Debate final 25 fall

Principal

- Ryan Silva (West)

Assistant Principal (West)

- Krista Keogh

Assistant Principal (IC) 

- Marcus McDavid

Assistant Principal (FA)

- Jessica Robinson

Assistant Principal (East)

- Kevin Uhlig

Athletic Director

- Jason Wilkins (West)

Activities Director

- Kelly Prevost (IC)

Campus Administrator

- Brynn Thomas (IC)

US President

- Donald Trump (R)

Vice President

- JD Vance (R)

Speaker of the House

- Mike Johnson (R)

Senate Majority Leader

- John Thune (R)

Senate Minority Leader

- Mitch Mconnel (D)

Colorado Governor:

Jared Polis

Colorado U.S. Senator #1:

Michael Bennet

Colorado U.S. Senator #2:

John Hickenlooper

Colorado U.S. Representative (District 1):

Diana DeGette

Colorado U.S. Representative (District 2):

Joe Neguse

Secretary of State:

Marco Rubio 

Secretary of the Treasury:

Scott Bessent 

Secretary of Defense:

Pete Hegseth 

Secretary of Transportation:

Sean Duffy

Secretary of the Interior:

Doug Burgum

Attorney General:

Pam Bondi

United Kingdom:

Keir Starmer

Russia:

Vladimir Putin

Mexico:

Claudia Sheinbaum

France:

Emmanuel Macron

Ukraine:

Volodymyr Zelensky

China:

Xi Jinping

Peru:

José Jerí

Germany:

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

India:

Narendra Modi

Turkey:

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Brazil:

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Nigeria:

Bola Tinubu

1961-1963:

John F. Kennedy

1963-1969:

Lyndon B. Johnson

1969-1974:

Richard M. Nixon

1974-1977:

Gerald R. Ford

1977-1981:

Jimmy Carter

1981-1989:

Ronald Reagan

1989-1993:

George H. W. Bush

1993-2001:

Bill Clinton

2001-2009:

George W. Bush

2009-2017:

Barack Obama

2017-2021:

Donald J. Trump

2021- :

Joe Biden

Malcolm X –

born May 19, 1925; major Black nationalist leader; assassinated 1965.

Jimmie Lee Jackson –

civil rights activist murdered in 1965 (Selma context)

Selma Marches and Bloody Sunday –

March 7, 1965; peaceful marchers assaulted by Alabama state troopers at Edmund Pettus Bridge.

James Reeb –

Unitarian minister and civil rights activist, killed March 1965 in Selma.

Viola Liuzzo –

Civil rights activist, white woman from Detroit, killed March 25, 1965 after Selma–Montgomery march.

Lyndon B. Johnson –

As U.S. President, he signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and gave his “We Shall Overcome” speech linking civil rights to governance.

Dick Cheney –

served as Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush (2001-2009); major influencer in defense/policy.

Camille Pissarro –

Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro (1830-1903); key figure in Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist movements; notable works include Boulevard Montmartre at Night, landscapes of Pontoise and rural France.

Wicked (the musical) –

Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, it is a Broadway musical exploring the back-story of the witches from The Wizard of Oz, focusing on Elphaba (the Wicked Witch) and Glinda; major themes: power, identity, friendship, perception.

 The Beatles and top songs –

The Beatles major songs include “Hey Jude”, “Let It Be”, “Yesterday”, “Come Together”, “I Want to Hold Your Hand”.

Maggie O’Farrell –

major works: Hamnet, The Marriage Portrait, The Nightingale’s Nest.

Lauren Gunderson –

major works: I and You, Exit, Pursued by a Bear, The Book of Will, Ada and the Engine.

Andrea Gibson –

major works: Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns (2008), The Madness Vase (2012), Pansy (2015), You Better Be Lightning (2021).