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2024-25 Contest Bracket
Announcing the Top 32 Teams

The Brewer Foundation and New York University are proud to announce the “Top 32” teams for the 24th annual International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) – the first and only contest that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of public policy.

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Results of the Top 64 Round

 

  • Slovak Debate Association from Bratislava, Slovakia, advances over Navi Debate (Team 1) from Closter, New Jersey.
     

  • Outschool from Spokane, Washington, advances over Westwood High School (Team 1), from Austin, Texas. 
     

  • Ronald Reagan High School from San Antonio, Texas, advances over Notre Dame High School (Team 1) from Sherman Oaks, California.
     

  • Alpha Co from La Crescenta, California, advances over Lynbrook High School from San Jose, California. 
     

  • Damien Memorial School from Honolulu, Hawaii, advances over Jasper High School from Plano, Texas.
     

  • Westwood High School (Team 2) from Austin, Texas, advances over Hathaway Brown Upper School (Team 1) from Shaker Heights, Ohio.
     

  • Ethos Academy from Vancouver, BC, Canada, advances over Evergreen Debate Institute from Walnut, California. 
     

  • Cornerstone Collegiate Academy of Seoul from Seoul, Republic of Korea, advances over Strake Jesuit College Preparatory from Houston, Texas.
     

  • Alpharetta High School from Alpharetta, Georgia, advances over The Golden State Academy from Fremont, California. 
     

  • Notre Dame San Jose High School from San Jose, California, advances over Amity Regional High School from Woodbridge, Connecticut. 
     

  • Peak to Peak Charter School from Lafayette, Colorado, advances over Nova 42 Academy (Team 1) from Pasadena, California. 
     

  • Potomac Oak from Rockville, Maryland, advances over BASIS International School Shenzhen from Shenzhen, China.
     

  • duPont Manual High School from Louisville, Kentucky, advances over Plano West Senior High School from Plano, Texas.
     

  • Upper St. Clair High School from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, advances over Neev Academy from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
     

  • The Westminster Schools from Atlanta, Georgia, advances over William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute from North York, ON, Canada. 
     

  • Solon High School from Solon, Ohio, advances over Saint Paul Preparatory Seoul from Seoul, Republic of Korea. 
     

  • The Blake School from Minneapolis, Minnesota, advances over Orlando Science High School from Orlando, Florida. 
     

  • Rowland Hall from Salt Lake City, Utah, advances over Nova 42 Academy (Team 2) from Pasadena, California.
     

  • Oswego East High School from Oswego, Illinois, advances over Brentwood College School from Mill Bay, BC, Canada.
     

  • Carroll Senior High School from Southlake, Texas, advances over Grand Oaks High School from Spring, Texas.
     

  • The British International School Abu Dhabi from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, advances over Navi Debate (Team 2) from Closter, New Jersey.
     

  • AfterSkool Learning Centre (Team 1) from Singapore, Singapore, advances over Hathaway Brown Upper School (Team 2) from Shaker Heights, Ohio.
     

  • Kealakehe Public High School from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, advances over EEC Debate from North York, ON, Canada. 
     

  • Jayshree Periwal International School from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, advances over Arizona College Prep High School from Chandler, Arizona. 
     

  • Akademeia High School from Warsaw, Poland, advances over Carmel High School from Carmel, Indiana. 
     

  • Artemis Debate from Shanghai, China, advances over Notre Dame High School (Team 2) from Sherman Oaks, California.  
     

  • Blue Valley High School from Stilwell, Kansas, advances over Bergen Debate Club from Fort Lee, New Jersey.
     

  • The Davidson Academy of Nevada from Reno, Nevada, advances over The Academy of Classical Christian Studies from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 
     

  • The Future Leaders Program of Dallas, Texas, advances over San Marino High School from San Marino, California. 
     

  • William Mason High School from Mason, Ohio, advances over Cranbrook School from Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia. 
     

  • Ivy Bridge Academy from Johns Creek, Georgia, advances over Pine-Richland High School from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania.
     

  • North Allegheny Senior High School, from Wexford, Pennsylvania, advances over AfterSkool Learning Centre (Team 2) from Singapore. 

 

Congratulations to all of our Top 64 teams. The judges were impressed with your written advocacy. 

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The "Top 32" teams will continue to debate the topic, "Resolved: Equitable access to pharmaceuticals should be prioritized over protecting intellectual property rights.”

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