{"id":7696,"date":"2025-09-03T14:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/?p=7696"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:36:53","slug":"debate-club-application-2025-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/2025\/09\/03\/debate-club-application-2025-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate Club Application 2025-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:50px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ahS2Le\">\n<div class=\"F9yp7e ikZYwf LgNcQe\" dir=\"auto\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MISDC\u2019s journey first began in January 2021, when Merryland witnessed the creation of its first-ever student-led club. We\u2019ve participated and excelled in several competitions, such as the NYUAD Debating Tournament, Dubai Debate League, and Primetime Debates.<\/p>\n<p>Our aim is to produce well-rounded and passionate debaters, grow our school\u2019s honour and most of all, have fun!<\/p>\n<p>Through debate, you learn how to respectfully disagree and argue, along with looking at situations from multiple perspectives. Debate not only enhances one\u2019s public speaking &amp; communication skills, but it also facilitates a desire to learn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdv8exWJUggFY7lOu70QdJWQScqfgQBCgvb82c9SDLutyBtFA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Apply to MISDC using this google form<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Students from Grade 7 and above can apply.<\/p>\n<p>If you are already a member of this club, then you should re-register using the form sent in the MISDC group chat.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a member and are not part of the MISDC group chat or haven\u2019t received the re-registration form, please reach out to one of the club heads or the teachers in charge for further assistance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For further queries, contact the club heads:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President Muhammad Shariq (12D),<\/li>\n<li>Vice President Zainab Shahid (12B),<\/li>\n<li>Vice President Karen Jane (12A) and<\/li>\n<li>General Secretary Aisha Tariq (12A).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Teachers in-charge:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ms. Roccy George, Mr. Jinsmon Kurian and Mr. Bibin Mathew<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MISDC\u2019s journey first began in January 2021, when Merryland witnessed the creation of its first-ever student-led club. We\u2019ve participated and excelled in several competitions, such as the NYUAD Debating Tournament, Dubai Debate League, and Primetime Debates. Our aim is to produce well-rounded and passionate debaters, grow our school\u2019s honour and most of all, have fun! Through debate, you learn how to respectfully disagree and argue, along with looking at situations from multiple perspectives. Debate not only enhances one\u2019s public speaking &amp; communication skills, but it also facilitates a desire to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7696"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7696"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7698,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7696\/revisions\/7698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}