On Saturday, Nov. 21, twelve Hancock students competed in a virtual Chicago Debates tournament from 8 am to 3:30 pm.
Top speaker awards earned by:
- Mitchelle Zavala
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Kaitlyn Miranda
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Tamara Ward
- Andrez Martinez
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Jonathan Delgado
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Carla Garcia
Top team awards earned by:
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Kaitlyn Miranda & Tamara Ward
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Emilia Swiderska & Mitchelle Zavala
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Carla Garcia & Jonathan Delgado
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Montserrat Espinoza & Fatima Mendoza
The cases they debated included the affirmative and negative sides to:
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Eliminating money bail
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Eliminating predictive (big-data) policing
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Requiring and monitoring police body cameras
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Defunding the police
Our next tournament is Dec. 12.
Students can still join. Please contact Mr. Salazar: rsalazar at cps dot edu