAM ORIGINALLY FOCUSED ON CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE, EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING AND PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE. IN THE EARLY 2010S, ROBERT SHEARD WAS HIRED BY DURHAM ACADEMY TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM'S SCOPE AND REACH. IN 2015, CRAWFORD LEAVOY WAS PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR OF SPEECH & DEBATE AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM. . IN 2023, RACHEL MAUCHLINE WAS HIRED AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SPEECH & DEBATE TO BEGIN THE CREATION OF FORMAL MIDDLE SCHOOL SPEECH & DEBATE OFFERINGS.
THE TEAM WAS CHARTERED BY THE NATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE IN 2009. SINCE THEN THE DA SPEECH & DEBATE TEAM HAS BECOME A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM. FROM 2020 TO 2023, IT WAS LISTED IN THE TOP 100 CHAPTERS OF THE NATIONAL SPEECH & DEBATE ASSOCIATION.
NOW IN ITS 18TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, DA SPEECH & DEBATE IS A FULL-SERVICE PROGRAM WITH LARGE VARIETY OF SPEECH & DEBATE EVENTS OFFERED AT BOTH THE UPPER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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THE TEAM WAS CHARTERED BY THE NATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE IN 2009. SINCE THEN THE DA SPEECH & DEBATE TEAM HAS BECOME A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM. FROM 2020 TO 2023, IT WAS LISTED IN THE TOP 100 CHAPTERS OF THE NATIONAL SPEECH & DEBATE ASSOCIATION.
NOW IN ITS 18TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, DA SPEECH & DEBATE IS A FULL-SERVICE PROGRAM WITH LARGE VARIETY OF SPEECH & DEBATE EVENTS OFFERED AT BOTH THE UPPER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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