Dear Colleagues,

The LC Anderson High School Speech and Debate Team, Booster Club, coaching staff, and Senior Leadership cordially invite you to Austin for this year’s Trojan Classic at LC Anderson High School. Please join us in the beautiful Northwest Hills from Friday, September 23 to Saturday, September 24th for a weekend of fun, fierce competition, and our world-famous Hospitality Room. 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:

• Novice Extemp prelims and semifinals will be about United States Foreign Policy; finals may additionally use US Politics, Social Issues, and Economy.
• 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
• One free World Schools Debate entry per school 

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     

                                    
Congressional Debate will use TFA Fall Resolutions 11-15 for prelims and 16-20 for finals. A link to the TFA Fall Docket can be found at
https://txfa.org/documents/2022-23/Congress%20Docket%20Fall%202022.pdf

World Schools Debate Resolutions:

Round 1:  This House opposes the use of NFT technology for investment purposes.                                                        Round 2: Impromptu                                                                                                                                                              Round 3: This House would implement fairness doctrines on broadcast news media with significant audience reach.                                                                                                                                                                                        Round 4/Finals: Impromptu

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 September!

Miguel Harvey                                                                         El Contreras

Director of Speech & Debate                                                    Assistant Head Coach

miguel.harvey@austinisd.org                                                    elizabeth.s.contreras@austinisd.org

(512) 791-7515                                                                          

Team Captains/Tournament Co-Directors: Baden Russell & Anika Sharma

Chief Equity Officer/Director of Anderson Speech & Debate Diversity and Inclusion Council: Kat Reagan                                           

Anderson Speech & Debate Booster President: Jane Stein