#MakeAmericaDebateAgain: Help Welly
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Wellington Debate needs your assistance!
We are looking to upgrade our technology, and would like to purchase 10 Dell Chromebooks for our nationally-recognized program.
The Chromebooks would help debaters with their research and organization skills for nearly 25 high school debate tournaments each year. Our program prepares students for college and the outside world by helping them develop critical thinking skills, persuasion techniques, and creation of logical and factual arguments. All of our students wish to better themselves and the world around them.
Wellington High School Debate is a non-profit high school program that addresses this issue. Through hands-on activities, mentoring, presentations, and weekend competitive debate tournaments, students discover the world of competitive performance and political dialogue. Participants are challenged to research current events, outline positions both in support of and against the topic, and openly argue and defend their position. Wellington Debate also allows students to memorize edited scripts from plays, musicals and movies, and present them in a competitive acting forum.
Lawyers, teachers, public relations officers, radio and television personalities, executives, and prominent public figures testify to the benefits of debate participation. In fact, 80% of Congress debated competitively, and every U.S. President going back to Harry S Truman debated. Many of them found lifelong friends through their involvement, and gained valuable skills for use in their careers. Further, studies show colleges and universities rank debate among the most valued experiences a student can have when applying to college; a recent study showed the single most important factor in college admission to Ivy League and national universities was participation in speech, debate, and/or drama.
On behalf of my students, I thank you in advance for your assistance. Please feel free to contact me; my team and I truly appreciate your generosity and support!
Sincerely yours,
Paul L. Gaba
Debate Coach
We are looking to upgrade our technology, and would like to purchase 10 Dell Chromebooks for our nationally-recognized program.
The Chromebooks would help debaters with their research and organization skills for nearly 25 high school debate tournaments each year. Our program prepares students for college and the outside world by helping them develop critical thinking skills, persuasion techniques, and creation of logical and factual arguments. All of our students wish to better themselves and the world around them.
Wellington High School Debate is a non-profit high school program that addresses this issue. Through hands-on activities, mentoring, presentations, and weekend competitive debate tournaments, students discover the world of competitive performance and political dialogue. Participants are challenged to research current events, outline positions both in support of and against the topic, and openly argue and defend their position. Wellington Debate also allows students to memorize edited scripts from plays, musicals and movies, and present them in a competitive acting forum.
Lawyers, teachers, public relations officers, radio and television personalities, executives, and prominent public figures testify to the benefits of debate participation. In fact, 80% of Congress debated competitively, and every U.S. President going back to Harry S Truman debated. Many of them found lifelong friends through their involvement, and gained valuable skills for use in their careers. Further, studies show colleges and universities rank debate among the most valued experiences a student can have when applying to college; a recent study showed the single most important factor in college admission to Ivy League and national universities was participation in speech, debate, and/or drama.
On behalf of my students, I thank you in advance for your assistance. Please feel free to contact me; my team and I truly appreciate your generosity and support!
Sincerely yours,
Paul L. Gaba
Debate Coach
Organizer
Paul L. Gaba
Organizer
Wellington, FL