The Hall of Champions is listed in the invitation and the names of the winners are posted in the spacious auditorium that is the site of the final round of debate and the awards ceremony. After Woodlawn, Georgia schools won the tournament for the next five consecutive years until 1962. Since that time, twenty-eight schools from fourteen different states have won the tournament. To view the Hall of Champions, click here . Member Schools 1963 also marked the first year that the Barkley Forum awarded Memberships, or Chairs, to high schools.
Memberships are another way of honoring quality performance in the past.
Member schools, or chairs, are guaranteed admission into the annual tournament as long as they remain members. Over one hundred-seventy five schools have been awarded chairs since 1964. The majority of chairs retain active memberships, attending the Barkley Forum for High Schools every year. For a list of Barkley Forum member schools, click here . The most prestigious presentation made by the Barkley Forum is the presentation of the Gold Key.