This is the first year that Cass High is having a debate team. The club’s sponsor is Patrick Mulrennan, and he is very excited about debate. Mulrennan is a government teacher who also coaches track.

The first meeting was held on Thursday, August 17th, where over fifty people showed up to get information about the team. In the meeting, Coach Mulrennan went over the types of debates there are, the topics they will be debating, the competition dates and practices. He went over the fact that they change topics every 1-2 months and that he plans on doing 7 competitions, one of which Cass will be hosting. For practices, you can meet with Mulrennan between 3:45-4:45 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

There are multiple types of competitions the debate team offers. One can compete in inter-squad debates, dramatic and humorous interpretations, informative as well as extemporaneous speaking. Each of the debate team practices will focus on learning important strategies and skills to allow our debate team to dominate this season.

For anyone that is interested in participating in the debate team, you can go talk to Coach Mulrennan or you can click this link to learn more about what the debate team has to offer.