The Debate Program at St. Mark’s begins in the seventh grade and continues through Upper School. The Middle School courses focus on the fundamentals of the Debate process and culminate in a debate tournament to determine the winner of the Foxworth Cup. In the Upper School program, members of the St. Mark’s Forensic Society do extensive research on the current national debate resolution and from September to June debate teams compete on a local, regional and national level. St. Mark’s students have won the National Policy Debate Tournament twice and Marksmen teams have been in the finals four times.


Strong Finish for Debate
5/12/2008
Congratulations to seniors Jordan Blumenthal and Alex Katz on their successful ventures at two season-ending National Championship tournaments!
Further Debate Success
11/12/2007
Kevin Hale ’11 & Max Grunewald ’11 became the third St. Mark’s team to capture the championship in a novice division tournament.
Novice & Varsity Debate Champs
10/17/2007
Over the weekend of October 12-13, St. Mark's sent six teams to a local debate tournament at R.L. Turner High School and took home championship honors in both the novice and varsity divisions.