Daily News | This Philly debate team has no coach and no budget. But it just scored a big national win.
Masterman’s debate team has no budget or coach. It competes against teams from well-funded suburban districts and pricy private schools with long histories of big-stage victories.
It was a little surreal to beat teams whose debates he had been watching on YouTube just a year ago as a way to take his team to the next level, Cohen said.New Heights: The George Washington cheerleaders, the first Philly public school to go to nationals, are now among the best squads in the nation.“We’re not on the outside, compared to how we felt a year ago,” Anastasi said. “I don’t want to be the person punching down.
“The four of us work all week with our novice teams individually and do our own prep,” Keenan said. “Other teams just don’t have to do that; they get to be presented with their cases and their evidence, and go to the tournament with all that in their pocket.” Entry fees often cost about $500, and travel expenses could cost $1,000 or more, depending on the location of the tournament and the number of students competing. That’s an issue, given Masterman’s budget of zero. In the past, the team was self-funded; this year, Masterman’s Home and School Association kicked in $2,000.
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