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DA SPEECH & DEBATE

TEAM HISTORY

ORIGINALLY FOUNDED IN 2005 BY JEFF WELTY, THE SPEECH & DEBATE TEAM ORIGINALLY FOCUSED ON CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE, EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING AND PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE.

THE TEAM WAS CHARTERED BY THE NATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE IN 2009.  SINCE THEN THE DA SPEECH & DEBATE TEAM HAS BECOME A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM.  

NOW IN ITS 17TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED INTO COMPETITION IN A LARGE VARIETY OF SPEECH & DEBATE EVENTS.

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DURHAM ACADEMY HALL OF FAME


SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS


NFL/NSDA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS


CFL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS


TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS AT UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY


NDCA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP


MAJOR TOURNAMENT TITLES


dogwood league overall championship


TARHEEL FORENSIC LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP


TARHEEL EAST DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS


NSDA Academic all-Americans


​durham academy
speech & debate team