Middle School Ethics Bowl

Modeled after the National High School Ethics Bowl, the Middle School Ethics Bowl aims to teach students how to think through ethical issues together.

The Middle School Ethics Bowl provides an opportunity for teams of students to collaboratively yet rigorously analyze and discuss both timeless and timely ethical dilemmas. The event brings together students from differing backgrounds and communities who wish to explore the best answers to life's most meaningful questions. It rewards open-mindedness, curiosity, humility, and mutual respect.

Volunteers: Register Here

Note: training videos, guidesk ad Q&A board are available to registered volunteers on our online learning platform.

WHY PARTICIPATE?

Six real-world cases and questions.
The 2023 Case Set is now available!
Presentation and open dialogue structure
Judged by ethicists and educators

WHERE IS IT HOSTED?

Kent Place School hosts the New Jersey- New York Regional Middle School Ethics Bowl, one of the first in the nation to offer the ethics bowl competition model to students in Grades 6 through 8.

Introduction to the Event

Additional Resources:

Coaching Resources (guides, training, Q&A board) are available to those who have registered for the event via our online learning platform.

National Planning Committee Members

Karen Rezach, Director of the Ethics Institute at Kent Place School
Ariel Sykes, Assistant Director of the Ethics Institute at Kent Place School
Roberta Israeloff, Squire Family Foundation & Long Island Ethics Bowl Coordinator
Dustin Webster, Doctoral Student at the University of Pennsylvania
Deric Barber, Ethicist
Erik Kenyon, Teacher at Friends Academy in Massachusetts
Matt Ferguson, Resource Coordinator at EIKPS
Michael Vazquez, Director of Outreach at the Parr Center for Ethics

Case Writing Committee Members

Looking for information about another MSEB Regional?

Philadelphia Regional MSEB (by invitation only) - Contact Dustin Webster (dustinw1@upenn.edu)
Rhode Island-Massachusetts Regional MSEB - Contact Erik Kenyon (ekenyon@friendsacademy1810.org)
Texas Regional MSEB - express interest for 2024 Regional to Deric Barber (dericbarber1@gmail.com)
North Carolina Regional MSEB - Contact Michael Vazquez (michael.vazquez@unc.edu)

MS NJ-NY REGIONAL ETHICS BOWL 2023 DETAILS

Who: All students in grades 6 through 8 who go to school in New Jersey or New York are eligible to participate.

When: February 25, 2023

Where: In-Person @ KPS

Registration Fee: $250 per school. Scholarships Available - email to inquire.
Schools may send one to two teams that consist of three to seven students.
Deadline to register is December 1, 2022.

WAY TO GO, KPS!

Kent Place is home to the 2022 Champions of the Middle School Ethics Bowl team.