Office Hours and Other Covid-19 Updates
Office Hours -- Mondays and Wednesdays -- 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays -- 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. During Office Hours I will be continuously available on Slack (including Slack Direct Messaging), School District Email (skaczmarek@lexingtonma.org) and Regular Email (SherylKaz@gmail.com) unless participating in an online school meeting. I hope to be able to add an electronic face to face chat option once I learn to use Google Hangouts Meet or Chat.
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All Class Assignments are Posted On Google Classroom...Thanks!
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All Class Assignments are Posted On Google Classroom...Thanks!
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Current Topics
Policy Debate – 2020-2021 Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.
Policy Debate 2019-2020 Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Direct Commercial Sales and/or Foreign Military Sales of arms from the United States.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2020 March/April Topic
Resolved: Predictive policing is unjust.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2020 January/February Topic
Resolved: States ought to eliminate their nuclear arsenals.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2019 November/December Topic
Resolved: The United States ought to eliminate subsidies for fossil fuels.
VARSITY Lincoln-Douglas Debate -- Topic for September/October 2019
Resolved: In the United States, colleges and universities ought not consider standardized tests in undergraduate admissions decisions.
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NOVICE Lincoln-Douglas Debate -- The NOVICE topic lasts from September through November every year.
Resolved: Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified.
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Public Forum Debate – 2020 March Topic
Resolved: The United States should increase its use of nuclear energy for commercial energy production.
Public Forum Debate -- 2020 February Topic
Resolved: The United States should replace means-tested welfare programs with a universal basic income.
Public Forum Debate – 2020 January Topic
Resolved: The United States should end its economic sanctions against Venezuela.
Public Forum Debate – 2019 November/December Topic
Resolved: The benefits of the United States federal government’s use of offensive cyber operations outweigh the harms.
Public Forum -- Topic for September/October 2019
Resolved: The European Union should join the Belt and Road Initiative.
Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.
Policy Debate 2019-2020 Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Direct Commercial Sales and/or Foreign Military Sales of arms from the United States.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2020 March/April Topic
Resolved: Predictive policing is unjust.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2020 January/February Topic
Resolved: States ought to eliminate their nuclear arsenals.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2019 November/December Topic
Resolved: The United States ought to eliminate subsidies for fossil fuels.
VARSITY Lincoln-Douglas Debate -- Topic for September/October 2019
Resolved: In the United States, colleges and universities ought not consider standardized tests in undergraduate admissions decisions.
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NOVICE Lincoln-Douglas Debate -- The NOVICE topic lasts from September through November every year.
Resolved: Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified.
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Public Forum Debate – 2020 March Topic
Resolved: The United States should increase its use of nuclear energy for commercial energy production.
Public Forum Debate -- 2020 February Topic
Resolved: The United States should replace means-tested welfare programs with a universal basic income.
Public Forum Debate – 2020 January Topic
Resolved: The United States should end its economic sanctions against Venezuela.
Public Forum Debate – 2019 November/December Topic
Resolved: The benefits of the United States federal government’s use of offensive cyber operations outweigh the harms.
Public Forum -- Topic for September/October 2019
Resolved: The European Union should join the Belt and Road Initiative.