Congratulations to the middle school debate team on winning first place school in their debate. JKHA hosted the debate and welcomed teams from HALB, Noam and Yavneh. Four pairs of students from the JKHA debate team debated the resolution: “The minimum age to own a smartphone in the United States should be 16.” The teams were invested in their research and worked collaboratively to write speeches and practice debating with one another. The JKHA team worked hard on their arguments and met weekly as a team. In addition to JKHA placing as first place school in the debate, JKHA students took home two second place individual speaker awards (a tie) and first and second place team awards. As a host school, members of the debate team not actively debating were able to take part in other roles throughout the competition.