HTHS Debate Team

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HTHS Debate Team

2015-2016Application

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The debate team seeks gifted students and public speakers. There are generally four-fiveBADL debate tournaments and two-four NFL debate tournaments per year, with weekly practices.Students who elect to take the debate elective, if offered, make better candidates, since the course will focus on different types of debate, research, speaking, cross-examination techniques, etc. and will offer students more time to prepare for tournaments. Students must alsobe willing to attend all meetings and practices, although scheduling is somewhatflexible in order to accommodate other activities, such as sports and band. PLEASE 1) return this form to Ms. Capps (Room B233 - HTHS), Mrs. Hartzog (Room B237 - HTHS),or Ms. Wilson (Room 264 – HTMS) byFriday, May 15, 2015;AND 2) sign up for a time to meet with Ms. Capps and/or Mrs. Hartzog on May 18, 2015.

Prerequisites:

• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Recommendation from an English, history, or speech teacher

Other extracurricular activities you are/will be involved in:

What debate/public speaking-related experience do you have? Explain.

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HTHS Debate Team

Teacher Evaluation

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Dear teacher,

Please rate the following student on a scale from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) for the following attributes:

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Students:

*When you meet with Ms. Capps and/or Mrs. Hartzog on Monday, May 18, 2015, please have prepared 1) one reason in support of (for) AND 2) one reason in opposition to (against) for EACH of the following topics:

1. Should students be required to participate in extracurricular activities?

1. Reason in support of (for):
2. Reason in opposition to (against):

1. Should students be required to adhere to a curfew?

1. Reason in support of (for):
2. Reason in opposition to (against):

1. Should students be required to wear school uniforms?

1. Reason in support of (for):
2. Reason in opposition to (against):

1. Should students be drug tested in schools?

1. Reason in support of (for):
2. Reason in opposition to (against):

*3) Also, please be prepared to read aloud the following CNN article "Pentagon Considered Stopping Intercepts of Russian Aircraft” by Barbara Starr:

Pentagon considered stopping intercepts of Russian aircraft

ByBarbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent

Updated 7:27 PM ET, Wed May 6, 2015

Washington (CNN)The Pentagon considered, and then rejected, the idea of stopping routine intercepts of Russian military aircraft flying off the coast of Alaska, because the U.S. intercept flights appeared to have limited deterrent or intelligence value, according to two U.S. defense officials.

While the Russian military flights, usually bomber aircraft, were entering a U.S. "air defense identification zone," they were not entering U.S. airspace, leading to the discussion about whether intercepts should continue, a debate officials routinely have.

The U.S. keeps fighter jets on standby to enter that zone to intercept and monitor the Russian flights, often tracking them, following them, and sometimes taking pictures of them. The U.S. ADIZ generally runs from 12 to 200 miles off the U.S. coastline but is international airspace with freedom of navigation.

Ultimately the Defense Department decided the U.S. intercepts would continue, the officials said. They declined to say when the discussions took place. But "the cost-benefit ratio of doing these missions is always under discussion," one of the officials said. Keeping the flights going as an option "keeps us unpredictable" to the Russians, the official said.

NATO jets scrambled more than 400 times in 2014 for Russian intercepts

The U.S. is continuing the longstanding practice of only intercepting some Russian flights, based on where the Russians are flying. If they remain far off the coastline, the U.S. might not always send up aircraft.

The officials said the U.S. maintains various radars and intelligence sensors that can pick up the Russian flights without necessarily having to deploy aircraft. Several weeks ago the Russians conducted the first flight of the year, but the U.S. chose not to intercept the flight, according to the official.

There had been an increase in Russian bombers flights last year, especially in Europe, but the pace of the flights has returned to routine levels this year according to the officials.