<p>Why don’t elite boarding schools actively participate in debate Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, and Public Forum?</p>
<p>I saw the list of participating schools in the National Forensic League (NFL), but I could only find Milton Academy.</p>
<p>I can easily imagine how well the students at prep schools would do in NFL, but I was surprised that only one school was eligible for NFL. </p>
<p>Do you know why boarding schools dont participate in state and national level leagues?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Most boarding schools have debate teams. They participate in a different league called the Debating Association of New England Independent Schools. I believe, someone may correct me though, they participate in parliamentary and Lincoln-Douglas formats. They do compete on a higher level. I know Andover sent at least one student to a world championship several years ago.</p>
<p>exeter has a debate team, as well as groton.</p>
<p>The funster’s recollection is that Hotchkiss has a particularly strong debating team year in and year out.</p>
<p>Many boarding schools have a debate club. Go to [TABS:</a> Top College-Prep Independent Boarding Schools Directory](<a href=“http://www.schools.com%5DTABS:”>http://www.schools.com) and do an advanced search…select extracurriculars, and choose debate. More than 100 schools. Now, maybe they are in different leagues, as sugarkim noted above, but many debate teams do exist.</p>
<p>sugerkim, I’m pretty sure Andover sent a girl this year to Worlds in Germany.</p>
<p>Which boarding schools have the best debate teams?</p>
<p>Thanks prettyckitty. I didn’t realize we sent kids this past year. Here are a couple articles from the Phillipian about them - [Clay</a> and Li ?09 Headed To World Debate in Germany | News | The Phillipian](<a href=“http://phillipian.net/article/5763]Clay”>Article: Antonio Pulgarin Speaks to Toxic Masculinity, LGBTQ+ Rights, and Latinx Issues in New Exhibition “Whispers of a Caballero.” – The Phillipian) and [Uppers</a> Clay and Li Represent PA, USA at Debate Championships | News | The Phillipian](<a href=“http://phillipian.net/article/6264]Uppers”>Article: Antonio Pulgarin Speaks to Toxic Masculinity, LGBTQ+ Rights, and Latinx Issues in New Exhibition “Whispers of a Caballero.” – The Phillipian). I remember we also sent a girl to South Africa a couple years ago.</p>
<p>Hotchkiss has an extraordinarily strong debate team, winning a majority of DANEIS tournaments and sending at least two students to Worlds and three to Internationals every year, who tend to place very well.</p>
<p>Actually, the US’s delegation to world’s this year had <em>quite</em> a few elite boarding school students on it. Andover’s really revamping debate for next year – trying to participate in more Public Forum-type events, dabbling in interpretive storytelling, etc. – as well as the usual Parli and Oregon-style debates. And yes, Hotchkiss is fabulous at debate.</p>
<p>how is lawrenceville’s debate team</p>
<p>yeah, by the way what is the biggest debate competition ? I hear there is a big one in new york or something ? And MUN ?</p>