LINK TO EXTEMP DRAW: https://austinisd-org.zoom.us/j/82839824347

Dear Colleagues,

The LC Anderson High School Speech and Debate Team, Booster Club, coaching staff, and Senior Leadership cordially invite you to Virtual Austin for this year’s Trojan Classic at LC Anderson High School. Please join us online from Thursday, September 23 to Saturday, September 25th for a weekend of fun and fierce competition. The Anderson Speech & Debate Team and our wonderful Boosters take pride in providing excellent judging and a welcoming atmosphere at the Classic, and this season is no exception. We again look forward to providing an educational, equitable, and competitive atmosphere. 

Some exciting aspects to our tournament include:

• Individual Events (Interp, Oratory, and Informative) will be held SYNCHRONOUSLY via our online competition site.
• Debaters have the ability to cross-enter 
• $10 IE fees
• We will use the September-October Varsity LD topic for Novice LD
• Novice Public Forum and Novice Policy Debate
• World Schools Debate

We are offering the following TFA Qualifying Events:

Policy Debate                                 Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Public Forum Debate                     Congressional Debate
International Extemp                      United States Extemp
Original Oratory                             Humorous Interpretation
Dramatic Interpretation                  World Schools Debate
Duet Acting/Duo                            Program Oral Interpretation

We will also offer the following non-qualifying events:

Poetry & Prose                                   Novice Public Forum Debate
Novice Policy Debate                        Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Novice Extemp     

Competition rooms will be hosted by NSDA Campus at  https://www.speechanddebate.org/nsda-campus/. Links to competition rooms and ballots will be accessible for competitors and judges via this website. 

                                    
Congressional Debate will use TFA Fall Resolutions 16-20 for prelims and 21-25 for finals. A link to the TFA Fall Docket can be found at
https://www.txfa.org/documents/2021-22/Fall2021_Docket.pdf.

World Schools Debate Resolutions: Round 1: This House would not support US military intervention in the Taiwan Strait.

                                                             Round 2: Impromptu Motion

                                                             Round 3: This House would expand the size of the US House of Representatives.

                                                             Semifinals: This House would ban unpaid internships.

                                                             Finals: Impromptu Motion   

All schools must use this website to enter participants. If you have any questions for us, please contact us.

We look forward to seeing you in January!

Miguel Harvey                                                                         Michael Jennings

Director of Speech & Debate                                                    Head Speech Coach

miguel.harvey@austinisd.org                                                    michael.jennings@austinisd.org

(512) 791-7515                                                                          

Team Captains/Tournament Co-Directors: Lara Borges, Alanna Howlett, Carter Hull, Aseel Rawashdeh, Laya Yalamanchili

Chief Equity Officer/Director of Anderson Speech & Debate Diversity and Inclusion Council: Aseel Rawashdeh                                            

Anderson Speech & Debate Booster President: Kristin Gossett